License & citation

nefi is developed by the CAB Lab, Princeton University and released under the MIT License.

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2026 CAB Lab, Princeton University

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How to cite

If you use nefi, please cite the papers it implements.

@article{zhao2026netmy,
  title   = {Neural Fields for {NV}-Center Inverse Sensing},
  author  = {Zhao, Zhixuan and Zhong, Tao and Hu, Yixun and de Leon, Nathalie P. and
             Allen-Blanchette, Christine},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.13988},
  year    = {2026}
}

@article{zhong2026nefty,
  title   = {Neural Field Thermal Tomography: A Differentiable Physics Framework for
             Non-Destructive Evaluation},
  author  = {Zhong, Tao and Hu, Yixun and Zheng, Dongzhe and Sood, Aditya and
             Allen-Blanchette, Christine},
  journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.11045},
  year    = {2026}
}

The repository also ships a CITATION.cff file (GitHub's "Cite this repository" button) describing the software and both papers. More about them on the papers page.