I am a PhD student at the University of Pennsylvania (2023–) advised by Jianbo Shi, and a visiting student at Berkeley AI Research (Jan 2026–). My research is supported by the NDSEG Fellowship. Previously, I graduated from MIT with bachelor's and master's degrees in computer science.
I study the learned representations and behavior of visual foundation models, with the goal of developing more controllable and creative AI. My research interests include:
- Steering visual generation through model representations and inference-time control.
- Identifying gaps in data coverage and model behavior to guide data curation and generation.
- Improving dynamic reasoning in multimodal AI systems using insights from human creativity.
- Extending these ideas to multimodal and video foundation models, with an emphasis on efficiency.
I have interned at Meta Superintelligence Labs (2025), Adobe Research (2024), and Meta FAIR (2022). During my undergrad, I conducted research at MIT CSAIL and the MIT Quest for Intelligence.
News
- Feb 2026: Vibe Spaces accepted to CVPR 2026. See you in Denver!
- Jan 2026: SAM 3: Segment Anything with Concepts accepted to ICLR 2026.
- Jun 2025: Started research scientist internship at Meta Superintelligence Labs.
- Oct 2024: Secret Seeds and Origin Attribution accepted to WACV 2025. See you in Tucson!
- Apr 2024: Awarded the NDSEG Fellowship (4.9% acceptance rate).
- Feb 2024: Amodal Completion selected as a CVPR 2024 Highlight. See you in Seattle!
- Jan 2023: Started my PhD at the University of Pennsylvania. See you in Philly!
Selected Publications
Awards
Invited Talks
Service
- Founder, NSF ARNI AI Institute Emerging Researchers Group (2024–2026)
- Penn Vision and Learning Reading Group (2023–2025)
- GRASP Student, Faculty, and Industry (SFI) Seminar Committee (2024–2025)
- GRASP Lab Social Committee (2023–2024)
- Penn CIS 6800 Advanced Topics in Machine Perception (Fall 2023, Fall 2024)