Education and Work Experience

Professional Activities

Code

  • HLBFGS: A hybrid L-BFGS optimization framework which unifies L-BFGS method, Preconditioned L-BFGS method, Preconditioned Conjugate Gradient method. (Source code in C++)
  • QCVT: Fast 3D Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation for a convex domain. (Windows executable files only)
  • 3D Voronoi Tessellation and Restricted Voronoi Diagram. Source code is available in the supplemental material of LpCVT paper.

Gallery and Models

Supervised Intern Students

Publications and Manuscripts

2026

Four Siggraph journal-track papers are conditionally accepted.
OoD Analyzer
Changjian Chen, Jun Yuan, Yafeng Lu, Yang Liu, Hang Su, Songtao Yuan, Shixia Liu: OoDAnalyzer: Interactive Analysis of Out-of-Distribution Samples, IEEE TVCG, 2020. [Videos]

2019

Mesh Repair
Lei Chu, Hao Pan, Yang Liu, Wenping Wang: Repairing Man-Made Meshes via Visual Driven Global Optimization with Minimum Intrusion, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 38(6), Article 158, 2019. [Project page]
Cuboid Abstraction
Chun-yu Sun, Qian-fang Zou, Xin Tong, Yang Liu: Learning Adaptive Hierarchical Cuboid Abstractions of 3D Shape Collections, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 38(6), Article 241, 2019. [Project page]
Surface Fairing
Lei Chu, Pengbo Bo, Yang Liu, Wenping Wang: Surface Fairing towards Regular Principal Curvature Line Networks, Computer Graphics Forum (Pacific Graphics), 2019.
Label Transfer
Jie Zhu, Yunfeng Zhang, Jie Guo, Huikun Liu, Mingming Liu, Yang Liu, Yanwen Guo: Label Transfer between Images and 3D Shapes via Local Correspondence Encoding, Geometric Modeling and Processing - GMP 2019, Computer Aided Geometric Design, 71, 255-266.

2017

Motion Imitation
Shuo Jin, Chengkai Dai, Yang Liu, Charlie C.L. Wang: Motion Imitation Based on Sparsely Sampled Correspondence, Journal of Computing and Information Science in Engineering, 2017. [Video]
Gradient-Based Shape Matching
Saifeng Ni, Zichun Zhong, Yang Liu, Wenping Wang, Zhonggui Chen, Xiaohu Guo: Sliver-Suppressing Tetrahedral Mesh Optimization with Gradient-Based Shape Matching Energy, Geometric Modeling and Processing - GMP 2017, Computer Aided Geometric Design, 52-53, 247-261.

2016

Surface Approximation
Yiqi Cai, Xiaohu Guo, Yang Liu, Wenping Wang, Weihua Mao, Zichun Zhong: Surface Approximation via Asymptotic Optimal Geometric Partition, IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, 23(12), 2613-2626, 2016. [Supplement] [Video]
Fast PolyCube
Xiao-Ming Fu, Chong-Yang Bai, Yang Liu: Efficient Volumetric PolyCube-Map Construction, Computer Graphics Forum (Pacific Graphics), 35(7), 2016. [Project page] [Supplement]
Simplex Assembly
Xiao-Ming Fu, Yang Liu: Computing Inversion-Free Mappings by Simplex Assembly, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 35(6), 2016. [Project page] [Supplement] [Code]
Mesh Denoising
Peng-Shuai Wang, Yang Liu, Xin Tong: Mesh Denoising via Cascaded Normal Regression, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 35(6), 2016. [Project page]
Cyclide Splines
Pengbo Bo, Yang Liu, Changhe Tu, Caiming Zhang, Wenping Wang: Surface Fitting with Cyclide Splines, Geometric Modeling and Processing - GMP 2016, Computer Aided Geometric Design, 43(1), 2--15.

