SketchDNN: Joint Continuous-Discrete Diffusion for CAD Sketch Generation
Sathvik Chereddy, John Femiani, "SketchDNN: Joint Continuous-Discrete Diffusion for CAD Sketch Generation." International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2025.
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Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science
Arizona State University, 2009 - Bachelor of Arts, Magna Cum Laude
Arizona State University, 2000
Work Experience
- Armstrong Professor of Computer Science
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Miami University
2024 – 2025- Endowed position.
- Full Professor
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Miami University
2022 – Present- Research and teaching on AI, machine learning, computer vision, remote sensing, computer graphics, and 3D geometry. T
Associate Professor
Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, Miami University
2016 – 2022Assistant Professor
Arizona State University
2009 – 2016- Chief Technology Officer
VProctor Inc., Phoenix, AZ
2012 – 2015- Developed software for proctoring online exams using video and audio processing.
- Research Assistant
PRISM, Arizona State University
2001 – 2006- Developed tools for 3D visualization and analysis of complex data.
Awards
- Late Sydney R. Parker Best Paper Award (2014)
- M. N. S. Swamy Best Paper Award (2014)
- Innovator of the Year, AzTE, Arizona State University (2006)
Patents
- Post-processing panoramic imagery geo-rectification system
United States Patent Application #18453736, 2024 - Post-capture imagery processing and deployment systems
United States Patent #10121223B2, 2018
Publications
Hairnet: Hairstyle transfer with pose changes
Peihao Zhu, Rameen Abdal, John Femiani, Peter Wonka, "Hairnet: Hairstyle transfer with pose changes." In the proceedings of European Conference on Computer Vision, 2022.
Clip2stylegan: Unsupervised extraction of stylegan edit directions
Rameen Abdal, Peihao Zhu, John Femiani, Niloy Mitra, Peter Wonka, "Clip2stylegan: Unsupervised extraction of stylegan edit directions." In the proceedings of ACM SIGGRAPH 2022 conference proceedings, 2022.
Mind the gap: Domain gap control for single shot domain adaptation for generative adversarial networks
Peihao Zhu, Rameen Abdal, John Femiani, Peter Wonka, "Mind the gap: Domain gap control for single shot domain adaptation for generative adversarial networks." arXiv preprint arXiv:2110.08398, 2021.
Barbershop: Gan-based image compositing using segmentation masks
Peihao Zhu, Rameen Abdal, John Femiani, Peter Wonka, "Barbershop: Gan-based image compositing using segmentation masks." arXiv preprint arXiv:2106.01505, 2021.
Large-Scale Architectural Asset Extraction from Panoramic Imagery
Peihao Zhu, Wamiq Para, Anna Fr{\"u}hst{\"u}ck, John Femiani, Peter Wonka, "Large-Scale Architectural Asset Extraction from Panoramic Imagery." IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2020.
Improved stylegan embedding: Where are the good latents?
Peihao Zhu, Rameen Abdal, Yipeng Qin, John Femiani, Peter Wonka, "Improved stylegan embedding: Where are the good latents?." arXiv preprint arXiv:2012.09036, 2020.
Post capture imagery processing and deployment systems
Dennis Vegh, John Femiani, Michael Katic, Anshuman Razdan, "Post capture imagery processing and deployment systems." US Patent 10,467,726, 2019.
Trajectory Simulation and Optimization for Shortcuts to Adiabaticity using Artificial Neural Network
Hok Chang, John Femiani, E Samson, "Trajectory Simulation and Optimization for Shortcuts to Adiabaticity using Artificial Neural Network." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2019.
Segmentation of Color-Coded Underground Utility Markings
Peining Che, John Femiani, "Segmentation of Color-Coded Underground Utility Markings." In the proceedings of Science and Information Conference, 2019.
User interaction event data capturing system for use with aerial spherical imagery
Dennis Vegh, John Femiani, Michael Katic, Anshuman Razdan, "User interaction event data capturing system for use with aerial spherical imagery." US Patent 10,120,878, 2018.
Post capture imagery processing and deployment systems
Dennis Vegh, John Femiani, Michael Katic, Anshuman Razdan, "Post capture imagery processing and deployment systems." US Patent 10,121,223, 2018.
Shortcut to Adiabaticity for Harmonic and Anharmonic Traps using BFGS Algorithm
Hok Chang, John Femiani, Edward Samson, "Shortcut to Adiabaticity for Harmonic and Anharmonic Traps using BFGS Algorithm." Bulletin of the American Physical Society, 2018.
Fine scale registration of walking paths and other ribbon-like features
Zhongyu Liu, Xian Liu, John Femiani, "Fine scale registration of walking paths and other ribbon-like features." In the proceedings of Proceedings of the 26th ACM SIGSPATIAL International Conference on Advances in Geographic Information Systems, 2018.
