Two Minute Papers

Two Minute Papers is run by Károly Zsolnai-Fehér, a Hungarian researcher who completed a PhD in computer graphics and machine learning at TU Wien in Vienna. The channel has been explaining new research papers for many years and is known for its sign-off line, “What a time to be alive”.

Each video takes one recent paper, usually in artificial intelligence, computer graphics or physics simulation, and shows what it can do. The focus is on the results: animations of cloth, fluids and soft bodies, new ways to render light, and AI models that generate images, video or code. Videos are short and enthusiastic, with links to the original papers for anyone who wants to read further.

Some highlights include:

New research from NVIDIA that tackles one of the hardest problems in physics simulation, with examples of objects colliding and deforming.

A look at a technique that removes a long-standing type of glitch from video games.

Research from Intel on a new approach to computer graphics and rendering.

The channel has over 1.8 million subscribers.

Much of what appears here comes from university labs and the research teams of technology companies. It gives a feel for what computer science and software engineering research looks like, and how simulation is used across engineering to test designs before they are built. The tone is very excited, so it is worth reading around each paper as well. It is a good starting point for anyone considering computer science, games development or AI.