PhD candidate in ECE at Carnegie Mellon University, advised by Anthony Rowe (since August 2022).
Previously, I did my undergrad in ECE at CMU (graduated May 2022).
I am fortunate enough to be supported by the NSF GRFP.
Research
My current research centers on the design and evaluation of networked graphics systems, with an emphasis on real-time and distributed rendering for XR platforms. I am particularly interested in alternative scene representations for streaming interactive 3D content that move beyond conventional video encoding. More broadly, my work spans visual computing systems, addressing challenges at the intersection of rendering, networking, and perception.
Some keywords that show up in my research: remote/split rendering, reprojection, image-based rendering, geometry streaming, motion-to-photon latency, disocclusion handling, Quality-of-Experience (QoE).
Selected Publications
Papers
GenAssist: Interactive Prompt-Driven XR Program Generation
IEEE VR 2026: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
Webpage | Video | Code | Demo Abstract
QUASAR: Quad-based Adaptive Streaming And Rendering
SIGGRAPH 2025: ACM Transactions on Graphics, 44(4)
XaiR: An XR Platform that Integrates Large Language Models with the Physical World
ISMAR 2024: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Best Student Paper Award
RenderFusion: Balancing Local and Remote Rendering for Interactive 3D Scenes
ISMAR 2023: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
VR 2023: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
FLASH: Video-Embeddable AR Anchors for Live Events
ISMAR 2021: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
ARENA: The Augmented Reality Edge Networking Architecture
ISMAR 2021: IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality
Nominated for Best Paper Award
Demos
An XR Platform that Integrates Large Language Models with the Physical World
SenSys 2025: ACM Conference on Embedded Networked Sensor Systems
MeshReduce: Split Rendering of Live 3D Scene for Virtual Teleportation
VR 2024: IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces
Posters
Awards
NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
2023 – 2028
CMU University Honors
2022
ISMAR Best "Hybrid Conference of the Future"
Accompanying Journal Entry: Hybrid Conference Experiences in the ARENA
2021
Experience
Magic Leap (Research Intern) — Split Compute Team
Working with: Connor Smith and David Chu
Summer 2022
Apple (SWE Intern)
Summer 2021
Teaching
18-453: Introduction to XR Systems
Course content: 3D content capture, streaming, rendering, and display systems for AR/VR
Fall 2023 (TA), Fall 2025 (Lab Developer)
18-349: Introduction to Embedded Real-Time OS
Course content: ARM assembly, MMIO, GPIO, interrupts, timers, real-time OS, PID control
Spring 2023 (TA), Spring 2024 (Lab Developer)
Service
Faculty Search Student Council Co-Chair
CMU ECE Department 2025
Reviewer
VRST 2025, ISMAR 2025, IEEE VR 2025