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Yin Yang

Associate Professor
Kahlert School of Computing
The University of Utah
Office: MEB 3454
Email: yangzzzy@gmail.com | yin.yang@utah.edu

I am an associate professor with Kahlert School of Computing, University of Utah. I co-direct Utah Graphics Lab with my colleague Cem Yuksel. I am also affiliated with Utah Robotic Center. Before joining the U, the birthplace of Computer Graphics, I was a faculty member at University of New Mexico and Clemson University. I received my Ph.D. from University of Texas at Dallas (with David Daniel fellowship). I am a recipient of the NSF CRII award (2015) and CAREER award (2019). My research aims to develop efficient and customized computing methods for challenging problems in Graphics, Simulation, Deep Learning, Vision, Robotics, and many other applied areas.

My name reads like Yin & Yang in Mandarin if you put my first name first, which is a famous concept in traditional Chinese philosophy and also a key inspiration in my research and life.

Recent Publications

	Embedded IPC: Fast and Intersection-free Simulation in Reduced Subspace for Robot Manipulation Wenxin Du, Chang Yu (equal contributors), Siyu Ma, Ying Jiang, Zeshun Zong, Yin Yang, Joe Masterjohn, Alejandro Castro, Xuchen Han, Chenfanfu Jiang Arxiv, 2024 picture_as_pdf language

	Atlas3D: Physically Constrained Self-Supporting Text-to-3D for Simulation and Fabrication Yunuo Chen, Tianyi Xie, Zeshun Zong* (equal contributors), Xuan Li, Feng Gao, Yin Yang, Ying Nian Wu, Chenfanfu Jiang NeurIPS, 2024 picture_as_pdf language code_blocks

	Relightable Detailed Human Reconstruction from Sparse Flashlight Images Jiawei Lu, Tianjia Shao, He Wang, Yong-Liang Yang, Yin Yang, Kun Zhou IEEE TVCG, 2024

	Gaussian Splashing: Unified Particles for Versatile Motion Synthesis and Rendering Yutao Feng, Xiang Feng (equal contributors), Yintong Shang, Ying Jiang, Chang Yu, Zeshun Zong, Tianjia Shao, Hongzhi Wu, Kun Zhou, Chenfanfu Jiang, Yin Yang arXiv, 2024 picture_as_pdf language

	Volumetric Homogenization for Knitwear Simulation Chun Yuan, Haoyang Shi (equal contributors), Lei Lan, Yuxing Qiu, Cem Yuksel, Huamin Wang, Chenfanfu Jiang, Kui Wu, Yin Yang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 2024 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Efficient Cloth Simulation Using Non-distance Barriers and Subspace Reuse Lei Lan, Zixuan Lu, Jingyi Long, Chun Yuan, Xuan Li, Xiaowei He, Huamin Wang, Chenfanfu Jiang, Yin Yang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 2024 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Barrier-Augmented Lagrangian for GPU-based Elastodynamic Contact Dewen Guo, Minchen Li, Yin Yang, Sheng Li, Guoping Wang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 2024 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	XPBI: Position-Based Dynamics with Smoothing Kernels Handles Continuum Inelasticity Chang Yu, Xuan Li (equal contributors), Lei Lan, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang SIGGRAPH Asia, 2024 (conference track) picture_as_pdf smart_display

	ElastoGen: 4D Generative Elastodynamics Yintong Shang, Yutao Feng, Xiang Feng* (equal contributors), Lei Lan, Shandian Zhe, Tianjia Shao, Hongzhi Wu, Kun Zhou, Hao Su, Chenfanfu Jiang, Yin Yang Arxiv, 2024 picture_as_pdf language

	Elastic Locomotion with Mixed Second-order Differentiation Siyuan Shen, Tianjia Shao, Kun Zhou, Chenfanfu Jiang, Sheldon Andrews, Victor Zordan, Yin Yang Arxiv, 2024 picture_as_pdf
	X-SLAM: Scalable Dense SLAM for Task-aware Optimization using CSFD Zhexi Peng, Yin Yang, Tianjia Shao, Chenfanfu Jiang, Kun Zhou ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2024 picture_as_pdf smart_display language

