I lead the Creative and Applied AI Tools (CAAT) group within NVIDIA Spatial Intelligence Lab, with the focus on 1) application of AI to creative/interactive tools and research to enable such applications, 2) efforts to accelerate 3D Deep Learning research. Our goal is both to develop new research, and release cutting-edge technology that fuels practical tools for researchers and artists.
News
Jul 2026
Come to my talk at SIGGRAPH to learn how to quickly prototype interactive Web UI over your AI model / any custom renderer, supporting all interactions. Sun, Jul 19.
Jul 2026
I will be talking at the SIGGRAPH Workshop on Human AI Co-Creation, focusing on drawing inspiration from the world around us. Tue, Jul 21.
Jul 2026
Come to our SIGGRAPH Course to turn any Gaussian Splat scene into a sim-ready USD with the latest from Kaolin Library and our research. Thu, Jul 23.
Kudos Clement, Vismay Modi, Rishit Dagli and team!
Jun 2026
Axolotl3D for faithful multi-view object completion is accepted to ECCV! Stay tuned.
Kudos Anita Hu!
May 2026
We are releasing VoMP (ICLR) and AdaVoMP (ICLR) for accurately predicting physics materials throughout 3D objects in any representation, -- splats and meshes welcome.
Kudos Rishit Dagli!
Apr 2026
Was honored to be part of the SIGGRAPH Technical Papers committee this year.
Interactive Demos & Prototypes
NVIDIA Kaolin Library for Interactive 3D AI Research
Publications
Axolotl3D: a Unified Framework for Faithful 3D Shape Completion
ECCV
2026
TRON: Tracing Rays to Orchestrate a Neural Renderer for 3D Gaussian Reconstructions
arxiv
2026
ArtisanGS: Interactive Tools for Gaussian Splat Selection with AI and Human in the Loop
arxiv
2026
Diffusion Texture Painting
SIGGRAPH
2024
In the Press:
Neural Brushstroke Engine: Learning a Latent Style Space of Interactive Drawing Tools
SIGGRAPH Asia (TOG)
2022
3DStyleNet: Creating 3D Shapes with Geometric and Texture Style Variations
ICCV
2021
Nonlinear Color Triads for Approximation, Learning and Direct Manipulation of Color Distributions
SIGGRAPH
2020
Playful Palette: An Interactive Parametric Color Mixer for Artists
SIGGRAPH
2017
Fab Forms: Customizable Objects for Fabrication with Validity and Geometry Caching
SIGGRAPH
2015
Formatting Time-aligned ASR Transcripts for Readability
NAACL HLT
2010
Empathic Painting: Interactive Stylization through Observed Emotional State
NPAR
2006
In the Press:
Doctorate Work
My thesis
The Design of Playful and Intelligent Creative Tools is
here. Digital technology offers an unprecedented ability to craft our own
creative media, and machine intelligence holds boundless potential for
empowering creativity. How does one approach design when nearly anything is possible? This thesis addresses the problem of building new creative tools, with intelligence in the interactive loop, without losing sight of the human creators and their needs. Work collected here has been published as first author paper in the top-tier venues of three major domains, including twice at SIGGRAPH (graphics), CVPR (computer vision), and CHI (human computer interaction).
Go to colorsandbox.com for demos of my work on color.
Talks
