Karsten Kreis is a Senior Research Scientist at NVIDIA Research with a focus on generative AI. He is interested both in fundamental algorithm development and in applying deep generative models in areas such as graphics, content creation and digital artistry as well as to problems in the natural sciences. Before joining NVIDIA, Karsten worked on deep generative learning at D-Wave Systems and he co-founded Variational AI, a startup leveraging generative modeling for drug discovery. Karsten is trained as a physicist and did his master’s in quantum information theory and his Ph.D. in computational and statistical physics, focusing on molecular dynamics simulation.