Facade segmentation in the wild
John Femiani, Wamiq Para, Niloy Mitra, Peter Wonka, "Facade segmentation in the wild." arXiv preprint arXiv:1805.08634, 2018.
Automatic Sign Detection with Application to an Assistive Robot.
Amlaan Shakeel, Peining Che, Xien Liu, Yamuna Rajesekhar, John Femiani, "Automatic Sign Detection with Application to an Assistive Robot.." In the proceedings of AAAI Workshops, 2018.
Detecting probable cheating during online assessments based on time delay and head pose
Chia Chuang, Scotty Craig, John Femiani, "Detecting probable cheating during online assessments based on time delay and head pose." Higher Education Research & Development, 2017.
BigSUR: Large-scale structured urban reconstruction
Tom Kelly, John Femiani, Peter Wonka, Niloy Mitra, "BigSUR: Large-scale structured urban reconstruction." ACM Transactions on Graphics, 2017.
An adaptive time reduction technique for video lectures
Sreenivas Shenoy, Ashish Amresh, John Femiani, "An adaptive time reduction technique for video lectures." In the proceedings of 12th International Conference on e-Learning, ICEL 2017, 2017.
The Role of Certainty and Time Delay in Students' Cheating Decisions during Online Testing.
Chia-Yuan Chuang, Scotty Craig, John Femiani, "The Role of Certainty and Time Delay in Students' Cheating Decisions during Online Testing.." In the proceedings of CogSci, 2015.
Robust rooftop extraction from visible band images using higher order CRF
Er Li, John Femiani, Shibiao Xu, Xiaopeng Zhang, Peter Wonka, "Robust rooftop extraction from visible band images using higher order CRF." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2015.
Functional morphology of the hallucal metatarsal with implications for inferring grasping ability in extinct primates
Katherine Goodenberger, Doug Boyer, Caley Orr, Rachel Jacobs, John Femiani, Biren Patel, "Functional morphology of the hallucal metatarsal with implications for inferring grasping ability in extinct primates." American journal of physical anthropology, 2015.
Methods and System for Monitoring Computer Users
Anshuman Razden, John Femiani, "Methods and System for Monitoring Computer Users." US Patent App. 13/762,306, 2014.
Shadow-based rooftop segmentation in visible band images
John Femiani, Er Li, Anshuman Razdan, Peter Wonka, "Shadow-based rooftop segmentation in visible band images." IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, 2014.
A hybrid method for multi-sensor remote sensing image registration based on salience region
Jichao Jiao, Zhongliang Deng, Baojun Zhao, John Femiani, Xin Wang, "A hybrid method for multi-sensor remote sensing image registration based on salience region." Circuits, Systems, and Signal Processing, 2014.
UAV sensor operator training enhancement through heat map analysis
Ashish Amresh, John Femiani, Jason Fairfield, Adam Fairfield, "UAV sensor operator training enhancement through heat map analysis." In the proceedings of 2013 17th International Conference on Information Visualisation, 2013.
Improving E-Learning Videos Using Personalization and Social Signals
Adit Shah, Ashish Amresh, John Femiani, "Improving E-Learning Videos Using Personalization and Social Signals." In the proceedings of E-Learn: World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, 2013.
Functional morphology of the primate hallucal metatarsal (Mt1) and implications for inferring hallucal grasping capability in fossil primates.
Katherine Goodenberger, Caley Orr, Doug Boyer, Rachel Jacobs, John Femiani, Biren Patel, "Functional morphology of the primate hallucal metatarsal (Mt1) and implications for inferring hallucal grasping capability in fossil primates.." In the proceedings of AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL ANTHROPOLOGY, 2013.
Evaluating the effectiveness of flipped classrooms for teaching CS1
Ashish Amresh, Adam Carberry, John Femiani, "Evaluating the effectiveness of flipped classrooms for teaching CS1." In the proceedings of 2013 IEEE Frontiers in Education Conference (FIE), 2013.
Topology Free Automated Landmark Detection
Chiayuan Chuang, John Femiani, Brian Corner, "Topology Free Automated Landmark Detection." In the proceedings of Advances in Applied Human Modeling and Simulation, 2012.
Three-dimensional quantitative comparative analysis of trapezial-metacarpal joint surface curvatures in human populations
MW Marzke, MW Tocheri, RF Marzke, JD Femiani, "Three-dimensional quantitative comparative analysis of trapezial-metacarpal joint surface curvatures in human populations." Journal of Hand Surgery, 2012.
Methods for approximating Loop subdivision using tessellation enabled GPUs
Ashish Amresh, John Femiani, Christoph F{\"u}nfzig, "Methods for approximating Loop subdivision using tessellation enabled GPUs." In the proceedings of Advances in Visual Computing: 8th International Symposium, ISVC 2012, Rethymnon, Crete, Greece, July 16-18, 2012, Revised Selected Papers, Part I 8, 2012.
