Esther Lin 林詠惠
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I am a computational optics researcher developing methods for modelling, optimizing, and scaling optical systems. I am a 3rd year Computer Science PhD student at the University of Toronto, co-advised by Kyros Kutulakos and David Lindell. My research is generously supported by the SPIE Optical Design and Engineering Scholarship and the NSERC CGS D Scholarship. |
Research
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Esther Y. H. Lin,
Zhecheng Wang,
Rebecca Lin,
Daniel Miau,
Florian Kainz,
Jiawen Chen,
Cecilia Zhang,
David B. Lindell,
Kiriakos N. Kutulakos
in submission, 2023
The lens blur field is a neural representation for modelling optical blur.
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Haitang Yang,
Esther Y. H. Lin,
Kiriakos N. Kutulakos,
George V. Eleftheriades
Optica, 2022
A theory for incoherent super-oscillatory image formation generalized to any system of lenses
for easy integration with existing microscopic or telescopic modalities.
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Haitang Yang,
Esther Y. H. Lin,
Kiriakos N. Kutulakos,
George V. Eleftheriades
ACS Photonics, 2021
Design constraints for super-oscillatory point spread functions can be significantly relaxed in an incoherent system with the convolutional-based image formation model.
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Experience
- research intern @ Meta Reality Labs, Eye tracking Research (2024-2025)
- research intern @ Adobe, Computational Photography (2021-2022)
- engineering intern @ Tesla, Sensors (2020)
- research intern @ Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter, Miller group (2018)
- engineering intern @ Ciena, Submarine and Foreign Lines (2017)
Projects
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Shooting lasers at thin films and droplets
From my internship at the Max Planck Institute for the Structure of Dynamics Matter, Dr. Dwayne Miller's Atomically Resolved Dynamics group. |
Teaching
- CSC2530 Computational Imaging and 3D Sensing @ UofT (2022, teaching assistant)
- CSC320 Introduction to Visual Computing @ UofT (2021-2022, teaching assistant)
- Coding Club @ Richmond City Centre Community Centre (2019 - Ongoing, instructor)
- CPEN221 Principles of Software Construction @ UBC (2017, teaching assistant)
Fun
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Procrastinating at my desk
An ongoing dump for fun projects :) |
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Coding Club
A collection of drawings and animations my students and I have made in Coding Club @ Richmond City Centre Community Centre. |
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CAD Models for Imaging
A collection of generic components for rendering optical setups. My brother Sam has a more diverse collection. |
and...
- My siblings Rebecca, Josh, and Sam do neat work.
- A massive THANK YOU to Sam Sinha, Anagh Malik, Amar Shah, Cindy Zhang, Zara Lim, Svena Yu, Paul Liu, Eugene Shen, Simon Zheng, and Joel Ahn for the continuous emotional and technical support!
Thanks, Rebecca for the template!