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Erasmus University Rotterdam
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Researcher
Tim Salimans
AnthropicMember of Technical Staff
Salimans helped make AI-generated images more realistic and faster to produce. He co-developed techniques for training image generators[1] and contributed to Google’s Imagen, which turns text into pictures.[2] With Jonathan Ho, he developed progressive distillation, teaching image models to generate in far fewer steps with little loss of quality.[3]
Career & education
Current roleAnthropic2026-presentMember of Technical Staff
Anthropic2026-presentPreviously
Education
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.
citations133,463As of Nov 1, '26
citations+3,359Since last snapshot, Oct 1, '26
References
- Improved Techniques for Training GANsarxiv.org
He co-developed techniques for training image generators
- Imagen — official project and authorsimagen.research.google
contributed to Google’s Imagen, which turns text into pictures.
- Progressive Distillation for Fast Sampling of Diffusion Modelsarxiv.org
With Jonathan Ho, he developed progressive distillation, teaching image models to generate in far fewer steps with little loss of quality.
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