Prashanth Chandran

I am a Research Scientist (Machine Learning) at Google AR/VR. I generally enjoy working on creative application at the intersection of computer vision, graphics, and machine learning. Please take a look at some of my publications to know more about my work :)

Previously I was an Associate Research Scientist at Disney Research|Studios and a member of the Facial VFX group.

I completed my PhD from the Computer Graphics Lab at ETH Zurich and Disney Research|Studios, where I was advised by Prof. Markus Gross, and co-supervised by Dr. Derek Bradley. Before my PhD, I completed my Masters in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, also at ETH Zurich, where my focus was on machine learning and computer vision. I received my bachelor’s degree in Electronics and Communications Engineering in 2013 from the Madras Institute of Technology and later worked for 3 years at Caterpillar Inc. as an embedded electronics engineer.

Recent Publications (view more)

   Neural Facial Deformation Transfer
   Eurographics 2025
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   Spline-based Transformers
   ECCV 2024 (Oral)
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   Learning a Generalized Physical Face Model From Data
   Siggraph 2024
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   Infinite 3D Landmarks: Improving Continuous 2D Facial Landmark Detection
   Computer Graphics Forum 2024
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   Anatomically Constrained Implicit Face Models
   CVPR 2024
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   Artist-Friendly Relightable and Animatable Neural Heads
   CVPR 2024
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   Fast Dynamic Facial Wrinkles
   Eurographics 2024
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   Stylize My Wrinkles: Bridging the Gap from Simulation to Reality
   Eurographics 2024
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   An Implicit Physical Face Model Driven by Expression and Style
   Siggraph Asia 2023
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   A Perceptual Shape Loss for Monocular 3D Face Reconstruction
   Pacific Graphics 2023
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   ReNeRF: Relightable Neural Radiance Fields with Nearfield Lighting
   CVPR 2023
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