Contributors

WiGRAPH is a team effort, and we rely on each and every member of the Computer Graphics community to make our events possible – through your volunteered time, your wisdom, your experiences, your advertising and promotion efforts, and your engaged attendance. We are grateful to have such a supportive community!

We offer special thanks to the following community members who have made significant contributions to the efforts of WiGRAPH:

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  Marc Alexa
  Professor
  TU Berlin
  (2023) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Deepali Aneja
  Research Engineer
  Adobe Research
  (2022-present) Rising Stars Co-Coordinator
  (2020-2022) Inaugural Resouces Coordinator
  (2022) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Shivangi Aneja
  PhD Student
  Technical University of Munich
  (2023) Rising Star
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  Kavita Bala
  Professor, Dean
  Cornell University
  (2021-present) Lead Advisor
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2022) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2018-2021) Advisor
  (2020) Spotlight Feature
  (2017) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Mirela Ben-Chen
  Associate Professor
  Technion
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2022-2023) Rising Stars Mentor
  (2021) SGP Event Speaker
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  Florence Bertails-Descoubes
  Senior Researcher
  INRIA Grenoble
  (2020) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Marie-Paule Cani
  Professor
  Ecole Polytechnique
  (2018) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Nathan Carr
  Fellow, VP, Research
  Adobe
  (2023) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Duygu Ceylan
  Research Scientist
  Adobe Research
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2021) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
  (2020) Spotlight Feature
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  Honglin Chen
  PhD Student
  Columbia University
  (2024) Rising Star
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  Angela Dai
  Assistant Professor
  Technical University of Munich
  (2022) Spotlight Feature
• 
  Tali Dekel
  Assistant Professor, Weizmann Institute
  Research Scientist, Google
  (2021) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Julie Digne
  CNRS researcher
  LIRIS, University Lyon
  (2022) SGP Event Speaker
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  Ana Dodik
  PhD student
  MIT
  (2024-present) Community Engagement Co-Coordinator
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  Frédo Durand
  Professor
  MIT
  (2016-2018) Financial Supporter
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  Jane E
  PhD Student
  Stanford University
  (2018-2019) Student Volunteer
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  Fan Feng
  PhD Student
  Dartmouth College
  (2023-present) Berthouzoz Lunch Co-Coordinator
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  Nicole Feng
  PhD Student
  Carnegie Mellon
  (2024) Rising Star
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  Yao Feng
  PhD Student, MPIIS and ETH Zürich
  Research Scientist, Meshcapade
  (2024) Rising Star
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  Sanja Fidler
  Associate Professor, University of Toronto
  Faculty, Vector Institute
  VP of AI Research, NVIDIA
  (2023) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Anna Frühstück
  Research Scientist
  Adobe Research London
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Lizeth Fuentes
  PhD Student and Research Assistant
  University of Zurich
  (2022) Rising Star
• 
  Purvi Goel
  PhD Student
  Stanford
  (2022-2023) Communications Director
  (2021-2022) Resources Coordinator
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  Eitan Grinspun
  Professor
  University of Toronto
  (2021) Organizational Assistance
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  Yulia Gryaditskaya
  Assistant Professor
  CVSSP and Surrey Institute for People-Centred AI
  (2022-2023) Rising Stars Mentor
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  Julia Guerrero Viu
  PhD Candidate
  Universidad de Zaragoza
  (2023) Rising Star
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  Olga Guțan
  PhD Student
  CMU
  (2022-2023) Inaugural Community Engagement Coordinator
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  Rana Hanocka
  Assistant Professor
  University of Chicago
  (2022-2023) Rising Stars Mentor
  (2022) Spotlight Feature
• 
  Mingming He
  Senior Research Scientist
  Netflix Eyeline Studios
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Aaron Hertzmann
  Principal Scientist
  Adobe Research
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Jessica Hodgins
  Professor
  Carnegie Mellon University
  (2018-present) Advisor
  (2022-2023) Rising Stars Mentor
  (2017) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Hayley Iben
  Senior Software Engineer
  Pixar Research Group
  (2023) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2021) Spotlight Feature
  (2018) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Alexandra Ion
  Assistant Professor
  CMU
  (2024) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
  (2022-2023) Rising Stars Mentor
  (2022) Spotlight Feature
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  Alec Jacobson
  Professor, University of Toronto
  Senior Research Scientist, Adobe Research
