Chen Chen
Ph.D., Associate Professor
Our group studies AI that can understand visual events and reason across video, language, and 3D structure. We develop multimodal models, human and scene representations, and efficient, privacy-conscious learning methods. Our work in physical and agentic AI connects perception and reasoning with planning, tool use, and action.
Affiliations
Contact
UCF SPRK 226
4356 Scorpius St, Orlando, FL 32816
Campus Map·SPRK Building
407-823-1047
Prospective Students
We welcome prospective Ph.D. students with strong research experience in multimodal and video reasoning, video generation, 3D reconstruction, physical AI, or agentic systems. Before reaching out, please review the Research and Publications pages to understand current directions and representative work. See our current research openings for specific priorities and relevant experience. How to apply: please visit the "Join Us" page for more information.
Research Vision
Multimodal & Video Reasoning
Vision-language models, temporal grounding, and reasoning across long videos, modalities, and viewpoints.
Human & 3D/4D Understanding
Human pose and mesh recovery, motion analysis, dynamic reconstruction, and Gaussian splatting.
Generative & Predictive Models
Controllable image, video, and 3D generation and editing, alongside predictive modeling of dynamics and outcomes.
Physical & Agentic AI
Grounded reasoning, robot planning, tool use, and agent-system optimization through execution feedback.
Our broader work includes healthcare AI, geospatial AI, efficient learning, and privacy-preserving methods. Browse all research areas.
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Awards and Honors
Research Incentive Award (RIA)
University of Central Florida
Springer Nature, Journal of Real-Time Image Processing
ICCV-2025 Conference
MICCAI Conference
ICCV Best Paper Finalists
IEEE/CVF Conference
University of Central Florida
Academy of Science, Engineering and Medicine of Florida (ASEMFL)
CVPR 2023 Long-form Video Understanding and Generation Workshop
MICCAI Conference
CVPR Best Paper Finalists
IEEE/CVF Conference
UNC-Charlotte Faculty Research Award
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
ACM Multimedia Travel Grant
ACM Multimedia Conference
University of Texas at Dallas
Graduate Research Travel Award
University of Texas at Dallas