Scholar
Wayne Wu
Google Scholar ID: uWfZKz4AAAAJ
UCLA
Citations & Impact
Citations
8,226
H-index
35
i10-index
56
Publications
20
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume
Academic Achievements
- Publications: MetaUrban, URBAN-SIM, Vid2Sim, OmniObject3D, EmbodiedHuman, PedGen, Seeing-to-Experiencing, DNA-Rendering, RenderMe-360, CosmicMan, MotionBert, etc.; Awards: UCLA Chancellor’s Award 2025; Best Paper Candidate: OmniObject3D, CVPR 2023; Organized Workshops: Real-to-Sim: Bridging the Gap between Neural Rendering and Robot Learning (CVPR 2025), Embodied “Humans”: Symbiotic Intelligence Between Virtual Humans and Humanoid Robots (CVPR 2025), Virtual Humans for Robotics and Autonomous Driving (CVPR 2024).
Research Experience
- Currently a Research Associate in the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Los Angeles, working with Bolei Zhou. Previously, served as a Research Scientist at Shanghai AI Lab, leading the Virtual Human Group, working with Dahua Lin.
Education
- Ph.D. in Department of Computer Science and Technology at Tsinghua University, obtained in June 2022; Visiting Ph.D. at Nanyang Technological University, working with Chen Change Loy.
Background
- Research Interests: Intersection of computer vision, computer graphics, and robotics. Aims to develop human-centric physical AI systems capable of perceiving, understanding, and interacting with real-world environments populated by humans.
Miscellany
- Personal Philosophy: 'I build world simulators and models for physical AI; I put people first, always.'