  (2021) SGP Event Supporter
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  Eakta Jain
  Assistant Professor
  University of Florida
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2021) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Sarah Jobalia
  PhD Student
  Stanford University
  (2023) Rising Star
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  Sophie Jörg
  Professor
  University of Bamberg
  (2023) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Angjoo Kanazawa
  Assistant Professor
  UC Berkeley
  (2022) Spotlight Feature
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  Ira Kemelmacher-Shlizerman
  Project Lead, Google
  Associate Professor, University of Washington
  (2019) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Mina Konaković Luković
  Assistant Professor
  MIT
  (2022-2023) Rising Stars Mentor
  (2021) Spotlight Feature
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  Sarah Kushner
  PhD Candidate
  University of Toronto
  (2023) Rising Star
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  Maria Larsson
  Project Assistant Professor
  The University of Tokyo
  (2024-present) External Events Coordinator
  (2022) Rising Star
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  Mackenzie Leake
  Research Scientist
  Adobe Research
  (2023-present) Berthouzoz Lunch Co-Coordinator
  (2022) Rising Star
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  Geonsun Lee
  PhD Student
  University of Maryland, College Park
  (2024) Rising Star
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  Sunmin Lee
  PhD Student
  Seoul National University
  (2024) Rising Star
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  Chloe LeGendre
  Senior Software Engineer
  Google
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Colleen Lewis
  Associate Professor
  Harvey Mudd College
  (2016) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Yifei Li
  PhD Candidate
  MIT CSAIL
  (2024) Rising Star
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  Orly Liba
  Staff Research Scientist
  Google
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2023) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Ming Lin
  Associate Professor
  University of Maryland
  (2022-2023) Rising Stars Mentor
  (2022) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2019) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  C. Karen Liu
  Associate Professor
  Stanford University
  (2019) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Chenxi Liu
  PhD Candidate
  University of British Columbia
  (2022) Rising Star
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  Lingjie Liu
  Assistant Professor
  University of Pennsylvania
  (2023) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Sean Liu
  PhD Student
  Stanford University
  (2019) Student Volunteer
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  Céline Loscos
  Principal Research Engineer
  Huawei Technologies France
  (2023) Rising Stars Selection Committee Chair
  (2022) Rising Stars Selection Committee
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  Lin Lu
  Professor
  Shandong University
  (2023) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Xuan Luo
  Research Scientist
  Google
  (2023-present) Rising Stars Co-Coordinator
  (2020-2022) Inaugural Communications Director
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  Karima Ma
  PhD Student
  MIT CSAIL
  (2022) Rising Star
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  Liane Makatura
  PhD Student
  MIT
  (2023-2024) Community Engagement Co-Coordinator
  (2020-2023) Inaugural Website Developer
  (2019) Student Volunteer
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  Maud Marchal
  Professor
  Univ. Rennes, INSA/IRISA, France and Institut Universitaire de France
  (2023) Rising Stars Selection Committee
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  Zoë Marschner
  PhD Student
  CMU
  (2023-present) Community Engagement Co-Coordinator
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  Belen Masia
  Associate Professor
  Universidad de Zaragoza
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2022) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Ann McNamara
  Professor
  Texas A&M
  (2023) Rising Stars Selection Committee
  (2022) Rising Stars Selection Committee
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  Yuxuan Mei
  PhD Student
  University of Washington
  (2020-present) Inaugural Treasurer
  (2019) Student Volunteer
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  Zahra Montazeri
  Lecturer (Assistant Professor)
  University of Manchester
  (2024) Co-organizer of 2024 EGSR Women in Research Event
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  Caitlin Mueller
  Assistant Professor
  MIT
  (2022) SGP Event Speaker
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  Emilie Nogué
  PhD Student
  Imperial College London
  (2023) Rising Star
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  Carol O'Sullivan
  Professor
  Trinity College Dublin
  (2023) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Maxine Perroni-Scharf
  PhD Student
  MIT
  (2023-present) Social Media Coordinator
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  Yael Pritch Knaan
  Principal Software Engineer
  Google
  (2022) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Yingying (Samara) Ren
  PhD Student
  EPFL
  (2021-2023) Berthouzoz Lunch Coordinator
  (2023) Rising Star
