Aditya Gunturu
First-year CS PhD Student
University of Washington
I'm a first-year CS PhD student at the University of Washington, advised by Jon Froehlich. My research in graphics and HCI explores building intelligent authoring tools that help users create and edit animated visual media. I completed my MSc from the University of Calgary, advised by Ryo Suzuki. I also spent the summer of 2025 at 
working on motion graphics retargeting tools.
News
Apr 2026
Incoming CS PhD student at the University of Washington - I will be joining the Allen School to work with Jon Froehlich
Oct 2025
Two papers presented at UIST 2025 and One paper accepted at SUI 2025
Sep 2025
MapStory, in collaboration with Bryan Wang and Rubaiat Habib Kazi, got accepted to UIST 2025
May 2025
Starting my Internship at Adobe Research with Stephen DiVerdi and Mackenzie Leake
Nov 2024
Augmented Physics got featured in the media: BGR, AZORobotics, Brighter Side News, and Phys.org
Oct 2024
Augmented Physics received a Best Paper Award at UIST 2024
Oct 2023
One paper accepted to UIST 2023
Aug 2023
Started my MSc at the University of Calgary with Ryo Suzuki
Selected Publications
UIST 2026
CARVid: Content-Aware Retargeting of Videos with On-Screen Graphics
Aditya Gunturu, Mackenzie Leake, Ryo Suzuki, Stephen DiVerdi
UIST 2023
CrossTalk: Intelligent Substrates for Language-Oriented Interaction in Video-Based Communication and Collaboration
Haijun Xia, Tony Wang, Aditya Gunturu, Peiling Jiang, William Duan, Xiaoshuo Yao
Work Experience
CSE, University of Washington
PhD Student and Researcher
Building intelligent authoring tools for creating and editing animated visual media.
Advisor: Jon Froehlich
Adobe Research
Research Scientist Intern
Built CARVid, content-aware retargeting of videos with on-screen graphics (UIST '26).
Mentors: Stephen DiVerdi, Mackenzie Leake
Interactions Lab, University of Calgary
Graduate Researcher
ML-integrated authoring tools for animated and interactive visuals, leading to papers at UIST '24 (Best Paper), UIST '25, and SUI '25.
Advisor: Ryo Suzuki
Collaborators: Rubaiat Habib Kazi, Bryan Wang
Creativity Lab, UC San Diego
Research Intern (Remote)
Built a context-aware video conferencing system that turns conversation into UI actions (CrossTalk, UIST '23).
Mentor: Haijun Xia
Education
University of Washington
PhD in Computer Science
Advisor: Jon Froehlich
University of Calgary
M.Sc. in Computational Media Design
Advisor: Ryo Suzuki
Manipal Institute of Technology
Bachelor of Technology
Major: Media Technology
Minor: Computational Mathematics
