Žiga Kovačič
Email: zk66 [at] cornell.edu
Hi! I'm a Cornell University undergrad. I'm fortunate to be advised by Professor Kevin Ellis and Professor Steve Marschner.
Hi! I'm a Cornell University undergrad. I'm fortunate to be advised by Professor Kevin Ellis and Professor Steve Marschner.
I am currently interested in exploring what are the right levels of abstraction when building world models for specific tasks. This entails hybrid neuro-classical simulators as well as builting more abstract internal models of the worldfor embodied agents.
Implements Anisotropic Elastoplasticity for Cloth, Knit and Hair Frictional Contact [C. Jiang et. al., 2017].
Implements PBD solver with ability to simulate cloth, volumetric meshes, and fluids in the same solver.
Implementation of the Moving Least Squared Material Point Method, CPIC, various materials, and mesh extraction in 2D and 3D.
Modifies Gaussian Splatting to remove obstructions blocking the view of objects of interest in 3D scene reconstruction.
A path tracer featuring distributive ray tracing, reflections, refractions, volumetrics, emissive objects, and a BVH.
Automates generation of node-edge graph programs from sketches using vision-language models and differential evolution.
Implements "Image-Space Modal Bases for Plausible Manipulation of Objects in Video", extending it with modal warping. Features a Python pipeline and custom JS rasterizer.
Teaching Assistant for undergraduate computer graphics course covering rendering, modeling, and interactive graphics.
Teaching Assistant for introductory programming course covering Java, object-oriented design, and fundamental data structures.