Hossein Baktash
I am a fourth‑year ECE Ph.D. student at Carnegie Mellon University. I've been fortunate to be a part of the Geometry Collective and to be advised by Keenan Crane. In summer 2023 and 2024, I interned at Adobe, working with Alec Jacobson and Qingnan Zhou on physics‑related problems.
Previously, I graduated from Sharif University of Technology with a B.S. in Computer Engineering and a minor in Mathematics. A copy of my CV can be found here.
Research
My research interest broadly is geometry processing and computer graphics. I find it rewarding to learn about Differential Geometry and Topology and to apply that knowledge to the discrete domain when possible.
Before doing geometry, I worked on Computational Imaging, where I learned some optics and acoustics and performed physical experiments. In my undergraduate years, I also explored Graph Theory and Statistics.
Publications
Putting Rigid Bodies to RestHossein Baktash, Nicholas Sharp, Qingnan Zhou, Keenan Crane, Alec Jacobson
ACM Trans. Graph. (2025)
Paper PDF (78 MB) | Project page
Computational Imaging using Ultrasonically-Sculpted Virtual LensesHossein Baktash, Yash Belhe, Matteo Giuseppe Scopelliti, Yi Hua, Aswin C. Sankaranarayanan, Maysamreza Chamanzar
ICCP 2022
Some Results on Dominating Induced MatchingsS. Akbari, H. Baktash, A. Behjati, A. Behmaram, M. Roghani
Graphs and Combinatorics 38 (3), 73
Misc
I've been a member of the CMU pool team and club. Back in Iran, I was lucky to be part of Sharif University's Mountaineering Club family.