Research Group
Image and Video
Computing Group
In 2017, I established this research group to focus on creating cutting-edge computational solutions for visual data analysis. We create fully-automated methods, human-centric approaches, and hybrid human-machine partnerships for interpreting images, videos, and multimodal data, with an emphasis on meeting societal needs. Our work is relevant for a diversity of applications, including to improve upon the status quo for accessibility, (bio)medical data analysis, and privacy preservation. We frequently collaborate with partners from industry, medical campuses, and other academic institutions, while sharing our expertise with the broader community by publishing our findings and hosting workshops.
Research Themes
Partnering with domain experts to create computer vision technologies tailored for authentic use cases
Engaging humans in the loop so AI-based systems consistently deliver high-quality results
Locating and tracking content, using rectangles (detection) and detailed outlines (segmentation)
Featured Projects
Teaching machines to describe images with natural language and create new images
Sponsors
Current Group Members
Alumni
- Dr. Josh Myers-Dean, PhD at University of Colorado Boulder, 2025. Joined Adobe as a Machine Learning Engineer.
- Mo Zhou, MS at University of Colorado Boulder, 2025.
- Dr. Chongyan Chen, PhD at University of Texas at Austin, 2025. Joined Google DeepMind as a Research Scientist.
- Stuti Pandey, MS at University of Colorado Boulder, 2024. Joined SLB as a Software Engineer.
- Anush Venkatesh, MS at University of Colorado Boulder, 2024. Joined MathWorks and then Google.
- Dr. Samreen Anjum, PhD at University of Colorado Boulder, 2023. Joined Dell Technologies as an AI Research Scientist.
- Ojasvi Bhalerao, MS at University of Colorado Boulder, 2023. Joined Microsoft as a Software Engineer.
- Alexander (Alec) Bell, MS candidate at University of Colorado Boulder, 2022. Founded SensorSurf.
- Dr. Tai-Yin Chiu, PhD at University of Texas at Austin, 2022. Joined Tomato AI.
- Pei-Chih (Patrick) Chao, MSIS at University of Texas at Austin, 2021. Joined Tesla.
- Dr. Yinan Zhao, PhD at University of Texas at Austin, 2021. Joined Meta as a Research Scientist and then Adobe.
- Dr. Abigale Stangl, Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Texas at Austin, 2020. Joined University of Washington as a Postdoctoral Fellow and then Georgia Tech as an Assistant Professor.
- Xiaoyu (Edith) Zeng, MSIS at University of Texas at Austin, 2019. Joined Apple and then Intuit.
- Yanan Wang, MSIS at University of Texas at Austin, 2019. Joined University of Wisconsin-Madison as a PhD student.
- Meng Zhang, MSIS at University of Texas at Austin, 2019. Joined Alchemy Pay.
- Chi (Benny) Lin, MSIS at University of Texas at Austin, 2019. Joined Houzz.
- Dr. Mehrnoosh Sameki, PhD at Boston University (co-advised with Margrit Betke), 2017. Joined Rue La La and then Microsoft.
Prospective Students
My goal for individuals joining this group is to guide them to identify their dream jobs; arm them with the knowledge, skills, and community to make their dreams become a reality; and support them to make a positive social impact along the way. If you are interested in joining, please review this FAQ page first.