NVIDIA
Tsinghua University
Stanford University
Matthew TancikResearcher
Luma AI
Head of Applied Research
via Luma AI
Researcher
Jiaming Song
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Chief Scientist at Luma AI
Song created DDIM, a method that can generate images with diffusion models 10–50 times faster by reaching a result in fewer denoising steps. The idea made diffusion systems more practical and gave creators greater control over image editing, reconstruction, and transitions between visual concepts.
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