Presenter

Anyi Rao is an Assistant Professor at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). He leads the Multimedia Creativity Lab (MMLab@HKUST). He is the Associate Director of HKUST Media Intelligence Research Center. He studies human-centered AI for creativity, with focuses on the understanding, editing and creation of art, media and film, aiming to build human-AI collaborative intelligence and unleash human creativity and productivity. His works include ControlNet, AnimateDiff, MovieNet, Virtual Studio, and IC-Light, with a Marr Prize (ICCV best paper award). These works have been widely used in industry, including Amazon Prime Video, Netflix, Tencent, and more.