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Kevin Blackburn-Matzen Kevin Blackburn-Matzen

I'm a Senior Research Scientist/Engineer at Adobe in Seattle, specializing in controllable image and video generation with a focus on 3D-centric controls. My research bridges computer vision, machine learning, and computational photography to build systems that give creators precise control over visual content.

My work spans 3D vision (stereo, depth estimation, camera calibration), computational photography (burst processing, reflection removal, defocus synthesis), and video processing (view synthesis, depth estimation, scene-aware effects). I'm particularly interested in how 3D understanding can improve generative models and creative tools.

I earned my PhD from Cornell University (2016) under Noah Snavely and Kavita Bala, where I developed methods for analyzing large-scale photo collections. Before joining Adobe, I spent five years at Facebook (2016-2021) on Computational Photography and XR Tech.

Note: Publications prior to 2021 are under the name Kevin Matzen.

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Publications

Removing Reflections from RAW Photos
E Kee, A Pikielny, K Blackburn‑Matzen, M Levoy
CVPR 2025
Computational Photography
Fast View Synthesis of Casual Videos with Soup-of-Planes
YC Lee, Z Zhang, K Blackburn-Matzen, S Niklaus, J Zhang, JB Huang, F Liu
ECCV 2024
Video Processing 3D Vision
One Shot 3D Photography
SIGGRAPH 2020
3D Vision Computational Photography Depth Estimation
Consistent Video Depth Estimation
SIGGRAPH 2020
Depth Estimation Video Processing 3D Vision
Synthetic Defocus and Look-Ahead Autofocus for Casual Videography
X Zhang, K Matzen, V Nguyen, D Yao, Y Zhang, R Ng
SIGGRAPH 2019
Video Processing Computational Photography Depth Estimation
Deep Burst Denoising
ECCV 2018
Computational Photography
Deep Burst Denoising
DeepMVS: Learning Multi-view Stereopsis
CVPR 2018
3D Vision Depth Estimation
DeepMVS pipeline
Low-cost 360 stereo photography and video capture
SIGGRAPH 2017
3D Vision Computational Photography
Low-cost 360 stereo photography and video capture
Scene Chronology 🏆 Best Paper
K Matzen, N Snavely
ECCV 2014
3D Vision Trend Analysis

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