Presenter

Jiayi (Eris) Zhang is a fourth-year PhD candidate at Stanford University, advised by Prof. Doug James. She earned her undergraduate degree in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Toronto, where she conducted research under the supervision of Prof. Alec Jacobson. Her research primarily focuses on developing intelligent algorithms, models, and tools to enhance creativity and productivity in design, animation, and simulation. She is a Stanford Reed-Hodgson Fellow, a Young Researcher at the Heidelberg Laureate Forum, an MIT EECS Rising Star, and a recipient of the Roblox Graduate Fellowship and the Nvidia Graduate Fellowship. She has also interned at Adobe over multiple summers, collaborating closely with Dr. Danny Kaufman.