Violeta Menéndez González

Based in London, UK

I am a Senior Research Software Engineer at the CoSTAR National Lab, part of CVSSP at the University of Surrey. I have a strong background in computer vision, deep learning, and mathematics, with a passion for Linux, open-source projects, and developing innovative solutions to complex technical problems.

I successfully completed my PhD in Computer Vision applied to Media Production at CVSSP, University of Surrey, in collaboration with BBC R&D. My research focused on Generating Virtual Camera Views Using Generative Networks, and I am experienced in deep learning inpainting techniques, generative adversarial networks, novel view synthesis approaches, NeRF, Gaussian Splatting, and more. You can find my publications here.

I am a firm believer in open and reproducible science as a cornerstone for future research and building trust in the scientific community. As a member of the Surrey Reproducibility Society, I organised the Monthly Mini Hacks (MMH), which are workshops that bridge open science and coding. These sessions promote best programming practices in research, offer peer-to-peer support for skill development, and provide resources for open collaboration. I gave a talk about our work at the MMH at FOSDEM 2024. I also help organise the Open Research Devroom at FOSDEM.

Outside of work, I’m always eager to learn more about life, the universe, and everything, and I really enjoy talking with others about their passions. I love books, films, cooking (and baking for the office!), travelling, languages, and exploring the great outdoors. I am an active STEM ambassador and I served as treasurer for the Surrey Surrey Scuba Diving Society during my PhD.

news

Nov 24, 2023	I presented my paper on zero-shot NeRFs at VUA at BMVC2023
Jun 18, 2023	I presented my paper on sparse view synthesis at AI4CC at CVPR2023
May 1, 2023	I have been awarded the Student Travel Grant to attend the AI for Content Creation (AI4CC) Workshop at CVPR2023!
Apr 21, 2023	I have been awarded an SRUK/CERU Travel Grant 2023 to attend CVPR2023!
Nov 21, 2022	I presented my latest paper on sparse view synthesis at BMVC

selected publications

VUA at BMVC

ZeST-NeRF: Using Temporal Aggregation for Zero-Shot Temporal NeRFs

Violeta Menéndez González, Andrew Gilbert, Graeme Phillipson, Stephen Jolly, and Simon Hadfield

In Workshops of the 34rd British Machine Vision Conference (BMVC), Nov 2023

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@inproceedings{menendez2023zestnerf,
  title = {{{ZeST-NeRF}}: {{Using}} Temporal Aggregation for {{Zero-Shot Temporal NeRFs}}},
  booktitle = {Workshops of the 34rd {{British Machine Vision Conference}} ({{BMVC}})},
  author = {Menéndez González, Violeta and Gilbert, Andrew and Phillipson, Graeme and Jolly, Stephen and Hadfield, Simon},
  year = {2023},
  month = nov,
  langid = {english},
}

BMVC

SVS: Adversarial Refinement for Sparse Novel View Synthesis

Violeta Menéndez González, Andrew Gilbert, Graeme Phillipson, Stephen Jolly, and Simon Hadfield

In 33rd British Machine Vision Conference 2022, BMVC, Nov 2022

Bib PDF Supp Code Poster Video

@inproceedings{menendez2022svs,
  author = {Menéndez González, Violeta and Gilbert, Andrew and Phillipson, Graeme and Jolly, Stephen and Hadfield, Simon},
  title = {SVS: Adversarial Refinement for Sparse Novel View Synthesis},
  booktitle = {33rd British Machine Vision Conference 2022, {BMVC}},
  year = {2022},
}

AI4CC at CVPR

SaiNet: Stereo aware inpainting behind objects with generative networks

Violeta Menéndez González, Andrew Gilbert, Graeme Phillipson, Stephen Jolly, and Simon Hadfield

AI4CC at CVPR, Nov 2022

Bib PDF Poster

@article{menendez2022sainet,
  doi = {10.48550/ARXIV.2205.07014},
  author = {Menéndez González, Violeta and Gilbert, Andrew and Phillipson, Graeme and Jolly, Stephen and Hadfield, Simon},
  title = {SaiNet: Stereo aware inpainting behind objects with generative networks},
  publisher = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2205.07014},
  journal = {AI4CC at CVPR},
  year = {2022},
}