Least eccentric ellipses for geometric Hermite interpolation
John Femiani, Chia-Yuan Chuang, Anshuman Razdan, "Least eccentric ellipses for geometric Hermite interpolation." Computer aided geometric design, 2012.
Ecological divergence and medial cuneiform morphology in gorillas
Matthew Tocheri, Christyna Solhan, Caley Orr, John Femiani, Bruno Frohlich, Colin Groves, William Harcourt-Smith, Brian Richmond, Brett Shoelson, William Jungers, "Ecological divergence and medial cuneiform morphology in gorillas." Journal of Human Evolution, 2011.
A new qem for parametrization of raster images
Xuetao Yin, John Femiani, Peter Wonka, Anshuman Razdan, "A new qem for parametrization of raster images." In the proceedings of Computer Graphics Forum, 2011.
Comparative and analytic apparatus method for converting two-dimensional bit map data into three-dimensional data
Anshuman Razdan, John Femiani, "Comparative and analytic apparatus method for converting two-dimensional bit map data into three-dimensional data." US Patent 7,729,541, 2010.
Semi-Automatic Hole Filling Guided by Hermite Curves
Myungsoo Bae, John Femiani, A Razdan, "Semi-Automatic Hole Filling Guided by Hermite Curves." Computer Aided Design, 2010.
Least Eccentric Curves
John Femiani, Chia Chen, Anshuman Razdan, "Least Eccentric Curves." Computer Aided Geometric Design, 2010.
Comparative 3D quantitative analyses of trapeziometacarpal joint surface curvatures among living catarrhines and fossil hominins
Mary Marzke, Matthew Tocheri, B Steinberg, JD Femiani, SP Reece, RL Linscheid, Caley Orr, RF Marzke, "Comparative 3D quantitative analyses of trapeziometacarpal joint surface curvatures among living catarrhines and fossil hominins." American Journal of Physical Anthropology: The Official Publication of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 2010.
Interval HSV: Extracting ink annotations
John Femiani, Anshuman Razdan, "Interval HSV: Extracting ink annotations." In the proceedings of 2009 IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, 2009.
Curve matching for open 2D curves
Ming Cui, John Femiani, Jiuxiang Hu, Peter Wonka, Anshuman Razdan, "Curve matching for open 2D curves." Pattern Recognition Letters, 2009.
3D VQI: 3D visual query interface
Subhash Uppalapati, John Femiani, Anshuman Razdan, Kevin Gary, "3D VQI: 3D visual query interface." In the proceedings of 2009 Sixth International Conference on Information Technology: New Generations, 2009.
Urban road network extraction and intersection detection in aerial images using local shape classification
J Hu, A Razdan, P Wonka, M Cui, J Femiani, "Urban road network extraction and intersection detection in aerial images using local shape classification." IEEE T. on Remote Sensing and GeoSciences, 2007.
Road network extraction and intersection detection from aerial images by tracking road footprints
Jiuxiang Hu, Anshuman Razdan, John Femiani, Ming Cui, Peter Wonka, "Road network extraction and intersection detection from aerial images by tracking road footprints." IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 2007.
Fourier shape descriptors of pixel footprints for road extraction from satellite images
Jiuxiang Hu, Anshuman Razdan, John Femiani, Peter Wonka, Ming Cui, "Fourier shape descriptors of pixel footprints for road extraction from satellite images." In the proceedings of 2007 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, 2007.
Quadric-based metrics for shape analysis of three-dimensional osteological surfaces
Matthew Tocheri, John Femiani, Caley Orr, Mary Marzke, "Quadric-based metrics for shape analysis of three-dimensional osteological surfaces." Am J Phys Anthropol, 2006.
3D face authentication and recognition based on bilateral symmetry analysis
Liyan Zhang, Anshuman Razdan, Gerald Farin, John Femiani, Myungsoo Bae, Charles Lockwood, "3D face authentication and recognition based on bilateral symmetry analysis." The Visual Computer, 2006.
A System for Discriminating Handwriting from Machine Print on Noisy Arabic Documents
John Femiani$^1$, Mariano Razdan, "A System for Discriminating Handwriting from Machine Print on Noisy Arabic Documents." In the proceedings of Proceedings 2005 Symposium on Document Image Understanding Technology, 2005.
Curve shapes: Comparison and alignment
John Femiani, Anshuman Razdan, Gerald Farin, "Curve shapes: Comparison and alignment." submitted to TPAMI, 2004.
Talks
Barbershop: GAN-based Image Compositing using Segmentation Masks Permalink
Conference Talk at International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2021, Virtual Conference
Teaching
Service and Leadership
- Panelist for NSF (2023, 2018)
- Reviewer for conferences including CVPR (2024), SIGGRAPH, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, Remote Sensing, and Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Remote Sensing (JSTARS)