Venkataram Sivaram

I am a first-year PhD student at the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), advised by Professors Fredo Durand and Jonathan-Ragan Kelley.

I graduated from UC San Diego (UCSD) in Spring of 2025 with a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, earning the Honors with highest distinction and a minor in Mathematics. During this time, I was actively involved in Computer Graphics research at the Center for Visual Computing, where I was fortunate to be mentored by Professors Ravi Ramamoorthi and Tzu-Mao Li.

My research interests span various topics in computer graphics, including neural graphics, differentiable rendering, and appearance modeling. I'm passionate about developing efficient algorithms for 3D graphics and am eagerly exploring the intersection of machine learning and computer graphics.