Kosta Derpanis Profile Banner
Kosta Derpanis Profile
Kosta Derpanis

@CSProfKGD

47,721
Followers
197
Following
4,199
Media
28,564
Statuses

#CS Associate Prof @YorkUniversity , #ComputerVision Scientist Samsung #AI , @VectorInst Faculty Affiliate, TPAMI AE, #CVPR2024 / #ECCV2024 Publicity Co-chair

Toronto, Ontario
Joined August 2015
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
Pinned Tweet
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 months
Lecture slides for my "Introduction to #ComputerVision " and " #DeepLearning in Computer Vision" courses. 🆕 Lectures on Diffusion models and Graph Neural Networks The included videos do not contain voiceovers yet, planned for a future revision.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
16
92
520
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Not going to lie, have a tear in my eye 😢
Tweet media one
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Minutes away from Gilbert Strang’s final lecture.
Tweet media one
3
29
511
53
259
4K
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Prof. Gilbert Strang the original YouTuber, before there was a YouTube. Thank you for your many contributions!
Tweet media one
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Not going to lie, have a tear in my eye 😢
Tweet media one
53
259
4K
7
219
2K
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
The transformer model is patented by Google.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
52
319
2K
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 months
🙄
Tweet media one
76
58
2K
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
Lecture slides for my courses Introduction to #ComputerVision : #DeepLearning in Computer Vision: The included videos do not contain voiceovers, planned for a future revision.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
42
363
1K
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
5 years
A new use of the asterisk in the paper author list for credit assignment
Tweet media one
12
184
968
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Tools to Design or Visualize Architecture of Neural Network
Tweet media one
8
203
967
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
My sons asked me to describe academia to them. Here is my best shot.
24
95
922
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
9 months
The textbook I use for my #DeepLearning course 😍 HIGHLY recommended!!!
Tweet media one
@SimonPrinceAI
Simon Prince
9 months
Are you (or is someone you know) teaching AI / ML / Deep Learning this year? My forthcoming book (freely available at ) will save you a lot of time. This thread will show you why.
Tweet media one
56
397
2K
4
184
829
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Check out @mmbronstein #ICLR2021 invited presentation, it’s gorgeous!
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
10
166
791
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
We've all been there 🤓 #DeepLearning
21
104
766
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Just arrived 🤗
Tweet media one
13
44
734
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
Recommended to generations of #ComputerVision researchers. Gilbert Strang, Linear Algebra and Its Applications YouTube playlist of Strang lectures:
Tweet media one
13
111
738
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
#ComputerVision textbooks from my library.
Tweet media one
16
58
709
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
9 months
Academic research code
20
74
697
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Looking for a tutorial on diffusion models with ALL the “gory” mathematical details? Check out all 170 equations in this preprint.
11
113
690
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Recommended to generations of #ComputerVision researchers. A gem in my book collection! Gilbert Strang, Linear Algebra and Its Applications
Tweet media one
20
56
679
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
Anyone try PyTorch IDE TorchStudio before? Thoughts?
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
22
107
646
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Great start to 2021! Draft PDF now available of Kevin Murphy’s book “Probabilistic Machine Learning: An Introduction”.
Tweet media one
3
146
640
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
Check out this BEAUTIFUL interactive blog about cameras and lenses by @BCiechanowski .
5
140
633
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
7 months
Academic faculty comparing their research output 😅
19
55
601
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Geoffrey Hinton, How to represent part-whole hierarchies in a neural network, arXiv, 2021
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
4
106
525
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
5 years
New textbook by Gilbert Strang, “Linear Algebra and Learning from Data”, coming January 2019, includes #deeplearning @alfcnz
5
156
519
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Minutes away from Gilbert Strang’s final lecture.
Tweet media one
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Don't forget, TODAY (May 15) at 11:00am EST is Gilbert Strang's LAST lecture. Check out the live stream! HUGE thank you Prof. Strang, your books, lectures and enthusiasm to education in all facets have been hugely influential to me and so many others.
