Justin Solomon
@justinmsolomon.bsky.social
Associate prof, MIT EECS/CSAIL 💻🔬🦥🧀🏋️♀️🎼🐈🎻🏳️🌈 he/him/his
Very nice profile of our group’s research by @csail.mit.edu — geometry is everywhere! cap.csail.mit.edu/engage/spotl...
Justin Solomon
cap.csail.mit.edu
October 14, 2025 at 9:51 PM
Very nice profile of our group’s research by @csail.mit.edu — geometry is everywhere! cap.csail.mit.edu/engage/spotl...
When prompted to translate text, ChatGPT (in this case version 4o) also fixes a math mistake without telling the user it did so. This might feel like a feature but to me it illustrates a serious flaw: People using AI tools as "intermediaries" might not have their text faithfully translated.
October 13, 2025 at 10:55 PM
When prompted to translate text, ChatGPT (in this case version 4o) also fixes a math mistake without telling the user it did so. This might feel like a feature but to me it illustrates a serious flaw: People using AI tools as "intermediaries" might not have their text faithfully translated.
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By the way, I was involved with a committee of ACM SIGGRAPH (a large computer graphics conference) which in 2022 wrote a similar guide for new researchers. Some of this is specific to that field, but it also has useful tutorial material for all fields.
(@justinmsolomon.bsky.social)
(@justinmsolomon.bsky.social)
Writing your first ACM SIGGRAPH / TOG paper – RCDC@SIGGRAPH
research.siggraph.org
September 14, 2025 at 8:32 PM
By the way, I was involved with a committee of ACM SIGGRAPH (a large computer graphics conference) which in 2022 wrote a similar guide for new researchers. Some of this is specific to that field, but it also has useful tutorial material for all fields.
(@justinmsolomon.bsky.social)
(@justinmsolomon.bsky.social)
And once again in lecture I demonstrate that it’s impossible to correctly row reduce a 3x3 matrix by hand in front of 50 people.
September 8, 2025 at 4:35 PM
And once again in lecture I demonstrate that it’s impossible to correctly row reduce a 3x3 matrix by hand in front of 50 people.
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i think my job as “Guy Who Counts Down to Halloween” is safe for now
September 5, 2025 at 3:28 PM
i think my job as “Guy Who Counts Down to Halloween” is safe for now
We just wrapped up the 5th Summer Geometry Initiative (SGI), bringing 30 Fellows to our cohort of 150+ alumni, who go on to PhD/MS programs, industry jobs, and more. Despite overwhelming success, SGI26 is uncertain thanks to the changing funding landscape. Please help by helping identify sponsors!
September 1, 2025 at 8:50 AM
We just wrapped up the 5th Summer Geometry Initiative (SGI), bringing 30 Fellows to our cohort of 150+ alumni, who go on to PhD/MS programs, industry jobs, and more. Despite overwhelming success, SGI26 is uncertain thanks to the changing funding landscape. Please help by helping identify sponsors!
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I will be singing this. How should I interpret the final line that ends with “a r n O”
August 24, 2025 at 2:26 AM
I will be singing this. How should I interpret the final line that ends with “a r n O”
Had one of the most bizarre/strangely memorable days of my academic career. Feel free to send cute pet photos while I dissociate in the Vancouver airport for a bit.
August 15, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Had one of the most bizarre/strangely memorable days of my academic career. Feel free to send cute pet photos while I dissociate in the Vancouver airport for a bit.
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I could not be more disappointed in the management of SIGGRAPH for this, the most spineless of PR blog posts.
Count me as someone who will not have their name on any submission to SIGAsia 2026. If enough of us withhold the content they sorely need, maybe next time they will engage more earnestly.
Count me as someone who will not have their name on any submission to SIGAsia 2026. If enough of us withhold the content they sorely need, maybe next time they will engage more earnestly.
After 6+ mos of discussion and an open letter with 600+ signatures, SIGGRAPH leadership finally responded with...a short blog post? It only obliquely *acknowledges* the issue and doesn't articulate concrete change. What are the "nuances and complexities"? Insulting. www.siggraph.org/news/listeni...
August 9, 2025 at 9:36 PM
I could not be more disappointed in the management of SIGGRAPH for this, the most spineless of PR blog posts.
Count me as someone who will not have their name on any submission to SIGAsia 2026. If enough of us withhold the content they sorely need, maybe next time they will engage more earnestly.
Count me as someone who will not have their name on any submission to SIGAsia 2026. If enough of us withhold the content they sorely need, maybe next time they will engage more earnestly.
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Mark your calendars for the #SIGGRAPH 2025 Thesis Fast Forward in-person event. Recent PhD graduates will present their thesis work and answer questions on Monday 11 August, 10:30-11:30am: s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation...
July 30, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Mark your calendars for the #SIGGRAPH 2025 Thesis Fast Forward in-person event. Recent PhD graduates will present their thesis work and answer questions on Monday 11 August, 10:30-11:30am: s2025.conference-schedule.org/presentation...
