James Tompkin

James Tompkin is an Associate Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Brown University, specializing in visual computing. His research focuses on computer graphics, computer vision, and human-computer interaction, with an emphasis on techniques for image/video creation, editing, analysis, and interaction. His lab develops methods for scene reconstruction (especially from multi-camera systems), dynamic scene modeling, and applications in 2D, multi-view, and VR/AR displays.

Research interests include neural radiance fields (NeRFs), Gaussian splatting, time-of-flight sensing, and generative adversarial networks (GANs). He has collaborated extensively with industry partners (Adobe, Amazon, Meta) and received funding from NSF, DARPA, NASA, and UK/EPSRC. His work is disseminated via top-tier venues like CVPR, SIGGRAPH, and ECCV.

Teaching includes visual computing topics, and his lab maintains active projects on GitHub and project webpages. Office hours are held weekly, with scheduling via Google Calendar integration.