Laura Waller
Professor
Develops computational imaging methods that jointly design optics and algorithms.
Laura Waller's lab at UC Berkeley works on computational imaging & photography. 24 papers since 2023, 3 at top venues, mostly Nature Methods and NeurIPS. 10 PhD students. 39 alumni, most often to Apple and Google. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 6/ year
- at T1 venues
- 13%
- PhD students
- 10
- MS students
- 0
- alumni listed
- 39
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 5 papers2026 · T1 0 · collecting
- 11 papers2025 · T1 2
- 3 papers2024 · T1 1
- 5 papers2023 · T1 0
T1 venuesOtherVenues: Nature Methods, NeurIPS
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Computational imaging & photography10 papers
- computational imaging1 paper
- optics0 papers
- develops computational0 papers
- computer sciences0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
20265 papers
- Opt. ExpressConvRML: high-quality lensless imaging with random multi-focal lenslets (opens in a new tab)
- Opt. ExpressCorrecting curvature in micromirror-based spatial light modulators with a microlens array (opens in a new tab)
- OpticaDesigning lensless imaging systems to maximize information capture (opens in a new tab)
- Journal of Micro/Nanopatterning, Materials, and MetrologyEnhanced extreme ultraviolet mask imaging with Fourier ptychographic microscopy (opens in a new tab)
- Nature PhotonicsLarge-scale compressive microscopy via diffractive multiplexing across a sensor array (opens in a new tab)
202511 papers
- ICCPA Gaussian Parameterization for Direct Atomic Structure Identification in Electron Tomography (opens in a new tab)
- —Computational Hyperspectral Microscopy for Bioimaging (opens in a new tab)
- —Data-Driven Design of High-Dimensional, Snapshot Computational Imaging Systems (opens in a new tab)
- ICCPEvent2Audio: Event-Based Optical Vibration Sensing (opens in a new tab)
- NeurIPS (T1)Information-Driven Design of Imaging Systems (opens in a new tab)
- OpticaNoise2Image: noise-enabled static scene recovery for event cameras (opens in a new tab)
- Opt. ExpressPerturbative Fourier ptychographic microscopy for fast quantitative phase imaging (opens in a new tab)
- —PhD Thesis
- Nature Methods (T1)Ring deconvolution microscopy: exploiting symmetry for efficient spatially varying aberration correction (opens in a new tab)
- Opt. LettSample motion for structured illumination fluorescence microscopy (opens in a new tab)
- ICCPSpectral DefocusCam: Super-Resolved Hyperspectral Imaging Through Defocus (opens in a new tab)
20243 papers
- Opt. ExpressBiPMAP: a toolbox for predicting perceived motion artifacts on modern displays (opens in a new tab)
- Nature Methods (T1)Neural space–time model for dynamic multi-shot imaging (opens in a new tab)
- Opt. ExpressSpace-time reconstruction for lensless imaging using implicit neural representations (opens in a new tab)
20235 papers
- Journal of Synchrotron RadiationData-driven modeling and control of an X-ray bimorph adaptive mirror (opens in a new tab)
- Opt. LettDiffuserSpec: spectroscopy with Scotch tape (opens in a new tab)
- Opt. ContinuumExceeding the limits of algorithmic self-calibrated aberration recovery in Fourier ptychography (opens in a new tab)
- Opt. ExpressFast non-iterative algorithm for 3D point-cloud holography (opens in a new tab)
- —Modeling, Designing, and Measuring EUV Photomasks (opens in a new tab)
Where alumni went39 listed, 42% to industry
Industry 10Academia 14
Most often to
- Apple
- Adobe
Also to
- Cornell University
- MIT
- UC Berkeley
Apply to UC BerkeleyFall 2027
UC Berkeley EECS Computer Science PhD
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