Jerrin Bright
Graduate Student, Systems Design Engineering
Vision and Image Processing Lab, University of Waterloo
Office: 2038B, East Campus 4 (EC4) Building
Bio: My research focus revolves around the intersection of Computer Vision, Machine Learning, and Computer Graphics,
particularly in the realm of 3D Human Modeling.
I'm captivated by the prospect of enhancing our capacity to craft, manipulate, and control 3D human models through the application of modeling priors and
diffusion models. This interest drives my pursuit to build robust systems that enable editability and precise control within
the domain of 3D human representation, expanding from image observations and extending by reconstructing scenes, further enriching the depth and realism
of the reconstructed environments.
Currently, I am a research Master's student at the
Vision & Image Processing Lab under the supervision of
Dr. John S Zelek. I'm jointly working with the Baltimore Orioles of Major League Baseball (MLB) towards developing robust
monocular 3D human modeling solutions for quantitative analysis of baseball players to improve player performance, enable better strategic decisions, and
aid in injury prevention.
My research interests also include unique Player Identification in low-resolution broadcast videos,
Action Recognition, Human Pose Estimation and 3D Scene Recovery using monocular images.
Previously, I have explored diverse research topics including SLAM for UAVs, Visual Odometry, Camera Calibration, and Mechanical Designing and Simulations
for ground vehicles, UAVs and VTOLs.
Beyond academia, I am an avid cricket and chess enthusiast who also enjoys travelling, ice-skating and cycling.
Core Interests:
- 3D Human Modeling
- Real-time Perception
- Autonomous Navigation
Education
University of Waterloo - Ontario, Canada
Supervisor: Dr. John S Zelek.
Courses: Probabilistic Machine Learning, Graphical Deep Learning, Advanced Image Processing, Statistical Image Processing.
Vellore Institute of Technology - Chennai, India
Supervisor: Dr. Arockia Selvakumar.
Courses: Mechatronics System Design, Machine Drawing, Instrumentation and Control Engineering, Complex Vari‑ ables and Partial Differential Equations, Problem Solving and Object Oriented Programming
Research
PitcherNet: Powering the Moneyball Evolution in Baseball Video Analytics
Jerrin Bright, Bavesh Balaji, Yuhao Chen, David A Clausi, John S Zelek
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Distribution and Depth-Aware Transformers for 3D Human Mesh Recovery
Jerrin Bright, Bavesh Balaji, Harish Prakash, Yuhao Chen, David A Clausi, John S. Zelek
- Preprint
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Domain-Guided Masked Autoencoders for Unique Player Identification
Bavesh Balaji, Jerrin Bright, Sirisha Rambhatla, Yuhao Chen, Alexander Wong, John Zelek, David A Clausi
- Preprint
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Jersey Number Recognition using Keyframe Identification from Low-Resolution Broadcast Videos
Bavesh Balaji*, Jerrin Bright*, Harish Prakash, Yuhao Chen, David A Clausi, John S. Zelek
Robot Learning for Autonomous Navigation: A Comprehensive Survey
Suryaprakash Rajkumar, Jerrin Bright, Arockia Selvakumar, Daniel Schilberg, Gia Minh Thao Nguyen
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Experience
Baltimore Orioles Maryland, USA
Sports Analysis and Pose Estimation Research
Indian Institute of Science Bangalore, India
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics Lab
McMaster University Hamilton, Canada
Robotics and Manufacturing Automation Lab
Yuan-Ze University Taoyuan City, Taiwan
Speech and Image Processing Lab
Notable Achievements
Scholarships
- International Master’s Award of Excellence, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- MITACS Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
- MITACS Globalink Graduate Fellowship, MITACS Canada.
Honors and Awards
- Best Research Paper Award, RIACT International Conference, 2020.
- Best Outgoing Student- Robotics Club, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
- Best Club Award- Robotics Club, University Day 2021, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
- Co-Founder and Team Lead, Atom Robotics- An intelligent robotics and space exploration team @ VIT University, India.
- Top 7 Internationally, CVSports Soccer Jersey Number Recognition Challenge, CVPR 2023.
- Top 10 Internationally, International Planetary Aerial Systems Challenge 2021, Mars Society South Asia.
- Top 15 Internationally, International Rover Design Challenge 2021, Mars Society South Asia.
- Winner in 15+ Robotics Competitions, Held in various Techfests in universities around India.
- Runner‑up, IEEE Hackathon on Autonomous Drone Applications, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras, India.
- Best Club Award- National Service Scheme, University Day 2022, Vellore Institute of Technology, Chennai, India.
Teaching Assistantship
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