Menglei Chai

Research Scientist

Creative Vision, Snap Inc.

Bio

I am a Senior Research Scientist in the Creative Vision group at Snap Research. I got my Ph.D. degree from the Graphics & Parallel Systems Lab (GAPS), Zhejiang University in 2017, supervised by Professor Kun Zhou. I do research in Computer Vision and Computer Graphics, majorly on human digitization, image manipulation, 3D reconstruction, and physics-based animation.

I am looking for self-motivated interns in CV&CG. Drop me an email if you are interested.

Interests

Human Digitization
Image Manipulation
3D Reconstruction
Physics-Based Animation

Education

PhD in Computer Science, 2017
Zhejiang University
BSc in Computer Science, 2011
Zhejiang University

Publications

Neural Hair Rendering

European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV) 2020

Menglei Chai, Jian Ren, Sergey Tulyakov

Human Motion Transfer from Poses in the Wild

Arxiv 2020

Jian Ren, Menglei Chai, Sergey Tulyakov, Chen Fang, Xiaohui Shen, Jianchao Yang

Rethinking Spatially-Adaptive Normalization

Arxiv 2020

Zhentao Tan, Dongdong Chen, Qi Chu, Menglei Chai, Jing Liao, Mingming He, Lu Yuan, Nenghai Yu

MichiGAN: Multi-Input-Conditioned Hair Image Generation for Portrait Editing

ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2020

Zhentao Tan, Menglei Chai, Dongdong Chen, Jing Liao, Qi Chu, Lu Yuan, Sergey Tulyakov, Nenghai Yu

Interactive Video Stylization Using Few-Shot Patch-Based Training

ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2020

Ondrej Texler, David Futschik, Michal Kucera, Ondrej Jamriska, Sarka Sochorova, Menglei Chai, Sergey Tulyakov, Daniel Sykora

Revisiting Image Aesthetic Assessment via Self-Supervised Feature Learning

AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI) 2020

Kekai Sheng, Weiming Dong, Menglei Chai, Guohui Wang, Peng Zhou, Feiyue Huang, Bao-Gang Hu, Rongrong Ji, Chongyang Ma

Real-Time Hair Simulation with Neural Interpolation

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) 2020

Qing Lyu, Menglei Chai, Xiang Chen, Kun Zhou

Learning to Assess Visual Aesthetics of Food Images

Computational Visual Media (CVM) 2020

Kekai Sheng, Weiming Dong, Haibin Huang, Menglei Chai, Yong Zhang, Chongyang Ma, Bao-Gang Hu

End-to-End Time-Lapse Video Synthesis from a Single Outdoor Image

IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) 2019

Seonghyeon Nam, Chongyang Ma, Menglei Chai, William Brendel, Ning Xu, Seon Joo Kim

Real-Time Patch-Based Stylization of Portraits Using Generative Adversarial Network

ACM/EG Expressive 2019

David Futschik, Menglei Chai, Chen Cao, Chongyang Ma, Aleksei Stoliar, Sergey Korolev, Sergey Tulyakov, Michal Kučera, Daniel Sýkora

Stabilized Real-Time Face Tracking via a Learned Dynamic Rigidity Prior

ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia) 2018

Chen Cao, Menglei Chai, Oliver Woodford, Linjie Luo

Parametric Weight-Change Reshaping for Portrait Images

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A) 2018

Haiming Zhao, Xiaogang Jin, Xiaojian Huang, Menglei Chai, Kun Zhou

A Data-Driven Approach to Four-View Image-Based Hair Modeling

ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2017

Meng Zhang, Menglei Chai, Hongzhi Wu, Hao Yang, Kun Zhou

AutoHair: Fully Automatic Hair Modeling from a Single Image

ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2016

Menglei Chai, Tianjia Shao, Hongzhi Wu, Yanlin Weng, Kun Zhou

Adaptive Skinning for Interactive Hair-Solid Simulation

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) 2016

Menglei Chai, Changxi Zheng, Kun Zhou

High-Quality Hair Modeling from a Single Portrait Photo

ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia) 2015

Menglei Chai, Linjie Luo, Kalyan Sunkavalli, Nathan Carr, Sunil Hadap, Kun Zhou

A Reduced Model for Interactive Hairs

ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2014

Menglei Chai, Changxi Zheng, Kun Zhou

Cone Tracing for Furry Object Rendering

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) 2014

Hao Qin, Menglei Chai, Qiming Hou, Zhong Ren, Kun Zhou

Dynamic Hair Manipulation in Images and Videos

ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2013

Menglei Chai, Lvdi Wang, Yanlin Weng, Xiaogang Jin, Kun Zhou

As-Rigid-As-Possible Distance Field Metamorphosis

Computer Graphics Forum (Pacific Graphics) 2013

Yanlin Weng, Menglei Chai, Weiwei Xu, Yiying Tong, Kun Zhou

Hair Interpolation for Portrait Morphing

Computer Graphics Forum (Pacific Graphics) 2013

Yanlin Weng, Lvdi Wang, Xiao Li, Menglei Chai, Kun Zhou

Single-View Hair Modeling for Portrait Manipulation

ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH) 2012

Menglei Chai, Lvdi Wang, Yanlin Weng, Yizhou Yu, Baining Guo, Kun Zhou