Parag Chaudhuri

Parag Chaudhuri is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay. His research centers on computer graphics, animation, and virtual reality, developing computational models to replicate real-world phenomena for enriched virtual experiences.

His educational background includes:

• Ph.D. from IIT Delhi under Prem Kalra and Subhashis Banerjee
• Postdoctoral research at MIRALab, University of Geneva with Nadia Magnenat Thalmann
• Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering from Delhi College of Engineering

Professor Chaudhuri's research spans Computer Graphics with core focus areas in character/natural phenomena animation, visual data understanding, and 2D/3D content generation. His work integrates computer vision, physics simulation, and machine learning to address challenges in virtual worlds.

Specific interests include rendering, modeling, VR/AR systems, and vision-based graphics. Applications extend to medical simulation, entertainment, industrial processes, and digital heritage preservation through physics-driven approaches.

Recent publications (2022-2025) reveal strong trends in document analysis for multilingual text recognition (especially Indic scripts), real-time hand/character animation in AR environments, and physics-based fracture/deformation systems. His work bridges graphics with machine learning for practical solutions in visual data processing.

At IIT Bombay, he mentors graduate students requiring foundational courses CS675 and CS775. He accepts Ph.D./M.S. candidates through official CSE department procedures but does not offer internships to non-IITB students.

He leads a research group advancing computational techniques for virtual world creation, focusing on interactive animation systems and visual data synthesis.