Spring 2025 GRASP Seminar: Shenlong Wang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, “Interactive Images, Videos, and Worlds”
February 25 @ 10:30 am - 11:30 am
This will be a hybrid event with in-person attendance in Levine 512 and virtual attendance on Zoom.
ABSTRACT
Our group’s goal is to build a world simulator from visual observations that can answer “what-if” questions. In pursuit of this goal, we develop various methods for modeling the world from images and harnessing physical simulation and generative models to create immersive new experiences. In today’s talk, we will focus on creating realistic and immersive experiences that allow users and agents to interact with images, videos, and 3D worlds captured from the real world. We will cover applications in content creation, autonomy, and agriculture. Finally, I will provide a brief personal outlook on open research topics that make all images and videos interactive.
Presenter
Shenlong Wang - Learn More
Shenlong Wang is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, specializing in computer vision and robotics. His research focuses on creating a digital replica of the world and simulating realistic new content to train and validate autonomous agents. Shenlong’s past work received IROS Best Application Paper Runner-Up and CVPR Best Paper Candidate. His contributions to autonomy and simulation have led to 25 filed patents. Shenlong has received the NSF CAREER Award, Amazon Research Award, and various fellowships from Facebook, Adobe, and the Royal Bank of Canada. He regularly serves as an area chair for conferences in computer vision, robotics, and machine learning.