Student Projects
CIG is seeking motivated UW–Madison undergraduate and graduate students to join the research projects listed below.
CIG has a strong track record of mentoring students interested in research. Our alumni have gone on to top PhD programs, research and industry positions in related fields, and many student-led projects have resulted in publications at leading venues (see publications).
Students interested in a specific project should apply using the CIG Project Application Form.
Spring 2026
Plug-and-play priors as a score-based method
Status: Reserved (Saksham Mittal)
Description: Plug-and-play priors (PnP) is a well-known method for solving inverse problems in computational imaging. This project seeks to explore the potential of interpreting PnP as a score-based method. The work will be based on the recent paper from our team that can be found here.
Supervision: Chicago Park, Ulugbek Kamilov
Areas: Image Restoration, Generative Models
Restoration operators as image priors
Status: Available
Description: Modern generative models use denoisers to learn the probability distribution of images. The goal of this project is to adopt a new perspective by considering a broader set of restoration operators. The student will explore the ability of restoration operators to represent images for solving computational imaging tasks.
Supervision: Xiao Shi, Ulugbek Kamilov
Areas: Image Restoration, Generative Models