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I am a fourth-year PhD student in computer science at Texas A&M. My research interests include pose-estimation, real-time rendering, 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

Publications

Variational pose prediction with dynamic sample selection from sparse tracking signals

Nicholas Milef, Shinjiro Sueda, Nima Khademi Kalantari

Eurographics (2023)

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Foveated Monte-Carlo Denoising

Nicholas Milef, Nima Khademi Kalantari

ACM SIGGRAPH 2021 Posters (2021)

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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)

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

Di Qi, Nicholas Milef, Suvranu De

The Visual Computer (2021)

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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)

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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)

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