Research Staff/Students

Supervision of Undergraduate Students

- Qianyu Cheng (2025): Supervised him under the Research Mentoring Scheme (RMS) in CityU, and published an Oral paper in AAAI 2026 (paper). Qianyu has just been accepted to study for an MPhil degree at Cambridge University.

- Tsun Wai Siu (2022-2023): Supervised his final project (FYP) in CityU, and published a paper in AAAI 2024 (paper).

- Ruozhen He (2021-2022): Supervised her under the Research Mentoring Scheme (RMS) in CityU, and published two Oral papers in AAAI 2023 (paper1 and paper 2). Ruozhen received a scholarship to study for a PhD at Rice University.

- Yuen Hei Yeung (2021-2022): Supervised his final project (FYP) in CityU, and published a Spotlight paper in NeurIPS 2022 (paper).

- Tianyu Wang (2018): Supervised his undergraduate project at Dalian University of Technology, and published a paper in CVPR 2019 (paper). Tianyu subsequently did a PhD at CUHK and is now with Adobe Research.

Research Fellow

Ke Xu - homepage

BSc(DJTU), MSc(DLUT), PhD(DLUT/CityU), Research Fellow since 2022

Research Students (in chronological order)

	*Rongjin Guo* BSc(SCUT), PhD since 2025
	*Zhicun Yin* - scholar page BSc(HIT), Joint PhD Scheme (HIT/CityU) since 2025
	*Fang Liu* (co-supervised with Gerhard Hancke) - homepage BSc(CQUPT), MSc(DLUT), PhD since 2024
	*Zefan Qu* (co-supervised with Gerhard Hancke) - homepage BSc(DLUT), MSc(Tongji), PhD since 2024
	*Pinxuan Dai* (co-supervised with Weiwei Xu) - homepage BSc(UESTC), PhD at Zhejiang University since 2023
	*Dong Liang* BSc(SCUT), Joint PhD Scheme (Tongji/CityU) since 2023
	*Alex Warren* (co-supervised with Gary Tam) - homepage BSc(Swansea U), MSc(CityU), PhD at Swansea University since 2023
	*Zaiquan Yang* (co-supervised with Gerhard Hancke) scholar page BSc(BIT), MSc(BUAA), PhD since 2023
	*Youjun Zhao* homepage BSc(SYSU), PhD since 2023
	*Yiyu Li* (co-supervised with Gerhard Hancke) - homepage BSc(HIT), PhD since 2022
	*Jiayu Sun* scholar page BSc(NEU), MEng(U Queensland), Joint PhD Scheme (DLUT/CityU) since 2020

Graduated/Graduating Research Students (in chronological order)

