Itzik Ben-Shabat — Blog3D computer vision, point cloud processing, and the Talking Papers Podcast2026-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/Itzik Ben-ShabatThe CVPR 2026 Survival Guide: 10 Focused Calendars So You Don't Get Lost in Denver2026-06-01T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2026-06-01-cvpr-2026-survival-guideItzik Ben-ShabatA focused, opinionated CVPR 2026 plan with 10 shareable topic calendars covering Generative AI, VLMs, World Models, 3D Vision, Embodied AI, Autonomous Driving, Gaming, Trustworthy AI, Medical, and Efficient Vision. Subscribe with one click.New Year, New Website: How I Migrated from WordPress with GitHub Copilot2026-01-09T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2026-01-09-migrating-website-with-copilotItzik Ben-ShabatIt was 2 a.m. on a Friday and my WordPress site was down. Again. How I rebuilt itzikbs.com from scratch with GitHub Copilot — and never looked back.Why I Left Social Media, and What Brought Me Back2025-10-14T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2025-10-14-why-i-left-social-media-and-what-brought-me-backItzik Ben-ShabatWhy I went quiet on Twitter and Bluesky after October 7, 2023 — and what eventually brought me back. A reflection on social media's role in research life.Choosing a PhD Advisor: Questions to Ask + Red Flags2025-02-17T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2025-02-17-phd-guide-advisor-huntItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast: choosing a PhD advisor — questions to ask, red flags to watch for, and the candid lessons most students learn the hard way.3D Paintbrush: Local Stylization of 3D Shapes with Cascaded Score Distillation2024-07-12T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2024-07-12-3dpaintbrushItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast with Dale Decatur on 3D Paintbrush — automatic texturing of local semantic regions on 3D shapes via cascaded score distillation (CVPR 2024).Highlights and Insights from CVPR 20242024-06-26T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2024-06-26-cvpr2024Itzik Ben-ShabatA personal recap of CVPR 2024 — the papers, the people, the networking events, and the highlights that stood out from a packed week of computer vision.Personal update! I will be joining…2024-06-16T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2024-06-16-career_update_2024Itzik Ben-ShabatA personal life-and-career update — the questions, doubts, and ultimate decision about where to call home and where to make impact next.3DInAction Explained: Recognizing Human Actions Directly from 3D Point Cloud Sequences (CVPR 2024)2024-06-03T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2024-06-03-3dinactionItzik Ben-Shabat3DInAction explained: a method for recognizing human actions directly from 3D point cloud sequences via 't-patches' that move coherently in time. Author Q&A on the Talking Papers Podcast. CVPR 2024.Cameras as Rays: Pose Estimation via Ray Diffusion2024-03-14T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2024-03-14-cameras-as-raysItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast with CMU's Jason Zhang on Cameras as Rays — reformulating camera pose estimation as ray diffusion (ICLR 2024 paper).Instant3D: Fast Text-to-3D with Sparse-View Generation and Large Reconstruction Model2024-02-16T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2024-02-16-instant3dItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast with Jiahao Li (TTIC) on Instant3D — fast text-to-3D using sparse-view generation and a large reconstruction model (ICLR 2024).WACV 2024 Recap: Acceptance Rate, Stats, and Highlights2024-01-10T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2024-01-10-wacv2024Itzik Ben-ShabatWACV 2024 recap from Waikoloa, Hawaii — 41% overall acceptance rate (round 1: 11%) from 2,042 submissions, keynotes, panels, and 3D-vision highlights.Variational Barycentric Coordinates2023-12-14T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2023-12-14-variational-barycentric-coordinatesItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast with MIT's Ana Dodik on Variational Barycentric Coordinates — a neural alternative to mesh/formula-based methods (SIGGRAPH Asia 2023).Reverse Engineering Self-Supervised Learning2023-11-22T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2023-11-22-revenge_sslItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast with Ravid Shwartz-Ziv on Reverse Engineering Self-Supervised Learning — what representations and mechanisms SSL actually learns (NeurIPS 2023).Constructive Solid Geometry on Neural Signed Distance Fields2023-11-09T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2023-11-09-csg_on_nsdfItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast with CMU's Zoë Marschner on Constructive Solid Geometry for Neural SDFs — fixing pseudo-SDFs from geometric operations (SIGGRAPH Asia 2023).HMD-NeMo: Online 3D Avatar Motion Generation From Sparse Observations2023-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2023-11-01-hmdnemoItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast with Sadegh Aliakbarian on HMD-NeMo — online full-body avatar motion generation from sparse VR/MR headset signals (ICCV 2023).CC3D: Layout-Conditioned Generation of Compositional 3D Scenes2023-09-28T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2023-09-28-cc3dItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast with Jeong Joon Park on CC3D — a layout-conditioned generative model for compositional 3D scene synthesis beyond single objects (ICCV 2023).NeRF-Det: Learning Geometry-Aware Volumetric Representation for Multi-View 3D Object Detection2023-09-07T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2023-09-07-nerf-detItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast with Chenfeng Xu on NeRF-Det — a geometry-aware volumetric representation for multi-view 3D object detection (ICCV 2023).🎠 MagicPony: Learning Articulated 3D Animals in the Wild2023-08-10T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2023-08-10-magicponyItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast with Tomas Jakab on MagicPony — learning articulated 3D animal models from in-the-wild images without 3D supervision (CVPR 2023).Word-As-Image for Semantic Typography2023-07-20T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2023-07-20-word_as_imageItzik Ben-ShabatTalking Papers Podcast with Shir Iluz on Word-As-Image — morphing typography based on semantic context using Bézier control points (SIGGRAPH 2023 Honorable Mention).CVPR 20232023-07-19T00:00:00Zhttps://itzikbs.com/blog/posts/2023-07-19-cvpr-2023Itzik Ben-ShabatRecap of CVPR 2023 — preparation strategies, talks worth remembering, food, and the connections that make a computer vision conference worth the trip.