Wojciech Matusik
Cadence Design Systems Professor
Builds AI for the physical world, combining representations, physics simulation, and fabrication hardware such as self-monitoring 3D printers to design materials, devices, and robots.
Wojciech Matusik's lab at MIT works on physics-based simulation & animation, geometry processing & modeling and physics, climate & scientific computing. 80 papers since 2023, 37 at top venues, mostly ICLR and ICML. 5 PhD students and 3 master's students. 35 alumni, most often to Amazon and Meta. Applications close .
At a glance
- papers, 2023–2026
- 21/ year
- at T1 venues
- 46%
- PhD students
- 5
- MS students
- 3
- alumni listed
- 35
Papers by yearfrom the lab homepage, 2023–2026
- 13 papers2026 · T1 5 · collecting
- 21 papers2025 · T1 14
- 31 papers2024 · T1 11
- 15 papers2023 · T1 7
T1 venuesOtherVenues: ICLR, ICML, ICRA, NeurIPS, SIGGRAPH Asia
Research focuspaper titles that use each topic's words
- Physics-based simulation & animation10 papers
- Geometry processing & modeling6 papers
- Physics, climate & scientific computing2 papers
- physical world0 papers
- physics simulation0 papers
Paper list
From the lab homepage.
202613 papers
- ICLR (T1)A Genetic Algorithm for Navigating Synthesizable Molecular Spaces
- ICLR (T1)Bayesian Post Training Enhancement of Regression Models with Calibrated Rankings
- Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Technical Workshops, 1-3.Generative AI Meets Computer Graphics
- Proceedings of the Special Interest Group on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques Conference Technical Workshops, 1-6.Graphics4Science 2026: Graphics for Cross-Scale Reliable Scientific Instruments
- Virtual and Physical Prototyping 21(1).Heat treatment design for additively manufactured nickel superalloy via Bayesian optimization of ultimate tensile strength and energy consumption
- SIGGRAPH (Conference Paper Track), 159:1-159:11.Kinematic Kitbashing
- ACM Trans. Graph. 45(4), 99:1-99:19.M-ABD: Scalable, Efficient, and Robust Multi-Affine-Body Dynamics
- RSS (T1)NeuralActuator: Neural Actuation Modeling for Robot Dynamics and External Force PerceptionOutstanding Systems Paper, RSS 2026
- ICLR (T1)Physically Valid Biomolecular Interaction Modeling with Gauss-Seidel Projection
- ICLR (T1)Protein Structure Tokenization via Geometric Byte Pair Encoding
- Advanced Energy Materials 16(19).Roadmap for High-Throughput Ceramic Materials Synthesis and Discovery for Batteries
- ACM Trans. Graph. 45(4), 158:1-158:19.Soft Anisotropic Diagrams for Differentiable Image Representation
202521 papers
- SIGGRAPH Asia (T1)3DPR: Single Image 3D Portrait Relighting with Generative Priors
- Comput. Graph. Forum 44(7).A Solver-Aided Hierarchical Language for LLM-Driven CAD Design
- ICRA (T1)Adaptive Walker: User Intention and Terrain Aware Intelligent Walker with High-Resolution Tactile and IMU Sensor
- ICRA (T1)AI-Enhanced Automatic Design of Efficient Underwater Gliders
- ICML (T1)Directed Graph Grammars for Sequence-based Learning
- Adv. Intell. Syst. 7(12).Electronic-Free Particle Robots Communicate through Architected Tentacles
- CoRL (T1)Fabrica: Dual-Arm Assembly of General Multi-Part Objects via Integrated Planning and LearningBest Paper, CoRL 2025
- CHI Extended Abstracts, 280:1-280:8.Fits like a Flex-Glove: Automatic Design of Personalized FPCB-Based Tactile Sensing Gloves
- NeurIPS (T1)FlashBias: Fast Computation of Attention with Bias
- ICML (T1)Foundation Molecular Grammar: Multi-Modal Foundation Models Induce Interpretable Molecular Graph Languages
- Physical Review X 15(4).Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks Meet Science
- ICRA (T1)Learning Object Properties Using Robot Proprioception via Differentiable Robot-Object Interaction
202431 papers
- Int. J. Comput. Vis. 132(4), 1148-1166.A Deeper Analysis of Volumetric Relightable Faces
- UbiComp Companion, 832-836.Adaptive In-Vehicle Virtual Reality for Reducing Motion Sickness: Manipulating Passenger Posture During Driving Events
- Nature Communications 15(1).Adaptive tactile interaction transfer via digitally embroidered smart glovesNature Communications
- ICRA (T1)ASAP: Automated Sequence Planning for Complex Robotic Assembly with Physical Feasibility
- ICML (T1)Boundary Exploration for Bayesian Optimization With Unknown Physical Constraints
- CVPR (T1)Category-Level Multi-Part Multi-Joint 3D Shape Assembly
- Science Advances 10(5), eadk4284.Computational discovery of microstructured composites with optimal stiffness-toughness trade-offsScience Advances
- CVPR (T1)DiffAvatar: Simulation-Ready Garment Optimization with Differentiable Simulation
- Annual Review of Biomedical Engineering 26(1), 331-355.Electronic Skin: Opportunities and Challenges in Convergence with Machine Learning
- SID Symposium Digest of Technical Papers 55(1), 809-812.Enhancing Brightness with Multi-Color Holography
- Laser & Photonics Reviews 18(4).Ergonomic-Centric Holography: Optimizing Realism, Immersion, and Comfort for Holographic Display
- UbiComp Companion, 803-808.Exploring Potential Application Areas of Artificial Intelligence-Infused System for Engagement Recognition: Insights from Special Education Experts
202315 papers
- Robotica 41(1), 74-104.Advanced soft robot modeling in ChainQueen
- Proc. ACM Interact. Mob. Wearable Ubiquitous Technol. 7(4), 151:1-151:24.CAvatar: Real-time Human Activity Mesh Reconstruction via Tactile Carpets
- ACM Trans. Graph. 42(4), 141:1-141:14.Dense, Interlocking-Free and Scalable Spectral Packing of Generic 3D Objects
- ACM Trans. Graph. 42(1), 2:1-2:20.DiffCloth: Differentiable Cloth Simulation with Dry Frictional Contact
- ACM Trans. Graph. 42(4), 153:1-153:15.End-to-end Procedural Material Capture with Proxy-Free Mixed-Integer Optimization
- ICML (T1)Hierarchical Grammar-Induced Geometry for Data-Efficient Molecular Property Prediction
- ICML (T1)Learning Neural Constitutive Laws from Motion Observations for Generalizable PDE Dynamics
- ICML (T1)Learning Preconditioners for Conjugate Gradient PDE Solvers
- UIST (T1)MagKnitic: Machine-knitted Passive and Interactive Haptic Textiles with Integrated Binary Sensing
- SIGGRAPH Asia (T1)Multi-color Holograms Improve Brightness in Holographic Displays
- SIGGRAPH Asia (T1)Neural Stress Fields for Reduced-order Elastoplasticity and Fracture
- ACM Trans. Graph. 42(5), 168:1-168:19.Procedural Metamaterials: A Unified Procedural Graph for Metamaterial Design
Where alumni went35 listed, 65% to industry
Industry 15Academia 8
Most often to
- Amazon
- Meta
- NVIDIA
Also to
- MIT
- University of Washington
- Brown University
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