Matan Sela

Matan Sela
Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence.
Short Bio.
Matan is a Ph.D. in Computer Science, He co-founded Deeper Labs at 2018. Matan received his Ph.D. from the Technion. He was a Research Intern at Google, Mountain View, during summer 2017. Previously, he received B.Sc. (cum laude) and M.Sc. (cum laude) degrees, both in Electrical Engineering from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, in 2012 and 2015, respectively and worked at Intel Corporation for 3 years.
Awards
2017 - Hiroshi Fujiwara Cyber Security Research Scholarship.
2017 - CS Seventh Research Day, Technion, 1st Place Award for Poster Presentation.
2016 - IBM Ph.D. Fellowship.
2016 - CS Sixth Research Day, Technion, 1st Place Award for Poster Presentation.
2015 - M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering, Cum Laude.
2013 - Wilk Family Award for Excellent Undergraduate Projects.
2012 - B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering , Technion, Cum Laude.
2009 - Intel's Excellent Student Award.
2008-2012 - President’s and Dean’s lists, Technion.
Contact Details
Office phone: +972-4-829-4931
Room number: Taub 435
E-mail: matansel "at" cs.technion.ac.il
Conference Publications

Unrestricted Facial Geometry Reconstruction using Image-to-Image Translation
M. Sela, E. Richardson, and R. Kimmel
International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 2017
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Learning Detailed Face Reconstruction from a Single Image
E. Richardson, M. Sela, R. Or-El, and R. Kimmel
2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR - oral presentation - 2.65% acceptance rate)
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3D Face Reconstruction by Learning from Synthetic Data
E. Richardson*, M. Sela*, and R. Kimmel
2016 Fourth International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV)
*Equal Contribution
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Consistent Discretization and Minimization of the L1-Norm on Manifolds
A. Bronstein, Y. Choukroun*, R. Kimmel, and M. Sela*
2016 Fourth International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV)
*Equal Contribution
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Randomized Independent Component Analysis
M. Sela, and R. Kimmel
2016 IEEE International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering (ICSEE)
Improving 3D Facial Action Unit Detection with Intrinsic Normalization
E. Yudin, A. Wetzler, M. Sela, and R. Kimmel
Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on DIFFerential Geometry in Computer Vision for Analysis of Shapes, Images and Trajectories (DIFF-CV 2015)
Journal Publications

Fast Blended Transformations for Partial Shape Registration
A. Shtern*, M. Sela*, and R. Kimmel
Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision
*Equal Contribution
Computational Caricaturization of Surfaces
M. Sela, Y. Aflalo, and R. Kimmel
Computer Vision and Image Understanding 141:1-17, 2015.
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Technical Reports

GazeGAN - Unpaired Adversarial Image Generation for Gaze Estimation
M. Sela, P. Xu, J. He, V. Navalpakkam, D. Lagun
Customized Facial Constant Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) Masks
M. Sela, N. Toledo, Y. Honen, and R. Kimmel
Surface Caricaturization
M.Sc. Dissertation
M. Sela
Patents

Process and system for generating personalized facial masks
M. Sela, N. Toledo, Y. Honen, and R. Kimmel 20,166,235,4795 2016
Audio-based Caricature Exaggeration
M. Sela, Y. Aflalo, R. Kimmel - US Patent 20,150,287,229, 2015
Teaching

Geometric Computer Vision (CS Department, Technion)
Winter 2017 - Teaching Assistant and Course Director
Winter 2016 - Teaching Assistant and Course Director
Winter 2015 - Teaching Assistant and Course Director
Winter 2014 - Teaching Assistant and Course Director
Digital Image Processing (CS Department, Technion)
Spring 2014 - Teaching Assistant and Course Director
Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms (EE Department, Technion)
Spring 2014 - Teaching Assistant
Winter 2013 - Teaching Assistant
Spring 2013 - Teaching Assistant and Course Director
Winter 2012 - Teaching Assistant
Talks

Deep Semi-supervised 3D Face Reconstruction
Vision and Robotics Seminar, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel - May 17th, 2018
Deep Semi-supervised 3D Face Reconstruction
The Computer Vision Seminar, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel - November 19th, 2017
Invited Talk: Facial Geometry Reconstruction: from Axiomatic to Learning Methodologies
ICCV2017 Workshop on Image-based Modeling of Articulated and Deformable Objects - October 28th, 2017
3D Face Reconstruction from a Selfie via Deep Learning,
Haifa Machine Learning Group Meetup, Phillips, Haifa, Israel - October 15th, 2017
A Deep Learning Approach for Face Reconstruction,
Stanford Vision and Learning Laboratory, Gates Building 219, Stanford University - August 14th, 2017
Learning Detailed Face Reconstruction from a Single Image,
2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, Hawaiian Convention Center, Honolulu, Hawaii - July 25th, 2017
Face Reconstruction - a Learning Approach
Google Brain Visual Talks, Mountain View, California - July 12th, 2017
Learning 3D Face Reconstruction from a Single Image,
Machine Vision Conference 2017 - New Tech Magazine, The Israel Trade Fairs Center in Tel Aviv, Israel - May 24th, 2017
Face Reconstruction - A Deep Learning Approach,
Advanced Seminar in Computer Graphics, Winter 2016-2017, Tel Aviv University, Israel - December 27th, 2016
Shape Exaggeration and Auto-Caricaturization,
Israel Computer Vision Day 2014, IDC Herzliya, Israel - December 21st, 2014
Shape Exaggeration: Isometric Invariant Perspective,
Israel Computer Graphics Day 2014, Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel - June 13th, 2014

Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence.

