Taras Khakhulin is a Researcher at Runway, working on large video generative models. He previously worked as a Research Engineer at Synthesia, focusing on video diffusion models, AI avatars, and scalable generative AI systems. He has experience in computer vision, 3D rendering, multimodal AI, and machine learning research, with a PhD in Computer Science from Skolkovo Institute of Science and Technology. His work includes developing AI-powered video generation technologies and research presented at major graphics conferences.