	Automatic Digital Garment Initialization from Sewing Patterns Chen Liu, Weiwei Xu, Yin Yang, Huamin Wang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2024 picture_as_pdf smart_display smart_display

	Vertex Block Descent Anka He Chen, Zhiheng Liu, Yin Yang, Cem Yuksel ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2024 Selected in technical paper trailer picture_as_pdf smart_display

	A Dynamic Duo of Finite Elements and Material Points Xuan Li, Minchen Li, Xuchen Han, Huamin Wang, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang SIGGRAPH, 2024 (conference track) picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Neural-Assisted Homogenization of Yarn-Level Cloth Xudong Feng, Huamin Wang, Yin Yang, Weiwei Xu SIGGRAPH, 2024 (conference track) picture_as_pdf smart_display

	RTG-SLAM: Real-time 3D Reconstruction at Scale Using Gaussian Splatting Zhexi Peng, Tianjia Shao, Yong Liu, Jingke Zhou, Yin Yang, Jingdong Wang, Kun Zhou SIGGRAPH, 2024 (conference track) picture_as_pdf language

	VR-GS: A Physical Dynamics-Aware Interactive Gaussian Splatting System in Virtual Reality Ying Jiang, Chang Yu, Tianyi Xie, Xuan Li (equal contributors), Yutao Feng, Huamin Wang, Minchen Li, Henry Lau, Feng Gao, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang SIGGRAPH, 2024 (conference track) picture_as_pdf language

	PIE-NeRF: Physics-based Interactive Elastodynamics with NeRF Yutao Feng, Yintong Shang (equal contributors), Xuan Li, Tianjia Shao, Chenfanfu Jiang, Yin Yang CVPR, 2024 picture_as_pdf smart_display language

	PhysGaussian: Physics-Integrated 3D Gaussians for Generative Dynamics Tianyi Xie, Zeshun Zong, Yuxing Qiu, Xuan Li (equal contributors), Yutao Feng, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang CVPR, 2024 Highlight picture_as_pdf smart_display language

	Subspace-Preconditioned GPU Projective Dynamics with Contact for Cloth Simulation Xuan Li, Yu Fang, Lei Lan, Huamin Wang, Yin Yang, Minchen Li, Chenfanfu Jiang SIGGRAPH Asia, 2023 (conference track) picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Stable Discrete Bending by Analytic Eigensystem and Adaptive Orthotropic Geometric Stiffness Zhengdong Wang, Yin Yang, Huamin Wang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 2023 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Power Plastics: A Hybrid Lagrangian/Eulerian Solver for Mesoscale Inelastic Flows Ziyin Qu, Minchen Li, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang, Fernando de Goes ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 2023 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Augmented Incremental Potential Contact for Sticky Interactions Yu Fang, Minchen Li (equal contributors), Yadi Cao, Xuan Li, Joshuah Wolper, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2023 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Second-order Stencil Descent for Interior-point Hyperelasticity Lei Lan, Minchen Li, Chenfanfu Jiang, Huamin Wang, Yin Yang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2023 Selected in technical paper trailer picture_as_pdf smart_display

	A Contact Proxy Splitting Method for Lagrangian Solid-Fluid Coupling Tianyi Xie, Minchen Li, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2023 picture_as_pdf text_snippet smart_display

	Multi-Layer Thick Shells Yunuo Chen, Tianyi Xie, Cem Yuksel, Danny Kaufman, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang, Minchen Li SIGGRAPH, 2023 (conference track) picture_as_pdf text_snippet smart_display

	Adaptive Local Basis Functions for Shape Completion Hui Ying, Tianjia Shao, He Wang, Yin Yang, Kun Zhou SIGGRAPH, 2023 (conference track) picture_as_pdf code_blocks

