<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:georgia,serif;font-size:small"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><b>When:</b>         Friday, October 20th<b> at <span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)">12:30pm CT  </span></b></font><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"> <br><b>Where:</b><b>  </b>      Talk will be given<span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"> </span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,255,0)"><font style="font-weight:bold"><u>live, in-person</u></font><font style="font-weight:bold"> </font></span>at</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">                       TTIC, 6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">                        5th Floor, Room 530<b>              </b>   </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b><span class="gmail_default"></span>Virtually:</b>     via Panopto (<a href="https://uchicago.hosted.panopto.com/Panopto/Pages/Viewer.aspx?id=9e9c96c3-9caf-4f97-84c0-b082013b5d41" target="_blank">Livestream</a>) </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"> </font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><font face="georgia, serif"><b>Who:</b><b> </b>          Anand Bhattad</font><font face="georgia, serif">, TTIC</font></font></p><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="0" style="width:0in;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;border-collapse:collapse"><tbody><tr><td style="padding:0in"></td></tr></tbody></table><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"> <span class="gmail_default"></span></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b>Title</b>:          What Do Generative Image Models Know?<br><br><b>Abstract:  </b>Generative image models can produce compelling pictures of realistic scenes. Objects are in sensible places, surfaces have rich textures, illumination effects appear accurate, and the models are controllable. These models can also generate semantically meaningful edits of scenes by modifying internal parameters. But do these models manipulate a purely abstract representation of the world, or do they work in terms of familiar rendering variables?<br><br>In this talk, I will present our recent work on the latent capabilities of generative image models, specifically focusing on the StyleGAN architecture. Our findings indicate that StyleGAN models possess an inherent ability to generate a wide array of scene attributes, including but not limited to, variable lighting conditions, albedo maps, depth maps, and normal maps. These attributes are traditionally used in computer graphics for rendering purposes, yet we provide compelling evidence that they are intrinsically available within the generative model architecture that was solely trained to generate images without ever seeing scene attribute data during training. In the end, I will extend the discussion to incorporate stable diffusion models, presenting empirical evidence from our ongoing work that suggests these models also harbor similar capabilities far exceeding initial expectations.<br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><br></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><div class="gmail_default"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">*********************************************************************************************</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 8pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000"><b>Masks are optional in all common areas. </b><b>Full visitor guidance is available at <a href="http://ttic.edu/visitors" target="_blank">ttic.edu/visitors</a>.</b></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in 0in 12pt;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial;line-height:15.6933px"><b><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">*********************************************************************************************</font></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><b><i><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif">Research at TTIC Seminar Series</font></i></b></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font color="#000000" face="georgia, serif"> </font></p><div class="gmail_default"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default"><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-size:initial;background-repeat:initial;background-origin:initial;background-clip:initial"><font face="georgia, serif" color="#000000">TTIC is hosting a weekly seminar series presenting the research currently underway at the Institute. Every week a different TTIC faculty member will present their research.  The lectures are intended for students seeking research topics and advisors and for the general TTIC and University of Chicago communities interested in hearing what their colleagues are up to. </font></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif">--</span><br style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><div dir="ltr"><b><font color="#3d85c6">Brandie Jones </font></b><div><div><div><font color="#3d85c6"><b><i>Executive </i></b></font><b style="color:rgb(61,133,198)"><i>Administrative Assistant</i></b></div></div><div><font color="#3d85c6">Toyota Technological Institute</font></div><div><font color="#3d85c6">6045 S. Kenwood Avenue</font></div><div><font color="#3d85c6">Chicago, IL  60637</font></div></div><div><font color="#3d85c6"><a href="http://www.ttic.edu/" target="_blank">www.ttic.edu</a> </font></div><div><font color="#3d85c6"><div style="background-color:rgb(238,238,238)"><div style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><span style="color:rgb(61,133,198)">Working Remotely on Tuesdays</span></div></div></font></div></div></div></div></div>