Work
Apr 2024 - Present
USA
Senior Researcher
Tencent America LightSpeed Studios
- Game rendering and simulation support
- World model and generative dynamics exploration
- Physics-based simulation and tool development
Jun 2023 - Sep 2023
USA
Research and Development Intern
LightSpeed Studios
- Hair and Material Point Method Simulation in Unreal Engine 5 (w. Niagara System)
- Yarn-level Relaxation with Qt-based Interactive Editor
Jun 2022 - Sep 2022
USA
Visiting Scholar
- Large-scale Simulation, Distributed Data-structures
- Load Balancing Algorithm
Jun 2021 - Sep 2021
USA
May 2017 - Jun 2017
China
Algorithm Engineer Intern
DiDi Chuxing, Beijing, China
- Researched and implemented Autopilot algorithms
- Improved code quality of SLAM in Voyager team
Education
2018 - 2024
USA
Ph.D. in Computer Science
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)
- Advisor: Prof. Demetri Terzopoulos and Prof. Chenfanfu Jiang
- Research: Physics-based Simulation, High Performance Computing
2015 - 2018
China
M.S. in Computer Science
Beihang University
2011 - 2015
China
B.Eng. in Computer Science
Beihang University
Experience
Sep 2021 - Mar 2024
USA
Graduate Student Researcher
University of California, Los Angeles
- Research Interest: Physics-based Simulation for Computer Graphics
- Adviser: Prof. Demetri Terzopoulos and Prof. Chenfanfu Jiang
- Focus Areas: Physics-based simulation; High performance computing
Sep 2018 - Jun 2021
USA
Jul 2019 - Feb 2020
USA
Visiting Researcher
SIG Center at University of Pennsylvania
- Research Interest: Physics-based Simulation for Computer Graphics
- Adviser: Prof. Chenfanfu Jiang
- Focus Areas: Material Point Method, Multi-GPU Simulation
Jul 2018 - Aug 2018
China
Graduate Student Researcher
Media Computing and Intelligent Systems Lab at BIT, Beijing, China
- Cognitive analysis of containers
- Liquid transfer by Unreal+Flex
Jun 2014 - Apr 2018
China
Graduate Student Researcher
State Key Lab of VR at Beihang University
- 3D Reconstruction of Fluid Scene and Spatiotemporal Vectorization
- FLIP Fluid Detail Enhancement
- Chest X-ray Rib Detection based on Random Forest Regression
May 2017 - Jun 2017
China
Algorithm Engineer Intern
DiDi Chuxing, Beijing, China
- Researched and implemented Autopilot algorithms
- Improved code quality of SLAM in Voyager team
Sep 2020 - Mar 2024
USA
Teaching Assistant
University of California, Los Angeles
- Fall2020-CS181: Introduction to Theoretical Computer Science
- Winter2021-CS97: Software Construction
- Spring2021-CS35L: Software Construction
- Fall2021-CS35L: Software Construction
Sep 2015 - Feb 2016
China
Teaching Assistant
Beihang University, Beijing, China
- Data Structure
Skills
Programming Languages
Deep Learning & Graphics
Tools & Frameworks
Languages
Chinese
Native speaker
English
Fluent
Interests
Sports
Hobbies