معرفی
Manmohan Chandraker is a Professor in the Department of Computer Science & Engineering at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). His research focuses on computer vision, 3D reconstruction, and autonomous driving, with interdisciplinary links to robotics, machine learning, and computer graphics. He leads projects in 3D scene understanding, real-time visual odometry, and sensor fusion for autonomous systems. His work has been recognized with top academic awards and industry accolades.
Education:
- B.Tech. in Electrical Engineering from IIT Bombay
- Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCSD
- Postdoctoral scholarship at UC Berkeley
Research Interests:
Chandraker’s work addresses challenges in 3D reconstruction under complex lighting and materials, autonomous driving systems, and physically-based inverse rendering. Key contributions include frameworks for non-convex optimization in geometric reconstruction and semantic-driven dense reconstruction techniques. His research bridges theory and practice, with applications in augmented reality, robotics navigation, and automotive safety systems.
Key Awards:
- Best Paper Award at CVPR 2014
- UCSD CSE Dissertation Award (2009)
- NEC Business Contribution Award (2015)
Advising & Industry Collaboration:
He has led teams at NEC Labs America, collaborating with automobile manufacturers to develop single-camera systems for real-time autonomous driving. His work on closed-loop traffic simulations and adversarial scenario generation has driven industry partnerships and patents. Current research explores multimodal LLM integration, data-centric AI tools (e.g., Ymir platform), and photorealistic scene synthesis.
Labs & Projects:
Chandraker’s group develops open frameworks like OpenRooms and TRoVE for 3D scene datasets, and contributes to benchmarks for domain adaptation in vision tasks. His team also works on safety-critical systems for autonomous vehicles through projects like SAFE-SIM and Drive-1-to-3.
