Scratch Pad

Thoughts on generative models, video quality, and the intersection of perception and computation.

Writing

9 posts

Oct 2026
Growing through my PhDPersonalPhD
Sep 2026
RL Is Worth N SamplesDiffusionRLTest-Time Search
Aug 2026
RL for Video: The State of the SpaceVideo GenRLPost-Training
Jul 2026
CachedSearch: Training-Free Cached Exploration for Test-Time Search in Video DiffusionVideo DiffusionTest-Time SearchCaching
Jul 2026
Fleetcraft: GPU Infrastructure Notes from Video Generation ProjectsGPU InfraVideo GenHPC
Apr 2026
Prepping for a Research Scientist, GenAI Position: A Pointer NotebookDMFlow ModelVQAMLLMHDR
Dec 2025
Rectified-CFG++: Fixing Guidance for Flow ModelsFlow ModelDM
Dec 2025
Challenges of HDRHDRDatasetsSubjective StudyVQASDR-to-HDR
Sep 2025
Rectified Flow, Explained from Geometry to Minimal CodeFlow ModelDM

Talks and Slides

4 decks

Apr 2026
PhD Defense: Perceptual Quality Assessment and Enhancement of Visual Media using Generative PriorsHDRMLLMDMFlow Model
Mar 2026
HDR-Q: Quality-Aware HDR Video Assessment via Multimodal LLMsHDRMLLMVQA
Apr 2026
LumaFlux: Lifting 8-Bit Worlds to HDR Reality with Physically-Guided Diffusion TransformersHDRITMDM
Mar 2026
Rectified-CFG++: Geometry-Aware Guidance for Rectified Flow ModelsFlow ModelDM

Artifacts

3 artifacts

Short AI-generated video for CachedSearch.

Created zero-shot with Opus 5.5.

AirShield interface showing demo head motion and adjustable frost angles

AirShield. Turn your head to frost or cover the screen.

macOS 14+ and motion-capable AirPods. Setup guide included.
Made with GPT-6 Astra.

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