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Yongliang Yang was a Research Scientist at the Visual Computing Center in King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). Currently, he’s an Assistant Professor in Department of Computer Science at University of Bath in United Kingdom.

Education and Early Career

Yongliang received his Bachelor degree in Computer Science and Technology in 2004, from Tsinghua University. He continued to pursue his Master and Ph.D. degree in Graphics and Geometric Computing Group in Tsinghua, under the supervision of Prof. Shi-Min Hu. In 2009, he joined KAUST as a Postdoctoral Fellow working with Prof. Helmut Pottmann and Niloy J. Mitra and, later on, as a Research Scientist in Visual Computing Center.

Research Interest

His research interests are in shape understanding, computational design and computer graphics. Most recently, his work has focused on developing shape analysis and optimization algorithms to understand and explore geometric structures. 

Education Profile

  • Ph.D., Graphics and Geometric Computing, Tsinghua University, China, 2009
  • M.S., Graphics and Geometric Computing, Tsinghua University, China
  • B.S., Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University, China, 2004

Selected Publications

Peng, C.-H., Yang, Y.-L., Bao, F., Fink, D., Yan, D.-M., Wonka, P., & Mitra, N. J. (2016). Computational network design from functional specifications. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 35(4), 1–12. doi:10.1145/2897824.2925935
Handle
10754/620940
DOI
10.1145/2897824.2925935
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Yang, Y.-L., Wang, J., & Mitra, N. J. (2015). Reforming Shapes for Material-aware Fabrication. Computer Graphics Forum, 34(5), 53–64. doi:10.1111/cgf.12696
Handle
10754/621412
DOI
10.1111/cgf.12696
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AlHalawani, S., Yang, Y.-L., Wonka, P., & Mitra, N. J. (2014). What Makes London Work Like London? Computer Graphics Forum, 33(5), 157–165. doi:10.1111/cgf.12441
Handle
10754/575717
DOI
10.1111/cgf.12441
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Peng, C.-H., Yang, Y.-L., & Wonka, P. (2014). Computing layouts with deformable templates. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 33(4), 1–11. doi:10.1145/2601097.2601164
Handle
10754/575792
DOI
10.1145/2601097.2601164
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Yang, Y.-L., Wang, J., Vouga, E., & Wonka, P. (2013). Urban pattern. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 32(6), 1–12. doi:10.1145/2508363.2508405
Handle
10754/575588
DOI
10.1145/2508363.2508405
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Yang, Y.-L., Yang, Y.-J., Pottmann, H., & Mitra, N. J. (2011). Shape space exploration of constrained meshes. Proceedings of the 2011 SIGGRAPH Asia Conference on - SA ’11. doi:10.1145/2024156.2024158
Handle
10754/575912
DOI
10.1145/2024156.2024158
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Mitra, N. J., Yang, Y.-L., Yan, D.-M., Li, W., & Agrawala, M. (2010). Illustrating how mechanical assemblies work. ACM Transactions on Graphics, 29(4), 1. doi:10.1145/1778765.1778795
Handle
10754/575543
DOI
10.1145/1778765.1778795
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Related URLs

Visual Computing Center (VCC)