Full Professor @McGillU & @Mila_Quebec. Director @McGill_CIM @CIFAR_News AI Chair & @Mila_Quebec/@UbisoftMTL Chair. Monte Carlo & ML for interactive simulation.

Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Joined January 2014
Derek Nowrouzezahrai retweeted
I'm incredibly proud of my former interns @ParsaEsmati and @Somjit77 who led this fascinating research. It reveals physics understanding in video diffusion models, even when model outputs get it wrong. Great to advise alongside @DerekRenderling @SamiraEKahou @majidmirmehdi
Thrilled to share our NeurIPS Spotlight paper, “The Invisible Hand of Physics”! 🎉 In this work, we ask whether video diffusion models (VDMs) encode physics internally, even when their samples get it wrong. Spoiler: they do, and on average beat V-JEPA 2. 🧵 1/8
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Mila's annual supervision request process is now open to receive MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2027 admission! For more information, visit mila.quebec/en/prospective-s…
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Derek Nowrouzezahrai retweeted
🚗💥Introducing Ctrl-Crash: controllable video generation for autonomous driving! SOTA models struggle to generate physically realistic car crashes. We propose an image2video diffusion model with bounding box and crash type control. Website: anthonygosselin.github.io/Ct… 🧵->
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Interested in exploring the interplay of 3D graphics, imaging, physical simulation, modern ML, and RL? Use the @Mila_Quebec supervision request form to apply to openings under my supervision at the McGill Graphics Lab.
Mila's annual supervision request process opens on October 15 to receive MSc and PhD applications for Fall 2025 admission! Join our community! More information here mila.quebec/en/prospective-s…
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If you're interested in differentiable simulation, generative AI for 3D, or foundational computer graphics topics submit your application via Mila's supervision application process. To find out more, click here: mila.quebec/en/supervision-r…
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Derek Nowrouzezahrai retweeted
Excited to share our #SIGGRAPH2023 work on accelerating inverse rendering with ReSTIR. Since we render a sequence of frames during optimization, we can reuse samples from previous frames, just like in real-time rendering. 1/3 weschang.com/publications/re…
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Congratulations, @tyrell_turing !
Congratulations to @tyrell_turing, Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science and the Montreal Neurological Institute at @mcgillu and Core Academic Member at Mila, for winning the Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship in 2022. Read article here 👉 pulse.ly/taa43thvtc
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Congratulations to @tyrell_turing, Assistant Professor in the School of Computer Science and the Montreal Neurological Institute at @mcgillu and Core Academic Member at Mila, for winning the Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship in 2022. Read article here 👉 pulse.ly/taa43thvtc
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Derek Nowrouzezahrai retweeted
AWESOME colleagues, great city, no brainer, apply! – at Toronto, Ontario
Announcing a tenure track opening at McGill's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in Applied Artificial Intelligence in Engineering (defined broadly, includes computer vision and medical image analysis): mcgill.ca/ece/employment/aca…
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Derek Nowrouzezahrai retweeted
Announcing a tenure track opening at McGill's Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, in Applied Artificial Intelligence in Engineering (defined broadly, includes computer vision and medical image analysis): mcgill.ca/ece/employment/aca…
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Andrea @taiyasaki is an inspiring researcher and a fantastic person to boot! I’d jump at the chance to join his group, if I was starting in this field again today.
Considering a PhD? Interested in 3D deep learning, neural scene representations, NeRFs, and applications to robotics and graphics? Come to Vancouver, 𝐒𝐢𝐦𝐨𝐧 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐬𝐞𝐫 𝐔𝐧𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐲 (SFU) Deadline is 𝐉𝐚𝐧𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝟏𝟖 𝟐𝟎𝟐𝟑 Apply here: sfu.ca/gradstudies/apply/app…
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I can spot the imposter :)
I judged ChatGPT too quickly ❤️
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Derek Nowrouzezahrai retweeted
I judged ChatGPT too quickly ❤️ – at Toronto, Ontario
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Derek Nowrouzezahrai retweeted
I’m presenting a janky last-minute-made poster on my #NeurIPS2022 paper, “Attention-based Neural Cellular Automata” arxiv.org/abs/2211.01233 Hall J #914 Come say hi, I’m dressed colourfully 🎨 – at New Orleans, LA
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Derek Nowrouzezahrai retweeted
I am so honoured and grateful to receive this award from @NSERC_CRSNG. NSERC has been a constant pillar of support in my career, from grad school to today, and this fellowship will help me and my group push hard on our most exciting ideas. So, thank you NSERC, and stay tuned!
🏆 Blake Richards @mcgillu wins an Arthur B. McDonald Fellowship in recognition of outstanding contributions to the fields of neuroscience and artificial intelligence. ▶️tinyurl.com/yc8bd9sh @tyrell_turing #NSERC_Prizes
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Derek Nowrouzezahrai retweeted
Where there's smoke there's Torch 🔥 Our new tool from Ubisoft La Forge simulates smoke, fire, and other liquids for a more immersive and realistic experience in games. Hear more about what Torch does and how our teams are on the cutting-edge!
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Doina Precup, associate dean of research at @mcgillu faculty of science and Joelle Pineau, a core academic member at Mila, have been considered as two pioneers for #womeninAI in Canada Read the article 👇 blog.re-work.co/top-25-women…
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We are hiring! Interested in working on #DeepLearning for image-based #PersonalizedMedicine? We are looking for PhD candidates to join @PVG_McGill @McGill_CIM @mcgillu @Mila_Quebec under the supervision of @arbtal. Starting date: January 2023. 1/3
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Derek Nowrouzezahrai retweeted
We're hiring for a teaching stream position in CS here at McGill! Please RT! 🙂 mcgill.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com…
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