Presentation
Course on Diffusion Models
DescriptionDiffusion models have been successfully used in various applications such as text-to-image generation, 3D assets generation, controllable image editing, video generation, natural language generation, audio synthesis, and motion generation. The rate of progress on diffusion models is astonishing. In the year 2022 alone, diffusion models have been applied to many large-scale text-to-image foundation models, such as DALL-E 2, Imagen, Stable Diffusion, and eDiff-I; video generation models such as Imagen Video and Make-a-video; 3D asset generation models such as Magic3D and DreamFusion. This course covers the advances in diffusion models over the last few years and will be tailored to the computer graphics community. We will first cover the fundamental machine learning and deep learning techniques relevant to diffusion models. Next, we will present state-of-the-art techniques for the application of diffusion models to high-fidelity image synthesis, controllable image generation, compositional representation learning, and 3D asset generation. Finally, we will conclude with a discussion on the future application of this technology, societal impact, and open research problems. After the course, the attendees will learn basic knowledge about diffusion models and how such models can be applied to different applications such as image generation, image editing, video generation, and 3D asset generation.
Event Type
Course
TimeThursday, 10 August 20239am - 12pm PDT
LocationRoom 403 AB
Arts & Design
New Technologies
Production & Animation
Research & Education
Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning
Computer Vision
Deep Learning
Image Processing
Video
Visual Effects
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FCS
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