Jose Luis Ponton

Jose Luis Ponton

Postdoctoral Researcher @ MPI

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Research focus

Generative AIHuman MotionRoboticsComputer GraphicsXR/VR

I am an AI and computer graphics researcher developing learned models of human movement for expressive, responsive embodied systems. I am currently a Postdoctoral Researcher at the Max Planck Institute for Informatics, working across generative AI, human motion, virtual reality, and robotics.

EducationPh.D. @ UPCM.Sc. + B.Sc. in Computer ScienceExperienceMeta · Hyper Online (YC startup)Open SourceMotion Matching for Unity · 500+ GitHub stars

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SCIE–Fundación BBVA Research Award

Recipient of the 2026 Young Researcher Award in Computer Science in Spain.

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STyMo presented at SIGGRAPH 2026

Fast and controllable few-shot motion style transfer.

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Joined the Max Planck Institute for Informatics

Started a postdoctoral position in the Visual Computing and Artificial Intelligence department.

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Selected Publications

Stretch your reach: Studying Self-Avatar and Controller Misalignment in Virtual Reality Interaction

Jose Luis Ponton, Reza Keshavarz, Alejandro Beacco, Nuria Pelechano

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Fitted avatars: automatic skeleton adjustment for self‑avatars in virtual reality

Jose Luis Ponton, Víctor Ceballos, Lesly Acosta, Alejandro Ríos, Eva Monclús, Nuria Pelechano

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