	*Yuhao Liu* BSc(ZZU), MSc(DLUT), thesis submitted for the PhD from CityU, 2026 (homepage) Thesis: Structure-Aware Generative Frameworks for Visual Content Editing
	*Tianyu Huang* BSc(HIT), thesis submitted for the Joint PhD from HIT/CityU, 2026 (homepage) Thesis: 3D Content Generation Towards World Modeling
	*Yiming Qin* BSc(Shandong U), PhD from SJTU/CityU, 2026 (scholar page) Thesis: Automated Urban Layout Design Algorithms based on Generative Artificial Intelligence Current Position: Research Fellow at Tsinghua University
	*Huankang Guan* BSc(Wuhan U), PhD thesis submitted, 2025 (scholar page) Thesis: Mimicking Human Visual Attention: Computational Frameworks for Salient Object Ranking and Detection
	*Haoyuan Wang* BSc(HUST), PhD from CityU, 2025 (homepage) Thesis: Neural Inverse Rendering: Physically-Based Approaches for Image-Based 3D Reconstruction
	*Zhenwei Wang* BSc(Xiamen U), PhD from CityU, 2025 (homepage) Thesis: Multi-Modal Generative Frameworks for Controllable Visual Content Creation
	*Zheng Dong* BSc(CSU), PhD from ZJU, 2025 (homepage) Thesis: Research on Generalizable 3D Reconstruction for Dynamic Humans Current Position: Research Fellow at Zhejiang Sci-Tech University
	*Lei Zhu* - BSc(DLUT), PhD from CityU, 2024 (homepage) Thesis: Designing Effective Attention Mechanisms for Transformers Current Position: Researcher at Huawei Noah s Ark Lab (HK)
	*Zhanghan Ke* - BSc(NEU), MSc(CityU), PhD from CityU, 2024 (homepage) Thesis: Data-Efficient Learning Methods for Image Editing Current Position: Postdoc at HKUST
	*Xin Tian* - BSc(SWJTU), PhD from DLUT/CityU, 2023 (scholar page) Thesis: Human Attention Mechanisms-inspired Learning for Visual Saliency Perception Current Position: Huawei Technologies
	*Jiaying Lin* - BSc(SCUT), PhD from CityU, 2023 (homepage) Thesis: Data-driven Mirror and Glass Detection in the Wild Current Position: Postdoc, HKUST
	*Xin Tan* - BSc(CQU), PhD from SJTU/CityU (Joint PhD Scheme), 2022 (homepage) Thesis: Computational Prior-Based Learning for Scene Understanding Current Position: Research Professor, East China Normal University (ECNU)
	*Avishek Siris* - BSc(Swansea U), PhD from Swansea University, 2022 (co-supervised with Gary Tam and Xianghua Xie) Thesis: Delving into human visual attention for saliency detection of real-world images
	*Ke Xu* - BSc(DJTU), MSc(DLUT), PhD from DLUT/CityU (Joint PhD Scheme), 2021 (homepage) Thesis: Physical Priors Based Representation Learning for Image Enhancement Current Position: Research Fellow, City University of Hong Kong
	*Xiaotian Qiao* - BSc(ZJU), MSc(ZJU), PhD from CityU, 2020 (homepage) Thesis: Layout Modeling for Image and Graphic Design Understanding Current Position: Associate Professor, Xidian University
	*Cherry (Nanxuan) Zhao* - BSc(SCUT), PhD from CityU, 2020 (homepage) Thesis: Computational Perception for Graphic Design and Elements Generation Current Position: Research Scientist at Adobe Research
	*Quanlong Zheng* - BSc(BUAA), PhD from CityU, 2020 Thesis: Auxiliary Knowledge-based Learning for Visual Saliency, Shadow Detection and Reflection Removal Current Position: OPPO Research Institute
	*Xufang Pang* - BSc(JMSU), MSc(NNU), PhD from CityU, 2018 (co-supervised with Antoni Chan) Thesis: Computational Design: Attention-Driven Web Design and Structural Packaging Design
	*Jianbo Jiao* - BSc(SWJTU), MSc(Beijing U), PhD from CityU, 2018 (HKPF Recipient) Thesis: Joint Reasoning of Synergy Representations for Image and Scene Understanding Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Birmingham
	*Xiaodan Zhang* - BSc(ZZU), MSc(UCAS), PhD from UCAS/CityU (Joint PhD Scheme), 2018 Thesis: Local Semantic Learning for Image Captioning Current Position: Beijing University of Technology
	*Yibing Song* - BSc(USTC), MPhil (CityU), PhD from CityU, 2018 Thesis: Data Driven Face Image Editing
	*Jiawei Zhang* - BSc(USTC), MSc(CAS), PhD from CityU, 2018 Thesis: Image Deblurring and Matting via Deep Learning
	*Shao Huang* - BSc(Nankai U), PhD from UCAS/CityU (Joint PhD Scheme), 2018 Thesis: The Detection of Saliency, Objectness and Actionness in Media Data
	*Liangqiong Qu* - BSc(CSU), PhD from UCAS/CityU (Joint PhD Scheme), 2018 (homepage) Thesis: Image Illumination Modeling and Processing Current Position: Assistant Professor, the University of Hong Kong
	*Shengfeng He* - BSc(MUST), MSc(MUST), PhD from CityU, 2015 Thesis: Object Appearance Modeling and Salient Object Detection for Image Understanding Current Position: Associate Professor, Singapore Management University, Singapore
	*Xiaojun Su* - BSc(Jilin U), PhD from CityU, 2015 Thesis: Target Acquisition Techniques in Human Computer Interaction Current Position: Assistant Professor, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
	*Ying Cao* - BSc(NEU), MSc(NEU), PhD from CityU, 2014 (co-supervised with Antoni Chan) Thesis: Data-Driven Manga Layout and Composition: Models and Methods Current Position: Assistant Professor, ShanghaiTech University
