Karsten Kreis is a Senior Research Scientist at NVIDIA’s Toronto AI Lab. Prior to joining NVIDIA, he worked on deep generative modeling at D-Wave Systems and co-founded Variational AI, a startup utilizing generative models for drug discovery. Before switching to deep learning, Karsten did his M.Sc. in quantum information theory and his Ph.D. in computational and statistical physics. Currently, Karsten's research focuses on developing novel generative learning methods as well as on applying deep generative models on problems in areas such as computer vision, graphics, and digital artistry.