Mahdi Farahbakhsh
PhD Student, Computer Engineering
Texas A&M University
I work on generative AI, with a particular focus on diffusion models for image and text generation.
About
I am a second-year PhD student in Computer Engineering at Texas A&M University, where I have the opportunity to be co-advised by Dileep Kalathil and Krishna Narayanan. Before joining Texas A&M, I completed my M.Sc. in Algorithms and Computation and my B.Sc. in Computer Engineering at Sharif University of Technology.
Publications
Inference-Time Search using Side Information for Diffusion-based Image Reconstruction
We propose a plug-and-play framework that flexibly incorporates diverse forms of side information into any diffusion-based inverse problem solver. The method integrates side information through inference-time search, requires no additional training, and improves the perceptual quality of reconstructions.