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  Barbara Roessle
  PhD Candidate
  Technical University of Munich
  (2024) Rising Star
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  Elissa Ross
  CEO, Metafold
  Partner, MESH Consultants
  (2021) SGP Event Speaker
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  Holly Rushmeier
  Professor
  Yale University
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2023) Rising Stars Selection Committee
  (2022-2023) Rising Stars Mentor
  (2022) Rising Stars Selection Committee Chair
  (2017) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  David Salesin
  Affiliate Professor, University of Washington
  Project Lead, Google Research
  (2016-present) Berthouzoz Event Supporter
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  Kate Salesin
  PhD Student
  Dartmouth
  (2023-2024) Online Presence and Outreach Coordinator
  (2020-2023) Inaugural Spotlight Coordinator
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  Adriana Schulz
  Assistant Professor
  University of Washington
  (2020-present) Inaugural Director
  (2016-2019) Inaugural Berthouzoz Lunch Coordinator
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  Silvia Sellán
  Postdoctoral Associate
  MIT
  (2020-2023) Inaugural SGP Lunch Coordinator
  (2021) Spotlight Feature
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  Ticha Sethapakdi
  PhD Candidate
  MIT CSAIL
  (2024) Rising Star
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  Alla Sheffer
  Professor
  University of British Columbia
  (2022-2023) Rising Stars Mentor
  (2022) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2018) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Hijung Valentina Shin
  Research Scientist
  Adobe Research
  (2018-present) Advisor
  (2016-2017) Inaugural Berthouzoz Lunch Coordinator
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  Tamar Shinar
  Associate Professor
  UC Riverside
  (2023) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Masha Shugrina
  Senior Research Scientist
  NVIDIA
  (2023) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Alexa Siu
  Research Scientist
  Adobe Research
  (2022) SGP Event Speaker
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  Justin Solomon
  Associate Professor
  MIT
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2021) Financial Supporter
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  Olga Sorkine-Hornung
  Professor
  ETH Zurich
  (2022) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Maureen Stone
  Senior Principal Research Scientist
  Tableau
  (2023) Rising Stars Selection Committee
  (2022) Rising Stars Selection Committee
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  Ayellet Tal
  Professor
  Technion
  (2020) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Anh Truong
  PhD Student
  Stanford University
  (2021-present) Advisor
  (2016-2020) Inaugural Berthouzoz Lunch Coordinator
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  Skyler Tse
  Designer
  Freelance
  (2020-2021) Designer
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  M. Alex O. Vasilescu
  CSO, Tensor Vision Technologies
  Associate Director, UCLA Computer Vision and Graphics Lab
  (2020) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Dongqing Wang
  PhD Candidate
  EPFL
  (2024) Rising Star
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  Siqi Wang
  PhD Candidate
  NYU
  (2022) Rising Star
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  Stephanie Wang
  Research Engineer
  Adobe Research
  (2024) Co-organizer of 2024 Siggraph Asia Women in Research Lunch
  (2022) Rising Star
  (2021) Spotlight Feature
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  Xinyue Wei
  PhD Student
  UC San Diego
  (2024) Rising Star
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  Emily Whiting
  Professor
  Boston University
  (2022-2023) Rising Stars Mentor
  (2022) Rising Stars Selection Committee
  (2021) SGP Event Speaker
  (2021) Spotlight Feature
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  Nora Willett
  Research Scientist
  CLO Virtual Fashion
  (2024) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Zoë Wood
  Professor
  Cal Poly
  (2023) Rising Stars Selection Committee
  (2022) Rising Stars Selection Committee
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  Jane Wu
  PhD Student
  Stanford University
  (2022) Rising Star
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  Mengqi (Mandy) Xia
  PhD Student
  Cornell University
  (2022) Rising Star
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  Yuting Ye
  Research Scientist
  Reality Labs Research @ Meta
  (2023) Rising Stars Speaker
  (2022) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
  (2022) Rising Stars Speaker
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  Emilie Yu
  Postdoctoral researcher
  UCSB
  (2024-present) Community Engagement Co-Coordinator
  (2022) Rising Star
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  Nanxuan (Cherry) Zhao
  Research Scientist
  Adobe Research
  (2024) Berthouzoz Lunch Speaker
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  Changxi Zheng
  Associate Professor
  Columbia University
  (2024) Rising Stars Speaker
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  YunFan Zhou
  PhD Student
  New York University
  (2023) Rising Star
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  Junqiu Zhu
  Postdoc
  UC Santa Barbara
  (2024) Co-organizer of 2024 EGSR Women in Research Event