Education

Jan 2019
to Aug 2024
(Expected)
McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • Advisor: Derek Nowrouzezahrai

Jan 2017
to Dec 2018
McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada

  • Master of Engineering, Electrical & Computer Engineering (ECE)
  • Thesis: Learning Visibility in Ray Space
    Advisor: Derek Nowrouzezahrai

Sep 2012
to Dec 2015
McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada

Bachelor of Science, Joint Honours Mathematics and Computer Science

Publications & Projects

See Portfolio.

Awards

2022
2021
2019
2019
2019
2017/18
Meta Ph.D. Research Fellowship (AR/VR Computer Graphics)
Facebook Fellowship Award (AR/VR Computer Graphics) Finalist
NSERC Postgraduate Scholarship – Doctoral Program (PGS D)
McGill Engineering Doctorate Award
Hydro-Québec Doctoral Fellowship in Engineering
Graduate Excellence Fellowship Awards

Research & Academic Experience

April 2023
to July 2023
Research Intern, Adobe Research, London, UK

Mentor: Iliyan Georgiev

June 2021
to Jan 2022
Research Intern, Reality Labs (RL) Research, Meta, Redmond, WA, USA (Remote)

Mentors: Feng Liu & Lei Xiao

May 2020
to April 2021
Research Intern, NVIDIA AI Labs, Toronto, ON, Canada (Remote)

Mentors: Sanja Fidler & Morgan McGuire

Fall 2018/19
Teaching Assistant, Department of ECE, McGill University

ECSE 446/546: Realistic/Advanced Image Synthesis (graduate and undergraduate)


Summer 2017
2017
Grader, Departments of ECE & Mathematics, McGill University

  • ECSE 689: Realistic Image Synthesis (graduate)
  • ECSE 222: Digital Logic (undergraduate)

Talks & Leadership

Mar 2024
Neural Materials: A New Paradigm for Photorealistic Appearances, ÉTS, Montréal, Canada

Montreal ACM SIGGRAPH keynote

Jun 2022
Real‐time Rendering of Neural Implicit 3D Shapes, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland

2017/18/19
GRAPHQUON, a graphics research seminar, Montréal/Toronto, QC/ON, Canada

Best presentation award (2017)

Aug 2017
ACM SIGGRAPH Student Volunteer Program, Los Angeles CA, USA

Supported the conference by ensuring the smooth functioning of operations (technical paper sessions and main exhibitions)

Sep 2013
to Mar 2016
Seminars in Undergraduate Mathematics in Montreal, a nonprofit student organization

  • Organized a weekend-long seminar where students can share their mathematical research
  • Lead Organizer in 2015, President in 2014, and VP Communications in 2013

Skills

Programming
AI Libaries
Tools
Web
Languages
Python 3 · C++17 / C · Bash — Familiarity with CUDA · GLSL · OpenGL
PyTorch · Kaolin · PyTorch3D · nanobind · Mitsuba 3 — Familiarity with TensorFlow · JAX
git · vim · Docker · slurm · Visual Code · CLion · LATEX · Adobe Illustrator · Blender
HTML5 · CSS3/Sass · JavaScript — Familiarity with MongoDB
English (full professional proficiency) · Français (mother tongue)