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Justin Johnson
World LabsCo-founder
Johnson helped create Visual Genome, a dataset connecting objects and relationships in images,[1] and developed methods that made real-time neural style transfer practical.[2] A widely followed computer-vision educator,[3] he co-founded World Labs to build models that understand and generate 3D worlds.[4]
Career & education
Current roleWorld Labs2024-presentCo-founder
World Labs2024-presentPreviously
University of Michigan2019-2024Assistant Professor, Computer Science and Engineering
Meta2022-2023Research Scientist, Facebook AI Research
University of Michigan2019-2024Meta2022-2023Education
Work and education history is primarily focused on AI-relevant roles and may not be comprehensive.
Citation Trend
Total citations to scholarly work, including research papers, technical reports, books and theses, as recorded by Google Scholar. Each point is a dated snapshot.
citations51,089As of Oct 31, '26
citations+1,444Since last snapshot, Sep 2, '26
References
- Visual Genome — Dataset paperarxiv.org
- University of Michigan — Justin Johnson and Stanford CS231Neecs.engin.umich.edu
- World Labs — Aboutworldlabs.ai
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