Ilke Demir

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[4/28/21] My opinion piece about AI & emotions is published (Turkish).
[4/10/21] My interview about joining Intel is released.
[4/8/21] Third SkelNetOn workshop will be a full day event @ICCV21!
[3/31/21] I am invited as the Industry Chair of the 18th ACM CVMP 2021!
[3/15/21] One paper is accepted to ETRA 2021! Preprint coming soon.
[3/14/21] I will be giving an ACM-W talk at Rowan University.
[2/18/21] I am invited to give a seminar at ImageLab @ METU.
[2/9/21] Excited to join ACM SIGGRAPH Research Career Committee.
[2/4/21] I am excited to contribute to Women in Tech - Online Festival with a talk titled "Can We Evade Deep Fake Dystopia?" in June.
[1/20/21] I am invited to a STEM job panel by SACNAS@UMN.
[1/14/21] We announce Summer Geometry Institute (SGI 2021):
a wonderful opportunity for students to spend their summer at MIT, focusing on geometry processing related research ideas.
[1/7/21] I am honored to be recognized as ACM Distinguished Speaker.
[1/6/21] I gave an invited talk at METU CENG100 Seminar.
[1/4/21] Our new paper called "Where do Deep Fakes Look? Synthetic Face Detection via Gaze Tracking" is online!
[12/15/20] We are organizing the research collaboration workshop Women in Shape Modeling IV (WiSH) in BIRS - Oaxaca this year!

Who am I?

I am a curious research scientist, working on topics in 3D vision, computational geometry, generative models, remote sensing, and deep learning. I earned my Ph.D. in 2016, from Department of Computer Science at Purdue University, working under supervision of Daniel Aliaga. Then I joined Facebook as a Postdoctoral Research Scientist to work with Ramesh Raskar. After some groundbreaking projects, I left to pursue a startup path, which ended with an acquisition. Which led me to find my research heaven in the world's largest volumetric capture stage at Intel Studios. You can reach my publications, projects, talks, and several other resources from the tabs at the top of the page.

I got my B.S. degree in Computer Engineering with a minor in Electrics and Electronics Engineering from Middle East Technical University (METU), Turkey, in 2010. I also did an internship at Pixar Animation Studios in 2015-2016, for which I will always stay as a Pixarian by heart.

For academic collaborations, speaking engagements, or podcast inquiries feel free to reach out from my public profiles below.

I will also leave a link to my previous semi-personal sites, which may have been taken down after I accomplish my mission there.