Songyin Wu

Songyin Wu

University of California, Santa Barbara

Short Bio

My name is Songyin Wu (吴松隐). I’m a Ph.D. student at University of California, Santa Barbara, advised by Prof. Lingqi Yan. My research mainly focuses on rendering. Especially I’m interesting in exploring novel representation for efficient real time rendering.

Prior to UCSB, I received my bachelor degree in Peking University and worked in Microsoft Research Asia for about one year.

Interests

  • Rendering
  • Inverse Graphics

Education

  • BSc in Computer Science, 2017 ~ 2021

    Turing Class, Peking University

  • Ph.D. Student in Computer Science, 2022 ~ now

    University of California, Santa Barbara

Recent Publications

ExtraSS: A Framework for Joint Spatial Super Sampling and Frame Extrapolation

We introduce ExtraSS, a novel framework that combines spatial super sampling and frame extrapolation to enhance real-time rendering performance. By integrating these techniques, our approach achieves a balance between performance and quality, generating temporally stable and high-quality, high-resolution results. Leveraging lightweight modules on warping and the ExtraSSNet for refinement, we exploit spatial-temporal information, improve rendering sharpness, handle moving shadings accurately, and generate temporally stable results. Computational costs are significantly reduced compared to traditional rendering methods, enabling higher frame rates and alias-free high resolution results.

Projects

Microfacet Material Energy Compensation

We proposed a neural network approach for microfacet material energy compensation. Our method only takes roughness and F0 parameters for GGX model and predicts energy compensated BRDF values. The model is very effective in the inference stage, and can handle isotropic/anisotropic, colored materials.

Experience

 
 
 
 
 

Research Scientist Intern

Intel Corporation

Jun 2023 – Sep 2023 California, USA
 
 
 
 
 

Research Scientist Intern

Microsoft Research Asia

Dec 2021 – Jul 2022 Beijing, China