Computational Vision

We are interested in the analysis and representation of visual information, including empirical study of the structure of visual scenes, construction of mathematical theories for representation and processing that structure.

Publications

December 18, 2025

Disentangled representations via score-based variational autoencoders

Benjamin S. H. Lyo, C. Savin, E. P. Simoncelli

We present the Score-based Autoencoder for Multiscale Inference (SAMI), a method for unsupervised representation learning that combines the theoretical frameworks…

arXiv:2512.17127

October 14, 2025

Unconditional CNN denoisers contain sparse semantic representation of images

Z. Kadkhodaie, S. Mallat, E. P. Simoncelli

Generative diffusion models learn probability densities over diverse image datasets by estimating the score with a neural network trained to…

arXiv:2506.01912v2

October 2, 2025

Learning a distance measure from the information-estimation geometry of data

G. Ohayon, P. Fiquet, F. Guth, Jona Ballé, E. P. Simoncelli

We introduce the Information-Estimation Metric (IEM), a novel form of distance function derived from an underlying continuous probability density over…

arXiv:2510.02514

Group Members

Eero P. Simoncelli, Ph.D.

Director, CCN

Eero P. Simoncelli is the inaugural director of the Center for Computational Neuroscience. Eero P. Simoncelli’s research interests span a wide range of topics in the representation and analysis of visual images and sounds in both machine and biological vision systems.

Pierre-Étienne Fiquet, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Computational Vision, CCN

Pierre-Étienne Fiquet is a Flatiron Research Fellow at the Center for Computational Neuroscience.

Florentin Guth, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Computational Vision, CCN

Florentin Guth is a Flatiron Research Fellow in the Center for Computational Neuroscience (CCN) and a Faculty Fellow in the Center for Data Science at New York University.

Zahra Kadkhodaie, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Computational Vision, CCN joint with CCM

Zahra Kadkhodaie is a Flatiron Research Fellow at the Center for Computational Neuroscience. She earned her Ph.D. in data science at New York University (NYU), advised by Eero Simoncelli.

Xueyan (Julie) Niu

Predoctoral Researcher, Computational Vision, CCN

Julie has a B.Sc. in mathematics from the University of Hong Kong.

Guy Ohayon, Ph.D.

Flatiron Research Fellow, Computational Vision

Guy Ohayon is a Flatiron Research Fellow at the Center for Computational Neuroscience.

Xinyuan Zhao

Guest Researcher, Computational Vision, CCN

Xinyuan Zhao is a Ph.D. student at NYU Center for Neural Science, advised by Dr. Eero Simoncelli.