2015

Rolling Guidance Filter
Peng-Shuai Wang, Xiao-Ming Fu, Yang Liu, Xin Tong, Shi-Lin Liu, Baining Guo: Rolling Guidance Normal Filter for Geometric Processing, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 34(6), 2015. [Data] [Program] [Slides]
Advanced MIPS
Xiao-Ming Fu, Yang Liu, Baining Guo: Computing Locally Injective Mappings by Advanced MIPS, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 34(4), 2015. [Data]
Curve Network Surfacing
Pan Hao, Yang Liu, Alla Sheffer, Nicholas Vining, Chang-Jian Li, Wenping Wang: Flow Aligned Surfacing of Curve Networks, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 34(4), 2015. [Data] [Project page]
Planar Hexagonal Meshing
Yufei Li, Yang Liu, Wenping Wang: Planar Hexagonal Meshing for Architecture, IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, 95-106, 2015. IEEE TVCG spotlight article for Jan. 2015. [Appendix]

Before 2015

Anisotropic Simplicial Meshing
Xiao-Ming Fu, Yang Liu, John Snyder and Baining Guo: Anisotropic Simplicial Meshing Using Local Convex Functions, ACM Transactions on Graphics(SIGGRAPH Asia) 33(6), 2014. [DOI], Anisotropic Mesh results, slides.
Shixia Liu, Yingcai Wu, Enxun Wei, Mengchen Liu and Yang Liu : StoryFlow: Tracking the Evolution of Stories, IEEE InfoVis 2013 , IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics 19(12), 2436-2445, 2013. Project page [DOI]
Yufei Li, Yang Liu, Weiwei Xu, Wenping Wang and Baining Guo: All-Hex Meshing using Singularity-Restricted Field, ACM Transactions on Graphics(SIGGRAPH Asia) 31(6), 177:1-177:11, 2012. Supplemental material (videos and data), slides. [DOI]
Lifeng Zhu, Weiwei Xu, John Snyder, Yang Liu, Guoping Wang and Baining Guo: Motion-Guided Mechanical Toy Modeling, ACM Transactions on Graphics(SIGGRAPH Asia) 31(6), 127:1-127:10, 2012. Supplemental material. [DOI]
Dong-Ming Yan, Wenping Wang, Yang Liu and Zhouwang Yang: Variational Mesh Segmentation via Quadric Surface Fitting, Computer-Aided Design , 44(11), 1072-1082, 2012. [DOI]
Hao Pan, Yi-King Choi, Yang Liu, Wenchao Hu, Qiang Du, Konrad Polthier, Robust Modeling of Constant Mean Curvature Surfaces, ACM Transactions on Graphics(SIGGRAPH) 31(4), 85:1-85:11, 2012. [Supplemental material, slides. [DOI]
Wenni Zheng, Pengbo Bo, Yang Liu, Wenping Wang: Fast B-spline Curve Fitting by L-BFGS, Geometric Modeling and Processing - GMP 2012, Computer Aided Geometric Design, 29(7), 448-462, 2012. [DOI]
Feng Sun, Yi-King Choi, Wenping Wang, Dong-Ming Yan, Yang Liu, Bruno Lévy: Obtuse Triangle Suppression in Anisotropic Meshes, Computer Aided Geometric Design , 28(9), 537-548, 2011. [DOI]
Yang Liu, Weiwei Xu, Jun Wang, Lifeng Zhu, Baining Guo, Falai Chen, Guoping Wang : General Planar Quadrilateral Mesh Design Using Conjugate Direction Field, ACM Transactions on Graphics(SIGGRAPH Asia) , 30(6), 140:1-140:10, 2011. [Errata: a term in Eqn.4 is missing in the published version, please check the corrected version.][DOI]Supplemental material, slides.
Dong-Ming Yan, Wenping Wang, Bruno Lévy and Yang Liu: Efficient Computation of Clipped Voronoi Diagram and Applications, Computer Aided Design. This is a journal version of our GMP2010 paper. [DOI]
Bruno Lévy and Yang Liu: Lp Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation and its Applications, ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 29(4), 119:1-119:11, 2010. [DOI][Supplemental material: data, sourcecode, videos and supplemental examples], slides
Dong-Ming Yan, Wenping Wang, Bruno Lévy and Yang Liu: Efficient Computation of 3D Clipped Voronoi Diagram, Geometric Modeling and Processing - GMP 2010, 269-282. [DOI]
