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most citedPcDGAN: A Continuous Conditional Diverse Generative Adversarial Network For Inverse Design

15 citations · 28 across the 13 of their papers we have counts for

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16 papers

cs.CV2026

CADBench: A Multimodal Benchmark for AI-Assisted CAD Program Generation

Anna C. Doris, Jacob Thomas Sony, Ghadi Nehme +3

Recovering editable CAD programs from images or 3D observations is central to AI-assisted design, but progress is difficult to measure because existing evaluations are fragmented a…

cs.LG2026

GIFT: Bootstrapping Image-to-CAD Program Synthesis via Geometric Feedback

Giorgio Giannone, Anna Clare Doris, Amin Heyrani Nobari +3

Generating executable CAD programs from images requires alignment between visual geometry and symbolic program representations, a capability that current methods fail to learn reli…

cs.CE2025

PGD-TO: A Scalable Alternative to MMA Using Projected Gradient Descent for Multi-Constraint Topology Optimization

Amin Heyrani Nobari, Faez Ahmed

Projected Gradient Descent (PGD) methods offer a simple and scalable approach to topology optimization (TO), yet they often struggle with nonlinear and multi-constraint problems du…

cs.LG2025

Optimize Any Topology: A Foundation Model for Shape- and Resolution-Free Structural Topology Optimization

Amin Heyrani Nobari, Lyle Regenwetter, Cyril Picard +2

Structural topology optimization (TO) is central to engineering design but remains computationally intensive due to complex physics and hard constraints. Existing deep-learning met…

cs.CV2025

CAD-Coder: An Open-Source Vision-Language Model for Computer-Aided Design Code Generation

Anna C. Doris, Md Ferdous Alam, Amin Heyrani Nobari +1

Efficient creation of accurate and editable 3D CAD models is critical in engineering design, significantly impacting cost and time-to-market in product innovation. Current manual w…

cs.CL2025

Activation-Informed Merging of Large Language Models

Amin Heyrani Nobari, Kaveh Alim, Ali ArjomandBigdeli +3

Model merging, a method that combines the parameters and embeddings of multiple fine-tuned large language models (LLMs), offers a promising approach to enhance model performance ac…

cs.CE2024★ 1 cited

Generative Optimization: A Perspective on AI-Enhanced Problem Solving in Engineering

Lyle Regenwetter, Cyril Picard, Amin Heyrani Nobari +2

The field of engineering is shaped by the tools and methods used to solve problems. Optimization is one such class of powerful, robust, and effective engineering tools proven over…

cs.LG2024★ 3 cited

LInK: Learning Joint Representations of Design and Performance Spaces through Contrastive Learning for Mechanism Synthesis

Amin Heyrani Nobari, Akash Srivastava, Dan Gutfreund +2

In this paper, we introduce LInK, a novel framework that integrates contrastive learning of performance and design space with optimization techniques for solving complex inverse pr…

cs.CV2024★ 1 cited

BIKED++: A Multimodal Dataset of 1.4 Million Bicycle Image and Parametric CAD Designs

Lyle Regenwetter, Yazan Abu Obaideh, Amin Heyrani Nobari +1

This paper introduces a public dataset of 1.4 million procedurally-generated bicycle designs represented parametrically, as JSON files, and as rasterized images. The dataset is cre…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

NITO: Neural Implicit Fields for Resolution-free Topology Optimization

Amin Heyrani Nobari, Giorgio Giannone, Lyle Regenwetter +1

Topology optimization is a critical task in engineering design, where the goal is to optimally distribute material in a given space for maximum performance. We introduce Neural Imp…

cs.GR2023★ 1 cited

Conformal Predictions Enhanced Expert-guided Meshing with Graph Neural Networks

Amin Heyrani Nobari, Justin Rey, Suhas Kodali +2

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) is widely used in different engineering fields, but accurate simulations are dependent upon proper meshing of the simulation domain. While highly…

cs.LG2022★ 4 cited

LINKS: A dataset of a hundred million planar linkage mechanisms for data-driven kinematic design

Amin Heyrani Nobari, Akash Srivastava, Dan Gutfreund +1

In this paper, we introduce LINKS, a dataset of 100 million one degree of freedom planar linkage mechanisms and 1.1 billion coupler curves, which is more than 1000 times larger tha…

cs.LG2021

Deep Generative Models in Engineering Design: A Review

Lyle Regenwetter, Amin Heyrani Nobari, Faez Ahmed

Automated design synthesis has the potential to revolutionize the modern engineering design process and improve access to highly optimized and customized products across countless…

cs.LG2021★ 15 cited

PcDGAN: A Continuous Conditional Diverse Generative Adversarial Network For Inverse Design

Amin Heyrani Nobari, Wei Chen, Faez Ahmed

Engineering design tasks often require synthesizing new designs that meet desired performance requirements. The conventional design process, which requires iterative optimization a…

cs.LG2021★ 1 cited

CreativeGAN: Editing Generative Adversarial Networks for Creative Design Synthesis

Amin Heyrani Nobari, Muhammad Fathy Rashad, Faez Ahmed

Modern machine learning techniques, such as deep neural networks, are transforming many disciplines ranging from image recognition to language understanding, by uncovering patterns…

cs.LG2021★ 1 cited

Range-GAN: Range-Constrained Generative Adversarial Network for Conditioned Design Synthesis

Amin Heyrani Nobari, Wei Chen, Faez Ahmed

Typical engineering design tasks require the effort to modify designs iteratively until they meet certain constraints, i.e., performance or attribute requirements. Past work has pr…