After 6+ mos of discussion and an open letter with 600+ signatures, SIGGRAPH leadership finally responded with...a short blog post? It only obliquely *acknowledges* the issue and doesn't articulate concrete change. What are the "nuances and complexities"? Insulting. www.siggraph.org/news/listeni...
August 8, 2025 at 8:48 PM
After 6+ mos of discussion and an open letter with 600+ signatures, SIGGRAPH leadership finally responded with...a short blog post? It only obliquely *acknowledges* the issue and doesn't articulate concrete change. What are the "nuances and complexities"? Insulting. www.siggraph.org/news/listeni...
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Meschers got picked up by Gizmodo!
gizmodo.com/meet-mescher...
Thanks to @gayoung.bsky.social for the story!
gizmodo.com/meet-mescher...
Thanks to @gayoung.bsky.social for the story!
Meet Meschers, MIT's Tool for Building Paradoxical Digital Objects
A new tool developed by MIT researchers enables users to create detailed computer representations of mathematically impossible objects.
gizmodo.com
August 6, 2025 at 7:01 PM
Meschers got picked up by Gizmodo!
gizmodo.com/meet-mescher...
Thanks to @gayoung.bsky.social for the story!
gizmodo.com/meet-mescher...
Thanks to @gayoung.bsky.social for the story!
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Really excited to share this with you all! The website is already live at anadodik.github.io/publication/...
August 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Really excited to share this with you all! The website is already live at anadodik.github.io/publication/...
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While I was in Rotterdam for CogSci '24, I visited the Escher Museum and fell in love with his work all over again. Now, a year later, I'm delighted by this SIGGRAPH paper led by my friend Ana!
(Say what you will about the technical details, you must admit that we came up with the ~perfect~ title.)
(Say what you will about the technical details, you must admit that we came up with the ~perfect~ title.)
MIT News today features a fun SIGGRAPH paper by GDP student Ana (@geometry.gay) collaboarting w/ students @yukaryote.bsky.social @kartikchandra.bsky.social plus us old folks. This work explores what it means to do geometry processing on Escher-like "impossible" shapes! news.mit.edu/2025/mit-mes...
MIT tool visualizes and edits “physically impossible” objects
The “Meschers” tool from MIT CSAIL represents “physically impossible” objects commonly found in M.C. Escher’s illustrations by converting both images and 3D models in 2.5-dimensional objects. The tool...
news.mit.edu
August 5, 2025 at 5:41 PM
While I was in Rotterdam for CogSci '24, I visited the Escher Museum and fell in love with his work all over again. Now, a year later, I'm delighted by this SIGGRAPH paper led by my friend Ana!
(Say what you will about the technical details, you must admit that we came up with the ~perfect~ title.)
(Say what you will about the technical details, you must admit that we came up with the ~perfect~ title.)
MIT News today features a fun SIGGRAPH paper by GDP student Ana (@geometry.gay) collaboarting w/ students @yukaryote.bsky.social @kartikchandra.bsky.social plus us old folks. This work explores what it means to do geometry processing on Escher-like "impossible" shapes! news.mit.edu/2025/mit-mes...
MIT tool visualizes and edits “physically impossible” objects
The “Meschers” tool from MIT CSAIL represents “physically impossible” objects commonly found in M.C. Escher’s illustrations by converting both images and 3D models in 2.5-dimensional objects. The tool...
news.mit.edu
August 5, 2025 at 1:07 PM
MIT News today features a fun SIGGRAPH paper by GDP student Ana (@geometry.gay) collaboarting w/ students @yukaryote.bsky.social @kartikchandra.bsky.social plus us old folks. This work explores what it means to do geometry processing on Escher-like "impossible" shapes! news.mit.edu/2025/mit-mes...
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I'll be the Technical Papers Chair at SIGGRAPH 2026 and @justinmsolomon.bsky.social will be the Technical Papers Assistant Chair.
If you're interested in joining the SIGGRAPH 2026 TPC member pool, please fill in the following nomination form by Aug 15th 2025:
forms.gle/FwY1KwBh7grt...
If you're interested in joining the SIGGRAPH 2026 TPC member pool, please fill in the following nomination form by Aug 15th 2025:
forms.gle/FwY1KwBh7grt...
SIGGRAPH 2026 Technical Papers Program Committee Nomination
Please apply by August 15th, 2025.
Eligibility
SIGGRAPH TPC members typically hold PhD degrees, have an academic position or a research position in the industry, and have published multiple papers a...
forms.gle
August 5, 2025 at 11:49 AM
I'll be the Technical Papers Chair at SIGGRAPH 2026 and @justinmsolomon.bsky.social will be the Technical Papers Assistant Chair.
If you're interested in joining the SIGGRAPH 2026 TPC member pool, please fill in the following nomination form by Aug 15th 2025:
forms.gle/FwY1KwBh7grt...
If you're interested in joining the SIGGRAPH 2026 TPC member pool, please fill in the following nomination form by Aug 15th 2025:
forms.gle/FwY1KwBh7grt...
Sigh. Not even @microsoft.com MS Paint is free of AI-ensh*ttification. I'm not looking for a bad clone of Illustrator/Photoshop, just a tool to quickly edit a pixel or two or crop a screen grab. Who asked for this??