	A Sparse Distributed Gigascale Resolution Material Point Method Yuxing Qiu, Samuel Reeve, Minchen Li, Yin Yang, Stuart Slattery, Chenfanfu Jiang ACM Transactions on Graphics (presented in SIGGRAPH), 2023 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	PlasticityNet: Learning to Simulate Metal, Sand, and Snow for Optimization Time Integration Xuan Li, Yadi Cao, Minchen Li, Yin Yang, Craig Schroeder, Chenfanfu Jiang NeurIPS, 2022 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Dual-Level Knowledge Distillation via Knowledge Alignment and Correlation Fei Ding, Yin Yang, Hongxin Hu, Venkat Krovi, Feng Luo IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems, 2022 picture_as_pdf

	Leveraging Deep Convolutional Neural Networks Pre-trained on Autonomous Driving Data for Vehicle Detection from Roadside LiDAR Data Shanglian Zhou, Hao Xu, Guohui Zhang, Tianwei Ma, Yin Yang IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2022. picture_as_pdf

	Penetration-free Projective Dynamics on the GPU Lei Lan, Guanqun Ma, Yin Yang, Changxi Zheng, Minchen Li, Chenfanfu Jiang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2022 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Affine Body Dynamics: Fast, Stable, and Intersection-free Simulation of Stiff Materials Lei Lan, Danny Kaufman, Minchen Li, Chenfanfu Jiang, Yin Yang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2022 Selected in technical paper trailer picture_as_pdf smart_display

	A Unified Newton Barrier Method for Multibody Dynamics Yunuo Chen, Minchen Li, Lei Lan, Hao Su, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2022 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Automatic Quantization for Physics-based Simulation Jiafeng Liu, Haoyang Shi (equal contributors), Siyuan Zhang, Yin Yang, Chongyang Ma, Weiwei Xu ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2022 picture_as_pdf text_snippet smart_display

	An Efficient B-Spline Lagrangian/Eulerian Method for Compressible Flow, Shock Waves, and Fracturing Solid Yadi Cao, Yunuo Chen, Minchen Li, Yin Yang, Xinxin Zhang, Mridul Aanjaneya, Chenfanfu Jiang ACM Transactions on Graphics (presented in SIGGRAPH), 2022 picture_as_pdf

	Unsupervised Image Translation with Distributional Semantics Awareness Zhexi Peng, He Wang, Yanlin Wang, Yin Yang, Tianjia Shao Computational Visual Media, 2022 picture_as_pdf

	Pose Guided Image Generation from Misaligned Sources via Residual Flow Based Correction Jiawei Lu, He Wang, Tianjia Shao, Yin Yang, Kun Zhou AAAI, 2022 picture_as_pdf

	Active Boundary Loss for Semantic Segmentation Chi Wang, Yunke Zhang, Miaomiao Cui, Peiran Ren, Yin Yang, Xuansong Xie, Xian-Sheng Hua, Hujun Bao, Weiwei Xu AAAI, 2022 Oral picture_as_pdf

	HoD-Net: High-order Differentiable Deep Neural Networks and its Applications Siyuan Shen, Tianjia Shao, Kun Zhou, Chenfanfu Jiang, Feng Luo, Yin Yang AAAI, 2022 picture_as_pdf

	Deep Stereo Matching with Hysteresis Attention and Supervised Cost Volume Construction Kai Zeng, Yaonan Wang, Jianxu Mao, Caiping Liu, Weixing Peng, Yin Yang IEEE Transactions on Image Processisng, 2022 picture_as_pdf

	Erroneous Pixel Prediction for Semantic Image Segmentation Lixue Gong, Yiqun Zhang, Yunke Zhang, Yin Yang, Weiwei Xu Computational Visual Media, 2021 picture_as_pdf

	Unsupervised Image Generation with Infinite Generative Adversarial Networks Hui Ying, He Wang, Tianjia Shao, Yin Yang, Kun Zhou ICCV, 2021 picture_as_pdf

	Location-aware Single Image Reflection Removal Zheng Dong, Ke Xu, Yin Yang, Hujun Bao, Weiwei Xu, Rynson W.H. Lau ICCV, 2021 picture_as_pdf

