Matan Sela

Matan Sela
Ph.D. candidate at the Computer Science department,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
Short Bio.
Matan is currently a Google intern at Mountain View, Ph.D. candidate at the department of Computer Science at the Technion under the supervision of Prof. Ron Kimmel. He received B.Sc. (cum laude, GPA: 92.0) and M.Sc. (cum laude) degrees in Electrical Engineering from the Technion–Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel, in 2012 and 2015, respectively. He is a TA of the course Geometric Computer Vision and a project supervisor at the Geometric Image Processing Laboratory. Prior to graduate school, Matan was a chip design engineer at the processor department of Intel Corp. for 3 years.
Awards
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

New! Unrestricted Facial Geometry Reconstruction using Image-to-Image Translation
M. Sela, E. Richardson, and R. Kimmel
(To appear in ICCV 2017...)
[video] [code]
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)
[video]
3D Face Reconstruction by Learning from Synthetic Data
E. Richardson, M. Sela, and R. Kimmel
2016 Fourth International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV)
[bib]
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)
[bib] [code]
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
(Submitted)
Computational Caricaturization of Surfaces
M. Sela, Y. Aflalo, and R. Kimmel
Computer Vision and Image Understanding 141:1-17, 2015.
[bib] [code]
Technical Reports

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

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 in Charge
Winter 2016 - Teaching Assistant in Charge
Winter 2015 - Teaching Assistant in Charge
Winter 2014 - Teaching Assistant in Charge
Digital Image Processing (CS Department, Technion)
Spring 2014 - Teaching Assistant in Charge
Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms (EE Department, Technion)
Spring 2014 - Teaching Assistant
Winter 2013 - Teaching Assistant
Spring 2013 - Teaching Assistant in Charge
Winter 2012 - Teaching Assistant
Talks

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. candidate at the Computer Science department,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Short Bio.

Awards

Contact Details

Conference Publications

New! Unrestricted Facial Geometry Reconstruction using Image-to-Image Translation
M. Sela, E. Richardson, and R. Kimmel
(To appear in ICCV 2017...)

[video] [code]

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)

[video]

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

[bib]

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)

[bib] [code]

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
(Submitted)

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

[bib] [code]

Technical Reports

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

Patents

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

Teaching

Geometric Computer Vision (CS Department, Technion)

Digital Image Processing (CS Department, Technion)

Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithms (EE Department, Technion)

Talks

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,

Matan Sela

Ph.D. candidate at the Computer Science department,Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

Short Bio.

Awards

Contact Details

Conference Publications

New! Unrestricted Facial Geometry Reconstruction using Image-to-Image TranslationM. Sela, E. Richardson, and R. Kimmel(To appear in 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)

Consistent Discretization and Minimization of the L1-Norm on ManifoldsA. Bronstein, Y. Choukroun, R. Kimmel, and M. Sela2016 Fourth International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV)

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. Kimmel(Submitted)

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

Technical Reports

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

Patents

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

Teaching

Talks

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,

Ph.D. candidate at the Computer Science department,
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

New! Unrestricted Facial Geometry Reconstruction using Image-to-Image Translation
M. Sela, E. Richardson, and R. Kimmel
(To appear in 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)

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)

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
(Submitted)

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

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

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