Guodong Rong, Yang Liu, Wenping Wang, Xiaotian Yin, Xianfeng Gu and Xiaohu Guo: GPU-Assisted Computation of Centroidal Voronoi Tessellation, IEEE Transactions on Visualization & Computer Graphics, 17(3), 345-356, 2011. [DOI][video and code]
Dong-Ming Yan, Bruno Lévy, Yang Liu, Feng Sun and Wenping Wang: Isotropic Remeshing with Fast and Exact Computation of Restricted Voronoi Diagram, Computer Graphics Forum (Symposium on Geometry Processing 2009), 28(5), 1445-1454. [errata] [DOI][videos: 3_holes fandisk joint vhull topo_control ]
Wenping Wang and Yang Liu: A Note on Planar Hexagonal Meshes, In I.Z. Emiris, F. Sottile and T. Theobald, editors, IMA Volume 151: Nonlinear Computational Geometry , 221-233, Springer-Verlag, 2009. [DOI][relevant talk: Slides in Workshop on Polyhedral Surfaces and Industrial Applications 2007]
Yang Liu and Wenping Wang: A Revisit to Least Squares Orthogonal Distance Fitting of Parametric Curves and Surfaces, Geometric Modeling and Processing - GMP 2008, 384-397, Springer. [DOI]
Wenping Wang, Johannes Wallner and Yang Liu : An Angle Criterion for Conical Mesh Vertices, Journal for Geometry and Graphics 11(2), 199-208, 2007.
Falai Chen, Wenping Wang and Yang Liu: Computing Singular Points of Plane Rational Curves, Journal of Symbolic Computation, 43(2), 92-117, 2008. [DOI]
Wenping Wang, Bert Jüttler, Dayue Zheng and Yang Liu: Computation of Rotation Minimizing Frame, ACM Transactions on Graphics, 27(1), Article No. 2, 2008. [DOI]
Helmut Pottmann and Yang Liu: Discrete Surfaces in Isotropic Geometry, In R. Martin, M. Sabin and J. Winkler, editors, Mathematics of Surfaces XII, volume 4647 of LNCS, 431-363. Springer, 2007. [DOI] [Gallery and Models]
Helmut Pottmann, Yang Liu, Johannes Wallner, Alexander Bobenko and Wenping Wang: Geometry of Multi-layer Freeform Structures for Architecture, ACM Transactions on Graphics(SIGGRAPH) 26(3), Article No. 65, 2007. [DOI]
Kin-Shing D. Cheng, Wenping Wang, Hong Qin, Kwan-Yee K. Wong, Huaiping Yang and Yang Liu: Design and Analysis of Optimization Methods for Subdivision Surface Fitting, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 13(5), 878-890, 2007. [DOI]
Dong-Ming Yan, Yang Liu and Wenping Wang: Quadric Surface Extraction by Variational Shape Approximation, Geometric Modeling and Processing - GMP 2006: 4th International Conference, 73-86, 2006. Errata is contained in the pdf file. [ DOI]
Yang Liu, Helmut Pottmann, Johannes Wallner, Yong-Liang Yang and Wenping Wang: Geometric Modeling with Conical Meshes and Developable Surfaces, ACM Transactions on Graphics(SIGGRAPH), 25(3), 681-689, 2006. [DOI]
Yi-King Choi, Wenping Wang, Yang Liu and Myung-Soo Kim: Continuous Collision Detection for Two Moving Elliptic Disks, IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 22(2), 213-224, 2006. [DOI]
Yang Liu, Huaiping Yang and Wenping Wang: Reconstructing B-spline Curves from Point Clouds A Tangential Flow Approach Using Least Squares Minimization, International Conference on Shape Modeling and Applications 2005, 4-12. [DOI]
Falai Chen, David Cox and Yang Liu: The μ-basis and Implicitization of a Rational Parametric Surface, Journal of Symbolic Computation, 39(6), 689-706, 2005. [DOI]
Kin-Shing D. Cheng, Wenping Wang, Hong Qin, Kwan-Yee K. Wong, Huaiping Yang and Yang Liu: Fitting Subdivision Surfaces to Unorganized Point Data Using SDM, Proceedings. 12th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications , 16-24, 2004. [DOI]
Yang Liu and Liyong Shen: An Algebraic Condition for Classifying the Positional Relationship of Two Planar Ellipses, Journal of Computer Aided Design and Computer Graphics (In Chinese), 555-560, 2003.
Liyong Shen and Yang Liu: An Algebraic Condition for the Positional Relationship of an Ellipse and a Parabola(Hyperbola), Journal of System Simulation (In Chinese), 1208-1211, 2002.