Tweet media one
0
44
227
3
29
511
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
10 months
Gem of a #deeplearning book by @francoisfleuret , GREAT visuals! Walking around campus today reading this end-to-end, some may have mistaken me in partaking in a religious exercise 🤓
Tweet media one
10
79
510
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 months
New #computervision textbook coming soon 🤗 Comes with HIGH praise. Shoutout to @KostasPenn for sharing info.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
7
54
510
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
10 months
5 papers accepted at arXiv ☺️
16
14
489
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
Teaser alert: It's Backprop week in my #DeepLearning course. Putting the final touches on tomorrow's lecture.
12
66
478
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
5 months
Old photo of @ylecun vs the #computervision community about learning versus handcrafting representations.
Tweet media one
14
42
480
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Saturday afternoon reading. Diffusion Model + Object Detection 🤔
Tweet media one
10
28
470
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 month
Updated list of diffusion model tutorial sources, from my lecture on diffusion.
@stanley_h_chan
Stanley H. Chan
1 month
I wrote a tutorial on diffusion models for undergrad and grad students. I tried my best to give intuitive explanations for complicated equations. Your feedback is much appreciated Thanks to those who suggested various reading materials to me
Tweet media one
53
840
4K
4
49
447
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
6 months
Love my MNIST socks. Thanks @V7Labs !
Tweet media one
14
28
441
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
The last thing you ever want to hear at the end of your talk
17
22
432
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
To break up the monotony of #ECCV2020 accepted papers (congrats to all btw), we had two papers rejected. YES, rejection is part of the research process, learn to deal with it. #academiclife
18
11
421
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Research is where failure is the norm. Don’t let social media posts convince you otherwise. Managing failure is an important skill to develop.
9
43
421
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
Shout out to @EigenSteve and his AMAZING lecture series using a lightboard. Truly inspiring! Check out the YouTube playlist of lectures:
Tweet media one
3
47
406
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
5 years
Geoff Hinton’s first paper
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
4
75
404
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
5 months
Paper completed minutes before conference submission deadline.
6
35
393
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
The illustrated guide to a #PhD .
2
72
379
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
Quote of the day: "It was SOTA for about a day or so". 🤓
12
27
382
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
One last experiment before submission.
11
31
377
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
#CVPR2021 best paper awards
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
1
75
376
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Did you know ConvNets were initially patented by AT&T Bell Labs? Source:
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
6
60
361
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
When you forget to measure your kid's height as they are growing up, there is image metrology to the rescue 🤓
14
50
359
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Maybe it’s time to revisit the standard undergrad #ComputerScience curriculum and it’s relationship to #math . I’m advocating for more math (rather than the trend to less) but a more integrated delivery with CS. I’m currently checking out this book. Includes SVD @KostasPenn
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
15
55
351
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 month
Talk about Flow Matching by @lipmanya
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
6
46
351
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
#ComputerVision : Algorithms and Applications, 2nd edition
Tweet media one
3
95
341
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Clip from today's lecture on SGD with momentum. Slides from my full course for #DeepLearning in #ComputerVision :
10
61
336
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
Often we take our image datasets for granted. There’s value in actually looking at the pixels. Check out: Do We Train on Test Data? Purging CIFAR of Near-Duplicates, Björn Barz, Joachim Denzler Paper:
Tweet media one
8
67
335
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
On the topic of books, I highly recommend Gilbert Strang, Linear Algebra and Its Applications. Must read for #computervision researchers.
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
Recommended to generations of #ComputerVision researchers. Gilbert Strang, Linear Algebra and Its Applications YouTube playlist of Strang lectures:
Tweet media one
13
111
738
6
34
329
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Tweet media one
9
34
330
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
6 days
Nice!
