UCLA Math Professor Chenfanfu Jiang was honored with the Science Hub for Humanity and Artificial Intelligence at UCLA award, which recognizes researchers who are studying the societal impact of artificial intelligence (AI). Jiang is being awarded for his project, “Differentiable physics augmented neural radiance fields for real-to-sim and manufacture-ready 3D garment reconstruction”.
Jiang said, “The core challenge is to digitally reconstruct garments in a way that not only accurately models their 3D shape but also predicts how they move and can be manufactured,” Jiang writes. “Traditional methods capture shape but overlook the fabric’s material properties and sewing patterns, essential for realistic simulation and production. Addressing this gap has broad implications — from faster and waste-reducing design processes in the fashion industry to enhancing realism in virtual worlds like the metaverse.
“We’re integrating physics-aware machine learning models with existing 3D geometry techniques,” he continues. “The aim is to simultaneously recover the 2D sewing patterns and material parameters from images or videos of the garment. This allows for both accurate virtual simulation and real-world manufacturing.”
Learn more about the award here: https://www.amazon.science/news-and-features/amazon-and-ucla-announce-2023-science-hub-awards
