Research

For a complete list of my publications, please see my Google Scholar

TeleForm
Collaborative Work @ Remix Inc.
A lightweight novel view synthesis method for 2D livestreaming inputs.

Instant HDR-NeRF: Fast Learning of High Dynamic Range View Synthesis With Unknown Exposure Settings.
Nam Nguyen
Master’s Thesis
Advisor: Prof. Jonathan Ventura
We introduce a method of learning high dynamic range view synthesis from a set of low dynamic range views with unknown and varying exposure and white balance in as little as minutes.
[Project Page - Soon] [Paper] [Defense Slides] [Code - Soon]

3D Pano Inpainting: Building a VR Environment from a Single Input Panorama.
Shivam Asija, Edward Du, Nam Nguyen, Stefanie Zollmann, and Jonathan Ventura
IEEE VR 2024 Poster
We propose a method to convert a 4K equirectangular panorama into a 3D mesh for real-time 6DOF view synthesis in VR headsets, with occluded regions inpainted by pretrained neural networks.
[Project Page] [Poster Abstract] [Code]

Application of deep learning for classification of intertidal eelgrass from drone-acquired imagery.
Krti Tallam, Nam Nguyen, Jonathan Ventura, Andrew Fricker, Sadie Calhoun, Jennifer O’Leary, Mauriça Fitzgibbons, Ian Robbins, and Ryan K Walter
Remote Sensing. 2023, 15(9), 2321
We apply deep learning models for image segmentation to segment eelgrass extents from high-resolutional drone images of Morro Bay.
[Manuscript]