Tweet media one
@phillip_isola
Phillip Isola
11 days
Our computer vision textbook is released! Foundations of Computer Vision with Antonio Torralba and Bill Freeman It’s been in the works for >10 years. Covers everything from linear filters and camera optics to diffusion models and radiance fields. 1/4
Tweet media one
34
391
2K
2
37
334
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Get the word out! Student created meme in my course.
Tweet media one
7
25
323
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
5 months
Tweet media one
5
20
324
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
Happy to share that I will be an Area Chair for #CVPR2021 !!! This will be my first time serving as an AC for CVPR.
Tweet media one
10
13
315
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
10 months
🙄
Tweet media one
13
22
306
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Any other #computervision textbooks you recommend?
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
34
35
303
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
7
50
303
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
We have fully-funded MSc and PhD positions in #ComputerVision and #MachineLearning at @YorkUniversity @LassondeSchool #Toronto for Fall 2022! Interested? Please consider filling out the following form:
Tweet media one
17
101
285
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
OK and last two, since they otherwise will sit on my drive unseen. Structure from Motion (Tomasi-Kanade Factorization)
5
43
290
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
DEAR workshop organizers, when sending a decision email, CHECK YOUR EMAIL TEMPLATE 🤣
Tweet media one
31
5
285
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
Giant list of #DeepLearning / #MachineLearning / #ComputerVision online course material with videos
Tweet media one
5
94
273
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
Updated lecture slides for my course on #DeepLearning in #ComputerVision . Link: The included videos do not contain voiceovers, planned for a future revision.
13
71
271
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
EXCITED to share starting July 1st, my new home (and launch pad 🤓) will be @YorkUniversity @LassondeSchool EECS in #Toronto !!! (with audio 😉)
45
8
274
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
#CVPR2020 paper ids passed 10,000!
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
4 years
#CVPR2020 paper ids have reached 9700+ and the night is still early.
4
7
46
6
73
269
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Vladlen Koltun, David Hafner The h-index is no longer an effective correlate of scientific reputation, arXiv, 2021 arXiv: Project page:
Tweet media one
8
45
269
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Going to miss the holiday luxury of binge reading & just plain learning 😢 Need to carve out more me time. Cool paper alert: “Diffusion models as plug-and-play priors”, Alexandros Graikos ( @algreco_ ), Nikolay Malkin, Nebojsa Jojic, Dimitris Samaras
Tweet media one
4
37
264
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
Among public universities worldwide, Canadian professor salaries are the highest. (All Canadian universities are public.)
Tweet media one
38
35
265
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
It's OFFICIAL!!! Today is my first day as an Associate Prof. in EECS @LassondeSchool @YorkUniversity
17
2
264
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
The "Canadian #AI Mafia"
Tweet media one
9
19
259
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
End of an era. Legend 🫡
@MITMath
MIT Mathematics
1 year
Prof. Gil Strang's last lecture is ... Monday! Watch it via live stream:
Tweet media one
236
2K
11K
2
19
255
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Playing around with the @LumaLabsAI iOS app. For someone who has been in #computervision for many years (and for those that are new too), the progress in 3D computer vision is mind boggling!
20
14
250
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
7 years
Project page for our #CVPR2017 paper on 3D human pose prediction from a single image #ComputerVision #DeepLearning
8
107
251
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
#KostasThoughts : Given its immense utility, I wish SVD was a standard topic in intro linear algebra courses for #ComputerScience students. (Animation: Keynote + After Effects)
13
35
247
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
After almost a decade at @RyersonU CS, June 30 will be my last day. HUGE thank you to all my students for embracing me! It has been an honour being your instructor/mentor/supervisor. I am also grateful to my close colleagues for their mentorship & encouragement along the way.
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
27
8
251
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
“Shows you why you should never ever ever use pixelation as a redaction technique.”
4
189
238
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
#ICLR2023 review debate: Unethical use of language or nothing wrong? Share thoughts below. Full review:
Tweet media one
55
29
243
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
5 years
“Motion Without Movement" by William T. Freeman, Edward H. Adelson and David J. Heeger, SIGGRAPH 1991.
