Daniel Cohen-Or

Daniel Cohen-Or is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science, Tel Aviv University, and an Adjunct Professor at Simon Fraser University since 2016. He holds the Isaias Nizri Chair in Visual Computing. His academic background includes a B.Sc. and M.Sc. from Ben-Gurion University (1985-1986) and a Ph.D. from SUNY Stony Brook (1991).

• Research Interests: Focused on Computer Graphics, Visual Computing, and Geometric Modeling, with a current emphasis on generative models and their applications in 3D shape manipulation, image editing, and diffusion-based techniques.
• Scientific Awards:
  • Eurographics Outstanding Technical Contributions Award (2005)
  • ACM SIGGRAPH Computer Graphics Achievement Award (2018)
  • Thomson Reuters Highly Cited Researcher (2015)
  • Kadar Family Award (2019)
  • Eurographics Distinguished Career Award (2020)
  • People’s Republic of China Friendship Award (2012)
• Notable Contributions: Co-edited A Sampler of Useful Computational Tools for Applied Geometry, Computer Graphics, and Image Processing. His work spans 3D reconstruction, texture synthesis, shape modeling, and semantic image editing, with a focus on leveraging deep learning frameworks like StyleGAN and NeRF.
• Advising: Mentoring numerous students and postdocs, including Or Patashnik, Yuval Alaluf, and Ron Mokady, with a strong presence in both current and former advisees.