	*James (Zhe) Huang* - BSc(SYSU), PhD from CityU, 2014 Thesis: Assembly-based 3D Modeling using Discrete Optimization Current Position: CTO in a startup company
	*Wenxi Liu* - BSc(SZU), PhD from CityU, 2014 (co-supervised with Dinesh Manocha) Thesis: Acquisition, Simulation and Evaluation of Crowd Motion Current Position: Professor, Fuzhou University
	*Yunhua Deng* - BSc(SYSU), PhD from CityU, 2014 Thesis: Workload and Resource Management in Distributed Virtual Environments Current Position: Huawei Technologies
	*Tao Yan* - PhD from USTC/CityU (Joint PhD Scheme), 2013 (homepage) Thesis: Stereo Image and Video Editing (received the National Award for PhD Students (博士研究生国家奖学金) 2013) Current Position: Associate Professor, Jiangnan University
	*Fan Yang* - PhD from Durham University, 2013 (co-supervised with Frederick Li) Thesis: Learning Path Construction in e-Learning - What to learn and How to learn?
	*Pengjie Wang* - PhD from Zhejiang University, 2012 (co-supervised with Zhigeng Pan) Thesis: Compression and Retrieval Algorithms in 3D Geometry Processing Current Position: Professor, Dalian Nationalities University
	*Gary Tam* - BEng(HKUST), MPhil(CityU), PhD from Durham University, 2009 (homepage) Thesis: Indexing and Retrieval of 3D Articulated Geometry Models Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Swansea University, U.K.
	*Beta Lam* - BSc(CityU), MPhil from CityU, 2008 Thesis: Martial Arts e-Learning System with Real-Time Weapon Simulation
	*Gurkan Koldas* - Ph.D. from METU, 2008 (co-supervised with Veysi Isler) Thesis: Efficient Visibility Estimation for Distributed Virtual Urban Environments
	*Lewis Li* - BSc(CityU), MPhil from CityU, 2007 Thesis: Distributed Synchronization for Collaborative Virtual Environments
	*Hui Xiao* - BSc(Tsinghua U), MPhil from CityU, 2007 Dissertation Title: Dynamic Radiosity on Multi-resolution Models
	*Meng Wang* - BSc(Tsinghua U), MPhil from CityU, 2006 (co-supervised with Baining Guo) Thesis: Dynamic Shadow Generation
	*Edmond Ho* - BSc(HKBU), MPhil from CityU, 2006 (co-supervised with Taku Komura) Thesis: Real-time Reactive Motion Synthesis Current Position: Senior Lecturer, University of Glasgow, U.K.
	*Gary Cheung* - BSc(CityU), MPhil from CityU, 2006 Thesis: Incremental Rendering of Deformable Trimmed NURBS Surfaces
	*Oliver Chan* - BSc(CityU), MPhil from CityU, 2006 Thesis: A Collision Detection Framework for Deformable NURBS Surfaces
	*Ken Chan* - BSc(CityU), MPhil from CityU, 2005 Thesis: Dynamic Sound Rendering for Distributed Virtual Environments
	*Ivan Leung* - BEng(HKUST), MPhil from CityU, 2005 (co-supervised with C.W. Ngo) Thesis: Polyphonic Song Analysis and Representation for Query by Singing Systems
	*Ada Wan* - BSc(CityU), MPhil from CityU, 2005 Thesis: Modeling with Panoramic Image Network for Image-based Walkthroughs
	*Angus Siu* - BEng(HKUST), BSc(CityU), PhD from CityU, 2004 Thesis: Modeling and Rendering of Image-based Walkthrough Environments
	*Gary Tam* - BEng(HKUST), MPhil from CityU, 2004 (co-supervised with C.W. Ngo) Thesis: Matching and Retrieval of 3D Deformable Models Current Position: Senior Lecturer, Swansea University, U.K.
	*Beatrice Ng* - BSc(CityU), MPhil from CityU, 2004 Thesis: Multi-server Support for Distributed Virtual Environments
	*Frederick Ng* - BA(PolyU), MPhil from CityU, 2003 Thesis: 3D Modeling Interface for Collaborative Virtual Sculpting
	*Addison Chan* - BEng(HKUST), MPhil from CityU, 2002 Thesis: A Hybrid Motion Prediction Method for Caching and Prefetching in Distributed Virtual Environments
	*Frederick Li* - BA(PolyU), MPhil(PolyU), PhD from CityU, 2001 Thesis: Handling of Deformable Objects in Virtual Reality Applications Current Position: Associate Professor, Durham University, U.K.
	*Jimmy Chim* - BA(PolyU), MPhil from PolyU, 2001 (co-supervised with H.V. Leong and Antonio Si) Thesis: Caching and Prefetching in Distributed Virtual Environments
	*Danny To* - BA(PolyU), MPhil from CityU, 2000 Thesis: Real-Time Multi-resolution Modeling for Distributed Virtual Environments
	*Sam Lin* - BA(PolyU), MPhil from HKU, 1999 (co-supervised with Xiaola Lin) Thesis: Adaptive Parallel Rendering
	*Janis Wong* - BA(PolyU), MPhil from PolyU, 1999 Thesis: Virtual 3D Sculpturing
	*George Fung* - BSc(UNSW), MPhil from PolyU, 1998 (co-supervised with James Liu) Thesis: Signature Verification Based on Fuzzy Feature Theory and Genetic Algorithm Current Position: Senior Manager, Siemens Healthineers, U.S.A.
	*Frederick Li* - BA(PolyU), MPhil from PolyU, 1998 Thesis: Interactive Rendering of Deforming Parametric Surfaces
	*Kwai-Hung Chan* - BSc(U Warwick), MPhil from PolyU, 1997 Thesis: Facial Image Synthesis in Suspect Identification Based on Warping and Morphing Techniques

Last updated in March 2026.