Pavan Turaga

Pavan Turaga is a Professor and Founding Director of The GAME School at Arizona State University (ASU), with a joint appointment in the School of Electrical, Computer and Energy Engineering (ECEE). They lead transdisciplinary research and education initiatives spanning gaming, esports, AI-enabled media creation, computer vision, and geometric modeling.

• Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Maryland (2009)
• B.Tech., Electronics and Communication Engineering, IIT Guwahati (2004)

Research focuses on integrating geometry and topology with machine learning, enabling advancements in:

• Computer vision for human activity recognition
• Generative AI for immersive media
• Health analytics and wearable rehabilitation systems
• AI ethics and pandemic prediction

Key publications span CVPR (2023 spotlight paper PolyINR), DLGC workshop (2023 best paper), and ICML (2019 work on GAN priors). Recent work explores LMMs, 3D human modeling, and AI for pandemic preparedness.

Scientific accolades include:

• ASU Founders' Day Research Excellence (2025)
• NSF CAREER award (2015)
• CVPR 2023 Spotlight paper
• 2024 X-Prize (Rainforest Challenge)

Directed research for students like Rajhans Singh and Ankita Shukla, securing grants from NSF, DARPA, and industry partners (Adobe, Google ATAP). Founded the Geometric Media Lab, emphasizing interdisciplinary collaborations with mathematicians, health scientists, and media artists.