	Medial IPC: Accelerated Incremental Potential Contact with Medial Elastics Lei Lan, Yin Yang (equal contributors), Danny Kaufman, Junfeng Yao, Minchen Li, Chenfanfu Jiang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2021 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	High-order Differentiable Autoencoder for Nonlinear Model Reduction Siyuan Shen, Yin Yang (equal contributors), Tianjia Shao, He Wang, Chenfanfu Jiang, Lei Lan, Kun Zhou ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2021 Selected in technical paper trailer picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Scalable Image-based Indoor Scene Rendering with Reflections Jiamin Xu, Xiuchao Wu, Zihan Zhu, Weiwei Xu, Yin Yang, Hujun Bao, Qixing Huang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH), 2021 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	A Safe and Fast Repulsion Method for GPU-based Cloth Self Collisions Longhua Wu, Botao Wu, Yin Yang, Huamin Wang ACM Transactions on Graphics (presented in SIGGRAPH), 2021 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	In-game Residential Home Planning via Visual Context-aware Global Relation Learning Lijuan Liu, Yin Yang, Yi Yuan, Tianjia Shao, He Wang, Kun Zhou AAAI, 2021 picture_as_pdf

	Feel the inside: A Haptic Interface for Navigating Stress Distribution Inside Objects Lifeng Zhu, Rubin Ren, Dapeng Chen, Aiguo Song, Jia Liu, Ning Ye, Yin Yang The Visual Computer (CGI), 2020 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Medial Elastics: Efficient and Collision-ready Deformation via Medial Axis Transform Lei Lan, Ran Luo, Marco Fratarcangeli, Weiwei Xu, Huamin Wang, Xiaohu Guo, Junfeng Yao, Yin Yang ACM Transactions on Graphics (presented in SIGGRAPH), 2020 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Accelerated Complex Step Finite Difference for Expedient Deformable Simulation Ran Luo, Weiwei Xu, Tianjia Shao, Hongyi Xu, Yin Yang ACM Transactions on Graphics, (SIGGRAPH Asia), 2019 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Computational Design of Skinned Quad Robots Xudong Feng, Jiafeng Liu, Huamin Wang, Yin Yang, Hujun Bao, Bernd Bickel, Weiwei Xu IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2019 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Taxi-based Mobility Demand Formulation and Prediction Using Conditional Generative Adversarial Network-Driven Learning Approaches Hao Yu, Xiaofeng Chen, Zhenning Li, Guohui Zhang, Pan Liu, Jinfu Yang, Yin Yang IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2019. picture_as_pdf

	NNWarp: Neural Network-based Nonlinear Deformation Ran Luo, Tianjia Shao, Huamin Wang, Weiwei Xu, Kun Zhou, Yin Yang IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2019 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	H-CNN: Spatial Hashing Based CNN for 3D Shape Analysis Tianjia Shao, Yin Yang, Yanlin Weng, Qiming Hou, Kun Zhou IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2019 picture_as_pdf

	Parallel Iterative Solvers for Real-time Elastic Deformations Marco Fratarcangeli, Huamin Wang, Yin Yang SIGGRAPH Asia Course, 2018 picture_as_pdf

	Automatic Single-Image Mechanism Modeling using Deep Neural Network Minmin Lin, Tianjia Shao, Youyi Zheng, Zhong Ren, Yanlin Weng, Yin Yang Computer Graphics Forum (PG), 2018 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Online Global Non-rigid Registration for 3D Object Reconstruction Using Consumer-level Depth Cameras Jiamin Xu, Weiwei Xu, Yin Yang, Zhigang Deng, Hujun Bao Computer Graphics Forum (PG), 2018 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	A Kinect-Based Approach for 3D Pavement Surface Reconstruction and Cracking Recognition Yuming Zhang, Cong Chen, Qiong Wu, Qi Lu, Su Zhang, Guohui Zhang, Yin Yang IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2018 picture_as_pdf

