Newcomer: Nick Milkin
01 April 2026
Nick Milkin is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Game and Media Technology at Utrecht University. He previously completed his Bachelor’s degree in Natural Sciences at Maastricht University. His academic background focuses on the application of computer science and mathematics to media and visual technologies.
At the Multimodal Language Department, Nick joins as a Master’s thesis intern, working closely with Lanmiao Liu. His project focuses on evaluating state-of-the-art gesture generation models, with particular emphasis on improving objective evaluation metrics and aligning them more closely with human subjective perception of motion quality.
Outside of his academic work, Nick enjoys playing DnD with friends, going on occasional road trips, organizing movie nights, and developing his cooking skills.
He is excited to join MPI for the duration of his project and looks forward to a productive and collaborative experience.
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