I am Viraj, Research Scientist at Google in Computational Imaging team. I obtained my PhD in Electrical Engineering at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign where I worked with Dr. Svetlana Lazebnik on Generative Models.
My research interests lie at the intersection of Computer Vision and Imaging Inverse Problems. I work on developing algorithms to leverage novel Generative Models and Deep Learning techniques in solving imaging and image manipulation problems. Please check out the Projects and Publications section, or my resume to learn more!
Previously, I completed B.Tech. in EE from IIT Roorkee in 2016 and joined PhD program at Iowa State University where I earned MS in ECE before transferring to UIUC. At DICE Lab, ISU, I worked under the guidance of Dr. Chinmay Hegde.
Throughout the course of my studies, I have had the privilege of working with and receiving guidance from amazing researchers and teams:
- Varun Jampani, Nataniel Ruiz, and Yuanzhen Li at Google
- David Forsyth at UIUC
- Julien Philip at Adobe
- Qianli Feng, Raghudeep Gadde, and Aleix Martinez at Amazon
- Narendra Ahuja at UIUC
- Mariappan Nadar at Siemens
- Chinmay Hegde at Iowa State University (now at NYU)
- Gopinantha Pillai at IIT Roorkee
