Research / Zurich

Norman Müller

Member of the Technical Staff at Microsoft AI

AI research, from new models to working systems.

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Microsoft AI Zurich

About me

I’m a researcher working on reinforcement learning for agentic models at Microsoft AI in Zurich. My expertise also spans controllable video generation and 3D generative AI. Previously, I led team research on 3D GenAI at Meta Reality Labs Zurich and helped bring photorealistic reconstruction to Meta Horizon Hyperscape.

I completed my PhD at the Technical University of Munich, advised by Prof. Matthias Niessner. My dissertation is Generative Models on 3D Representations. Before that, I earned Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees in both Computer Science and Mathematics at RWTH Aachen University, graduating at the top of my class.

My background also includes robotics at BMW and research internships with Peter Kontschieder at Meta. I build tools for research, including DVIS for browser-based 3D visualization.

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  1. Latest
    MAI-Thinking-1 is out! I contributed to its agentic coding capabilities, achieving state-of-the-art performance in its weight class.
  2. I started at Microsoft AI as a Member of the Technical Staff!
  3. MapAnything accepted to 3DV 2026!
  4. 3 Papers accepted to ICCV 2025: FlowR (Highlight), GGS, and Easy3D (Oral)

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