prospective students
I am actively seeking self-motivated students for research in 3D graphics and vision. If you are interested in working with me, please apply to our Ph.D. program in computer science and mention my name in your application. If you are already an undergraudate or graduate student at UIUC, please feel free to contact me or stop by my office.

The following are my answers to some commonly asked questions.

How are the admission decisions made?

Admission is decided by our graduate admissions committee (whose members differ each year). Therefore, I will not be able to definitively predict the outcome of your application.

What technical background are you looking for?

I seek students with strong background in mathematics (e.g., multivariate calculus and differential equations), statistics, and programming (in, for example, C++, Python, and CUDA). Additionally, I expect my students---even those who plan to work mainly on vision-oriented topics---to have sufficient background in computer graphics and/or rendering.

Further, the ability to digest and reproduce recent graphics/vision research is highly recommended.

prospective visitors/post-docs

Can I be an intern/visiting scholar in your lab?

Unlikely---unless I have already been collaborating with you or your advisor. I will occasionally host visiting scholars/students, but these arise due to an established research relationship/project need. The best way to establish a collaboration is to approach me about research project ideas (via emails or at conferences). If this leads to an exciting discussion with a concrete research direction, then it becomes much more interesting to host a visit.

I might make an exception for truly exceptional students who are (i) already doing interesting work or (ii) supervised by researchers who I am interested in collaborating with.

(Some answers are courtesy to Wojciech Jarosz.)