Marzia Riso

Postdoctoral Researcher · marzia.riso@inria.fr
2004, Route des Lucioles - 06902 Sophia Antipolis | Byron Building Y105

I am a Postdoctoral Researcher in the GraphDeco Group at Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur. My current research focuses on direct manipulation and inverse procedural parameter estimation in a differentiable rendering scenario as well as geometry processing applications for porting vector graphics to the manifold domain.

Experience

Postdoctoral Researcher

Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur - GraphDeco Group
October 2024 - Current

Reseach Intern

Adobe Research Paris, France
April 2023 - September 2023

Education

PhD in Computer Graphics

Sapienza University of Rome
Advisor: Fabio Pellacini
Thesis: Enhancing Controllability in Procedural and Non-Procedural Asset Editing
Final grade: Cum laude
November 2020 - September 2024

MS degree in Computer Science

Sapienza University of Rome
Advisor: Maria De Marsico
Thesis: Adding interpretability to DNNs for breast cancer detection in Digital Pathology
Final grade: 110 cum laude
October 2018 - October 2020

BS Degree in Computer Science

Sapienza University of Rome
Advisor: Maria De Marsico
Thesis: Iris recognition via local operators combination
Final grade: 110 cum laude
September 2015 - October 2018

Publications

Structured Pattern Expansion with Diffusion Models

Riso M., Vecchio G., Pellacini F.

Smart Tools and Applications in Graphics (STAG)
2025

From blades to tracks: a case study in structural reuse of curved surfaces for circular design

Pupping J., Riso M., Popescu M., Bousseau A., Joustra J.

ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication (SCF)
2025

Interactive Optimization of Scaffolded Procedural Patterns

Sforza D., Riso M., Muzzini F., Capodieci N., Pellacini F.

SIGGRAPH Conference Papers
2025

Direct Manipulation of Procedural Implicit Surfaces

Riso M., Michel È., Paris A., Deschaintre V., Gaillard M., Pellacini F.

ACM Transaction on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia)
🏆Honorable Mention Award
2024
pEt

pEt: Direct Manipulation of Differentiable Vector Patterns

Riso M., Pellacini F.

Eurographics Symposium on Rendering (EGSR)
2023
Boolsurf

BoolSurf: Boolean Operations on Surfaces

Riso M., Nazzaro G., Puppo E., Zhou Q., Jacobson A., Pellacini F.

ACM Transaction on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia)
2022
pOp

pOp: Parameter Optimization of Differentiable Vector Patterns

Riso M., Sforza D., Pellacini F.

Computer Graphics Forum
2022
VirtualBowling

Virtual Bowling! Launch as you all were there

De Marsico M., Panizzi E., Mattei F. R., Musolino A., Prandini M., Riso M., Sforza. D.

ACM Int. Conf. on Advanced Visual Interfaces
2020

Honors & Awards

Best Paper Award

Smart Tools and Applications in Graphics (STAG)
Best Paper Award for "Structured Pattern Expansion with Diffusion Models"
2025

Matteo Dellepiane Best PhD Thesis Award

Eurographics Italian Chapter
Awarded for the Best PhD Thesis, “Enhancing Controllability in Procedural and Non-Procedural Asset Editing”
2025

Honorable Mention Award

Siggraph Asia 2024
Honorable Mention Award for "Direct Manipulation of Procedural Implicit Surfaces"
2024

WomENcourage

ACM Celebration of Women in Computing
Scholarship winner and hackathon participant
2019

Service

IPC Member

Eurographics Symposium on Rendering (EGSR)
2026
Eurographics Shorts
2026

Reviewer

Eurographics
2026
Pacific Graphics
2025
ACM SIGGRAPH
2024
Pacific Graphics
2024

Invited Talks

"Editing Procedural and Non-Procedural Assets" at University of Verona, Italy
2026
"Editing Differentiable Vector Patterns" at Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur, France
2024