I just downloaded Emily 2.1 and made some render tests.
The work was basically to redo the shaders, tweak the textures, especially for the skin displacement and the eyes.
You can find all the information here:
http://www.wikihuman.org/index.php/off-topic/emily-2-1/
http://gl.ict.usc.edu/Research/DigitalEmily2/

Raw renders on Octane. Path tracing kernel.