@SteveStuWill
Steve Stewart-Williams
5 years
Holy crap: None of these cogs is actually turning or moving at all 😲
79
2K
6K
6
58
241
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 months
Are you confused and frustrated by the diverse presentations of diffusion models in papers? Check out this wonderful blog by @sedielem that presents an overview of the many perspectives on diffusion.
4
48
243
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
8 days
1000+ citations 🍾 AMAZING collaboration with AMAZING people! ❤️ @geopavlakos @XiaoweiZhou5 @KostasPenn
Tweet media one
12
3
243
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
11 days
Just arrived 🤗
Tweet media one
@phillip_isola
Phillip Isola
11 days
Our computer vision textbook is released! Foundations of Computer Vision with Antonio Torralba and Bill Freeman It’s been in the works for >10 years. Covers everything from linear filters and camera optics to diffusion models and radiance fields. 1/4
Tweet media one
34
391
2K
4
16
240
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
7 months
#ICCV2023 Awards 🏆
Tweet media one
Tweet media two
Tweet media three
Tweet media four
2
42
238
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
Teaser alert: Next up "optimization" in my #DeepLearning course. Putting the final touches on tomorrow's lecture.
4
33
236
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
“Writing a Good Research Paper” by Vincent Lepetit @VincentLepetit2 Treasure trove of tips! Couldn’t agree more 👇
Tweet media one
4
62
233
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
Don't forget, TODAY (May 15) at 11:00am EST is Gilbert Strang's LAST lecture. Check out the live stream! HUGE thank you Prof. Strang, your books, lectures and enthusiasm to education in all facets have been hugely influential to me and so many others.
Tweet media one
@MITMath
MIT Mathematics
1 year
Prof. Gil Strang's last lecture is ... Monday! Watch it via live stream:
Tweet media one
236
2K
11K
0
44
227
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Happy to share I will be an Area Chair for #ICCV2021 scheduled 🤞 to be hosted in #Montreal , #Canada 🇨🇦 (my home country)! This will be my first time serving as an AC for ICCV. #ComputerVision
Tweet media one
5
2
231
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
7 months
Banter between Alyosha Efros and Antonio Torralba on nearest neighbours is all you need, circa 2010.
5
17
228
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
5 months
First test with my DJI gimbal and mic combo. (NOT a sponsored ad by @DJIGlobal ).
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
5 months
Just arrived 🤗
Tweet media one
1
0
22
33
10
225
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
JAX: Accelerated #machinelearning research via composable function transformations in Python Video recording of talk:
Tweet media one
1
33
223
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Two current courses on #DeepLearning in #ComputerVision (with videos) I recommend: with @jcjohnss with @francoisfleuret Share your favourites in the discussion
1
70
223
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
8 months
Reviewer: Asks for an additional experiment. Paper:
3
28
214
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Introducing your @CVPR 2022 New Orleans Publicity/Social Media Chair, ME! Hope to see you all at #CVPR2022 in-person!
8
10
222
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
Tutorial on Transformers (3 parts) by @SimonPrinceAI
Tweet media one
2
42
219
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
9 months
HIGHLY honoured to receive the @YorkUniversity @LassondeSchool Educator of the Year Award! 🥲
Tweet media one
49
7
216
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
3 years
Great advice by Geoff Hinton on the crucial role of your graduate school adviser.
5
25
217
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
1 year
66 years at MIT as student and faculty, he’s now 88 😮
1
12
214
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
2 years
#KostasThoughts : Core math in many #ComputerScience programs is inadequate for studying #ComputerVision & #MachineLearning . Want to study these subjects? Take (single/multi-variable) calculus, linear algebra, statistics & probability. Your future self will thank you 😉
15
27
214
@CSProfKGD
Kosta Derpanis
6 months
Great note on Fourier Analysis by David Fleet and Allan Jepson! Perhaps @jon_barron took this @UofTCompSci #ComputerVision course as an undergrad. Note: Course:
Tweet media one
3
36
214