July 15, 2025 at 12:59 PM
Sigh. Not even @microsoft.com MS Paint is free of AI-ensh*ttification. I'm not looking for a bad clone of Illustrator/Photoshop, just a tool to quickly edit a pixel or two or crop a screen grab. Who asked for this??
Managed to carve out an entire work day of “professor stuff” (in this case, writing up the HMC algorithm for new textbook edition in a way that isn’t morally/mathematically objectionable in its face) and it was glorious. No meetings, grant reports, fires to put out. Wish this happened more often.
July 14, 2025 at 11:07 PM
Managed to carve out an entire work day of “professor stuff” (in this case, writing up the HMC algorithm for new textbook edition in a way that isn’t morally/mathematically objectionable in its face) and it was glorious. No meetings, grant reports, fires to put out. Wish this happened more often.
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🎉☕ Announcing WiGRAPH Conference Coffees: SIGGRAPH 2025 Edition! ☕🎉
Are you a researcher of an underrepresented gender registered for SIGGRAPH? Do you want an opportunity to network with your peers? Learn more and sign up here:
www.wigraph.org/events/2025-...
Are you a researcher of an underrepresented gender registered for SIGGRAPH? Do you want an opportunity to network with your peers? Learn more and sign up here:
www.wigraph.org/events/2025-...
WiGRAPH Conference Coffee: Sign-Up
WiGRAPH is organizing a SIGGRAPH 2025 conference coffee!
Are you a researcher of a gender that is underrepresented at SIGGRAPH? Would you like for an opportunity to network with peers? Sign up for th...
tinyurl.com
June 30, 2025 at 8:13 PM
🎉☕ Announcing WiGRAPH Conference Coffees: SIGGRAPH 2025 Edition! ☕🎉
Are you a researcher of an underrepresented gender registered for SIGGRAPH? Do you want an opportunity to network with your peers? Learn more and sign up here:
www.wigraph.org/events/2025-...
Are you a researcher of an underrepresented gender registered for SIGGRAPH? Do you want an opportunity to network with your peers? Learn more and sign up here:
www.wigraph.org/events/2025-...
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🚨🚨 WiGRAPH CONFERENCE COFFEE @ SIGGRAPH '25 🚨🚨
Sign up now to be randomly matched with peers for a SIGGRAPH conference coffee!
Sign up now to be randomly matched with peers for a SIGGRAPH conference coffee!
🎉☕ Announcing WiGRAPH Conference Coffees: SIGGRAPH 2025 Edition! ☕🎉
Are you a researcher of an underrepresented gender registered for SIGGRAPH? Do you want an opportunity to network with your peers? Learn more and sign up here:
www.wigraph.org/events/2025-...
Are you a researcher of an underrepresented gender registered for SIGGRAPH? Do you want an opportunity to network with your peers? Learn more and sign up here:
www.wigraph.org/events/2025-...
WiGRAPH Conference Coffee: Sign-Up
WiGRAPH is organizing a SIGGRAPH 2025 conference coffee!
Are you a researcher of a gender that is underrepresented at SIGGRAPH? Would you like for an opportunity to network with peers? Sign up for th...
tinyurl.com
July 10, 2025 at 4:39 PM
🚨🚨 WiGRAPH CONFERENCE COFFEE @ SIGGRAPH '25 🚨🚨
Sign up now to be randomly matched with peers for a SIGGRAPH conference coffee!
Sign up now to be randomly matched with peers for a SIGGRAPH conference coffee!
SGI 2025 starts in 1.5 hours! Excited to kick of year 5 of this program --- now with many volunteers who are SGI alumni who have gone off to graduate programs in the field.
July 7, 2025 at 1:30 PM
SGI 2025 starts in 1.5 hours! Excited to kick of year 5 of this program --- now with many volunteers who are SGI alumni who have gone off to graduate programs in the field.
Something about these giant 👍 gmail-generated email responses feels highly aggressive.
July 3, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Something about these giant 👍 gmail-generated email responses feels highly aggressive.
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Just feels real bad to be told your existence is too controversial to allow children to know about it
JUST IN: The Supreme Court rules in favor of parents who want to opt out of classes that use books with LGBTQ characters.
Supreme Court rules for religious opt-outs for kids in public schools
At issue was whether school systems are required to provide parents with an "opt-out" option when parents claim their religious beliefs conflict with their children's course material.
n.pr
June 27, 2025 at 5:08 PM
Just feels real bad to be told your existence is too controversial to allow children to know about it
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SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 is slated to be in Malaysia, which has some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the region, and will make many queer graphics people concerned for their safety to attend; the response to concerns so far has amounted mostly to "try not to stick out and offend local sensibilities" —
June 19, 2025 at 8:24 PM
SIGGRAPH Asia 2026 is slated to be in Malaysia, which has some of the harshest anti-LGBTQ+ laws in the region, and will make many queer graphics people concerned for their safety to attend; the response to concerns so far has amounted mostly to "try not to stick out and offend local sensibilities" —