Short Bio.

Awards

Contact Details

Conference Publications

Unrestricted Facial Geometry Reconstruction using Image-to-Image TranslationM. Sela, E. Richardson, and R. KimmelInternational Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 2017

Learning Detailed Face Reconstruction from a Single ImageE. Richardson, M. Sela, R. Or-El, and R. Kimmel2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR - oral presentation - 2.65% acceptance rate)

3D Face Reconstruction by Learning from Synthetic DataE. Richardson*, M. Sela*, and R. Kimmel2016 Fourth International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV)*Equal Contribution

Consistent Discretization and Minimization of the L1-Norm on ManifoldsA. Bronstein, Y. Choukroun*, R. Kimmel, and M. Sela*2016 Fourth International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV)*Equal Contribution

Randomized Independent Component AnalysisM. Sela, and R. Kimmel2016 IEEE International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering (ICSEE)

Improving 3D Facial Action Unit Detection with Intrinsic NormalizationE. Yudin, A. Wetzler, M. Sela, and R. KimmelProceedings of the 1st International Workshop on DIFFerential Geometry in Computer Vision for Analysis of Shapes, Images and Trajectories (DIFF-CV 2015)

Journal Publications

Fast Blended Transformations for Partial Shape RegistrationA. Shtern*, M. Sela*, and R. KimmelJournal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision*Equal Contribution

Computational Caricaturization of SurfacesM. Sela, Y. Aflalo, and R. KimmelComputer Vision and Image Understanding 141:1-17, 2015.

Technical Reports

GazeGAN - Unpaired Adversarial Image Generation for Gaze EstimationM. Sela, P. Xu, J. He, V. Navalpakkam, D. Lagun

Customized Facial Constant Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) MasksM. Sela, N. Toledo, Y. Honen, and R. Kimmel

Surface CaricaturizationM.Sc. DissertationM. Sela

Patents

Process and system for generating personalized facial masksM. Sela, N. Toledo, Y. Honen, and R. Kimmel 20,166,235,4795 2016

Audio-based Caricature ExaggerationM. Sela, Y. Aflalo, R. Kimmel - US Patent 20,150,287,229, 2015

Teaching

Talks

Deep Semi-supervised 3D Face Reconstruction

Deep Semi-supervised 3D Face Reconstruction

Invited Talk: Facial Geometry Reconstruction: from Axiomatic to Learning Methodologies

3D Face Reconstruction from a Selfie via Deep Learning,

A Deep Learning Approach for Face Reconstruction,

Learning Detailed Face Reconstruction from a Single Image,

Face Reconstruction - a Learning Approach

Learning 3D Face Reconstruction from a Single Image,

Face Reconstruction - A Deep Learning Approach,

Shape Exaggeration and Auto-Caricaturization,

Shape Exaggeration: Isometric Invariant Perspective,

Unrestricted Facial Geometry Reconstruction using Image-to-Image Translation
M. Sela, E. Richardson, and R. Kimmel
International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV) 2017

Learning Detailed Face Reconstruction from a Single Image
E. Richardson, M. Sela, R. Or-El, and R. Kimmel
2017 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR - oral presentation - 2.65% acceptance rate)

3D Face Reconstruction by Learning from Synthetic Data
E. Richardson, M. Sela, and R. Kimmel
2016 Fourth International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV)
*Equal Contribution

Consistent Discretization and Minimization of the L1-Norm on Manifolds
A. Bronstein, Y. Choukroun, R. Kimmel, and M. Sela
2016 Fourth International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV)
*Equal Contribution

Randomized Independent Component Analysis
M. Sela, and R. Kimmel
2016 IEEE International Conference on the Science of Electrical Engineering (ICSEE)

Improving 3D Facial Action Unit Detection with Intrinsic Normalization
E. Yudin, A. Wetzler, M. Sela, and R. Kimmel
Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on DIFFerential Geometry in Computer Vision for Analysis of Shapes, Images and Trajectories (DIFF-CV 2015)

Fast Blended Transformations for Partial Shape Registration
A. Shtern, M. Sela, and R. Kimmel
Journal of Mathematical Imaging and Vision
*Equal Contribution

Computational Caricaturization of Surfaces
M. Sela, Y. Aflalo, and R. Kimmel
Computer Vision and Image Understanding 141:1-17, 2015.

GazeGAN - Unpaired Adversarial Image Generation for Gaze Estimation
M. Sela, P. Xu, J. He, V. Navalpakkam, D. Lagun

Customized Facial Constant Positive Air Pressure (CPAP) Masks
M. Sela, N. Toledo, Y. Honen, and R. Kimmel

Surface Caricaturization
M.Sc. Dissertation
M. Sela

Process and system for generating personalized facial masks
M. Sela, N. Toledo, Y. Honen, and R. Kimmel 20,166,235,4795 2016

Audio-based Caricature Exaggeration
M. Sela, Y. Aflalo, R. Kimmel - US Patent 20,150,287,229, 2015