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I am a PhD student in computer science at Texas A&M. My research interests include 3D human reconstruction, motion synthesis, and virtual reality.

In the summer of 2022, I interned at Meta Reality Labs. In the summer of 2021, I interned at Facebook Reality Labs. Prior to starting my PhD, I graduated from University of Virginia in 2015 with a BS in Computer Science. I also worked on 3D virtual surgery simulation for 3 years at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

Email: nicholas.milef [at] tamu.edu

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Publications

image of Towards Unstructured Unlabeled Optical Mocap: A Video Helps!

Towards Unstructured Unlabeled Optical Mocap: A Video Helps!

Nicholas Milef, John Keyser, Shu Kong

SIGGRAPH (2024)

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image of Variational pose prediction with dynamic sample selection from sparse tracking signals

Variational pose prediction with dynamic sample selection from sparse tracking signals

Nicholas Milef, Shinjiro Sueda, Nima Khademi Kalantari

Eurographics (2023)

image of Foveated Monte-Carlo Denoising

Foveated Monte-Carlo Denoising

Nicholas Milef, Nima Khademi Kalantari

SIGGRAPH 2021 Posters (2021)

image of Disruptions to shared mental models from poor quality of service in collaborative virtual environments

Disruptions to shared mental models from poor quality of service in collaborative virtual environments

Nicholas Milef, Di Qi, Adam Ryason, Samuel O. Alfred, Cullen D. Jackson, Suvranu De

Scientific Reports (2021)

image of Divided Voxels: an efficient algorithm for interactive cutting of deformable objects

Divided Voxels: an efficient algorithm for interactive cutting of deformable objects

Di Qi, Nicholas Milef, Suvranu De

The Visual Computer (2021)

image of Virtual reality operating room with AI guidance: design and validation of a fire scenario

Virtual reality operating room with AI guidance: design and validation of a fire scenario

Di Qi, Adam Ryason, Nicholas Milef, Samuel Alfred, Mohamad Rassoul Abu-Nuwar, Mojdeh Kappus, Suvranu De, Daniel B Jones

Surgical Endoscopy (2021)

image of Surgeons with five or more actual Cricothyrotomies perform significantly better on a virtual reality simulator

Surgeons with five or more actual Cricothyrotomies perform significantly better on a virtual reality simulator

Di Qi, Emil Petrusa, Uwe Kruger, Nicholas Milef, Mohamad Rassoul Abu-Nuwar, Mohamad Haque, Robert Lim, Daniel B Jones, Melih Turkseven, Doga Demirel, Tansel Halic, Suvranu De, Noelle Saillant

Journal of Surgical Research (2020)

image of Rendering Surgery Simulation with Vulkan

Rendering Surgery Simulation with Vulkan

Nicholas Milef, Di Qi, Suvranu De

GPU Zen 2 (2019)

Experience

Meta Reality Labs - Software Engineer Intern, Graphics

May 2022 - August 2022

Facebook Reality Labs - Research Engineer Intern, Computational Imaging & Graphics (PhD)

May 2021 - August 2021

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute - Software Engineer

June 2016 - July 2019

Education

Doctor of Philosophy - Texas A&M University

Computer Science

August 2019 - Present

Bachelor of Science - University of Virginia

Computer Science

August 2012 - December 2015

Service

Reviewer for Journal of Robotic Surgery (2023)