Kai Wang

I am an incoming Assistant Professor of Computer Science at ShanghaiTech University. My research revolves around 3D shapes and scenes: bridging computer graphics and machine learning, I design data-driven algorithms that automate the process of generating 3D shapes and scenes, investigate strategies to make these algorithms more powerful and user friendly, and explore opportunies to apply these algorithms in related tasks in computer vision, robotics and beyond.

Previusly, I worked with Hao (Richard) Zhang as a postdoctoral scientist at Amazon from 2023 to 2025, and then as a visiting researcher at Simon Fraser University from 2025 to 2026. I received my PhD in Computer Science from Brown University, advised by Daniel Ritchie. I spent my undergraduate time at Williams College, where I enjoyed all the exposures in music theory, studio arts, cognitive science, and many other things (including the mountains).

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