I’m currently a Research Scientist at NVIDIA’s Spatial Intelligence Lab, working on Creative and Applied AI Tools. Previously, I completed my PhD at the University of Toronto with David I.W. Levin, focused on physics-based simulation. During my PhD I interned at Amazon Robotics and at NVIDIA PhysX.

Publications

AdaVoMP: Adaptive Volumetric Mechanical Property Fields Invariant to Resolution
Rishit Dagli, Donglai Xiang, Vismay Modi, Xuning Yang, Gavriel State, David I.W. Levin, Maria Shugrina
ICML · 2026
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OrganPhys: Scope Captures to CT-Informed, Mesh-Free, Physics Sim-Ready Deformables
Aravind Kumar*, Vishwesh Nath*, Andres Diaz-Pinto, Vismay Modi
SCA · 2026
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FreeForm: Reduced-Order Deformable Simulation from Particle-Based Skinning Eigenmodes
Donglai Xiang*, Vismay Modi*, Rishit Dagli, Ty Trusty, Gilles Daviet, Anka He Chen, Nicholas Sharp, David I.W. Levin
CVPR · 2026
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VoMP: Predicting Volumetric Mechanical Property Fields
Rishit Dagli, Donglai Xiang, Vismay Modi, Charles Loop, Clement Fuji Tsang, Anka He Chen, Anita Hu, Gavriel State, David I.W. Levin, Maria Shugrina
ICLR · 2026
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Learning Riemannian Metrics for Interpolating Animations
Sarah Kushner, Vismay Modi, Nina Miolane
Geometric Science of Information (GSI) · 2025
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Simplicits: Mesh-Free, Geometry-Agnostic, Elastic Simulation
Vismay Modi, Nicholas Sharp, Or Perel, Shinjiro Sueda, David I.W. Levin
SIGGRAPH, ACM Transactions on Graphics · 2024
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Neural Collision Fields for Triangle Primitives
Ryan S. Zesch, Vismay Modi, Shinjiro Sueda, David I.W. Levin
SIGGRAPH Asia · 2023
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Multi-Agent Path Planning with Heterogeneous Interactions in Tight Spaces
Vismay Modi, Yixin Chen, Abhishek Madan, Shinjiro Sueda, David I.W. Levin
Computer Graphics Forum · 2023
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EMU: Efficient Musculoskeletal Simulations in Deformation Space
Vismay Modi, Lawson Fulton, Shin Sueda, Alec Jacobson, David I.W. Levin
Computer Graphics Forum · 2021
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Autodef: Latent-Space Dynamics for Reduced Deformable Simulation
Lawson Fulton, Vismay Modi, David Duvenaud, David I.W. Levin, Alec Jacobson
Eurographics · 2019
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Presentations

From 3D Captures to Simulated Digital Environments: A Hands-on Lab with NVIDIA Kaolin Library
Clement Fuji Tsang, Vismay Modi, Maria Shugrina
SIGGRAPH Courses · July 23, 2026
acm| schedule

Tackling Gaussian Splats, Physics Simulation and Visualization with NVIDIA Kaolin and Warp Libraries
Vismay Modi, Clement Fuji Tsang, Masha Shugrina, Gilles Daviet
SIGGRAPH Labs · August 10, 2025
acm| tutorial

Tackling 3D Deep Learning, Gaussian Splats and Physics Simulation with NVIDIA Kaolin Library: A Hands-On Lab
Clement Fuji Tsang, Vismay Modi, Or Perel, Maria Shugrina
CVPR Tutorial · June 11, 2025
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Siggraph 2024 Hands-On Workshop
Details coming soon.

Research Engineer
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PhD
(2024)
Intern
(2022)
Intern
(2021)