I am a postdoctoral researcher in computer vision, computer graphics, and AI at MIT CSAIL, advised by Prof. Antonio Torralba. I completed my PhD at Tel Aviv University, advised by Prof. Daniel Cohen-Or and Prof. Ariel Shamir. My research is inspired by principles in cognitive science and visual design. I develop computational tools that model and support visual thinking, visual communication, and creative expression. A core focus of my work is leveraging the rich priors of large vision-language models to generate visuals that are abstract, expressive, structured, and editable.
I also enjoy drawing and sculpting in my free time :)

My work has been recognized with two Best Paper Awards — CLIPasso (SIGGRAPH'22) and Inspiration Tree (SIGGRAPH Asia'23) — and an Honorable Mention Award for Word-as-Image (SIGGRAPH'23). >More details

Email: yaelvink@mit.edu | yaelvi116@gmail.com
Office: 45-733D