Yao Yao

About

I am a Tenure-Track Associate Professor at School of Intelligence Science and Technology, Nanjing University, where I am a member of the 3D Vision Lab (NJU-3DV). Previously, I was a senior researcher at Apple, and a founding member of the startup company Altizure (acquired by Apple in 2020). I received my PhD degree from CSE, HKUST in 2019, supervised by Prof. Long Quan, and my bachelor degree from ECE, NJU in 2015 advised by Prof. Xun Cao.

Research

My current research focuses on 3D content creation (3D reconstruction/generation) and world modeling (environment modeling/world models). My representative works include the MVSNet series of works for learning-based multi-view stereo, the Direct3D series of works for 3D content creation, and more recent works on world models. I have won the ICPR 2020 Best Student Paper Award, and is a recipient of the Excellent Young Scholars Fund (Overseas) from NSFC.

• 3D Reconstruction: MVSNet / LingBot-Map
• Generative Models: Direct3D / LingBot-World
• Spatial Datasets: BlendedMVS / SpatialVID

Openings

I am actively looking for prospective PostDocs and RAs to join my group. Please drop me an email with your research interests and CV if you are interested.