Project Grant 2105806

The University of California, San Diego will receive $800,000 from the National Science Foundation under the agency's Computer and Information Science and Engineering program (CFDA 47.070) to conduct collaborative research titled "Differentiable Rendering for Computer Graphics" from July 2021 through June 2025. The project aims to advance the development of differentiable rendering techniques, which allow gradients of images to be backpropagated through the entire rendering process. This will enable new capabilities in computer graphics such as inverse graphics and neural rendering. The research is expected to lead to improved modeling and simulation tools with applications in science, engineering, medicine and beyond. The University of California, San Diego will perform the work under this four-year project grant through its Office of Contract and Grant Administration.