	Stress-aware Large Scale Shape Editing using Domain-decomposed Multigrid Solver Weiwei Xu, Haifeng Yang, Yin Yang, Yiduo Wang, Kun Zhou Computer Aided Geometric Design (GMP), 2018 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Physics-based Quadratic Deformation Using Elastic Weighting Ran Luo, Weiwei Xu, Huamin Wang, Kun Zhou, Yin Yang IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2018 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Customization and Generation of Floor Plans based on Graph Transformations Xiao-Yu Wang, Yin Yang, Kang Zhang Automation in Construction, 2018 picture_as_pdf

	Force-Driven Traffic Simulation for Future CAV-Enabled Smart Transportation System Yuming Zhang, Guohui Zhang, Rafael Fierro, Yin Yang IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2018 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Efficient Voxelization Using Projected Optimal Scanline Yuming Zhang, Steven Garcia, Weiwe Xu, Tianjia Shao, Yin Yang Graphical Models, 2017 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Acoustic VR of Human Tongue: Real-time Speech-driven Visual Tongue System Ran Luo, Qiang Fang (equal contributors), Jianguo Wei, Weiwei Xu, Yin Yang IEEE VR, 2017 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Stress‐Constrained Thickness Optimization for Shell Object Fabrication Zhao Haiming, Weiwei Xu, Kun Zhou, Yin Yang, Xiaogang Jin, Hongzhi Wu Computer Graphics Forum, 2017 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Descent Methods for Elastic Body Simulation on the GPU Huamin Wang, Yin Yang ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 2016 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Interactive Mechanism Modeling from Multi-view Images Mingliang Xu, Mingyuan Li, Weiwei Xu, Zhigang Deng, Yin Yang, Kun Zhou ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 2016 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	An Interactive Approach for Functional Prototype Recovery from a Single RGBD Image Yuliang Rong, Tianjia Shao, Youyi Zheng, Yin Yang, Kun Zhou Computational Visual Media, 2016 CVM annual best paper picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Expediting Precomputation for Reduced Deformable Simulation Yin Yang, Dingzeyu Li, Weiwei Xu, Yuan Tian, Changxi Zheng ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 2015 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Adaptive Hierarchical Shape Matching Yuan Tian, Yin Yang, Xiaohu Guo, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran PG (short paper), 2015 Stable Haptic Interaction Based on Adaptive Hierarchical Shape Matching Computational Visual Media, 2015 picture_as_pdf

	Fast Image Segmentation on Mobile Phone Using Multi-level Graph Cut Steven Garcia, Patrick Kelley, Yin Yang Graphics Interface, 2015 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Agile Structure Analysis for Fabrication-Aware Shape Editing Yue Xie, Weiwei Xu, Yin Yang, Xiaohu Guo, Kun Zhou Computer Aided Geometric Design (GMP), 2015 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Interactive Design and Simulation of Tubular Supporting Structure Ran Luo, Lifeng Zhu, Weiwei Xu, Patrick Kelley, Vanessa Svihla, Yin Yang Graphical Models, 2015 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	Distributed Haptic Interactions with Physically-Based 3D Deformable Models over Lossy Networks Ziying Tang, Yin Yang, Xiaohu Guo, Balakrishnan Prabhakaran IEEE Transactions on Haptics, 2013 picture_as_pdf

	Boundary-Aware Multi-Domain Subspace Deformation Yin Yang, Weiwei Xu, Xiaohu Guo, Kun Zhou, Baining Guo IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2013 picture_as_pdf smart_display smart_display

	Physics-Based Deformable Tongue Visualization Yin Yang, Xiaohu Guo, Jennell Vick, Luis Torres, Thomas Campbell IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2013 picture_as_pdf smart_display

	A Novel Markerless Technique to Evaluate Daily Lung Tumor Motion Based on Conventional Cone-Beam CT Projection Data Yin Yang, Zichun Zhong, Xiaohu Guo, Jing Wang, John Anderson, Timothy Solberg, Weihua Mao Intl Journal of Radiation Oncology, Biology, Physics, 2012 picture_as_pdf smart_display

Teaching

[Utah] CS 5610 Interactive Computer Graphics 2024S
[Utah] CS 4600 Introduction to Computer Graphics 2023F
[Utah] CS 6660 Physics-based Animation 2023S

[Clemson] CPSC 8810 Advanced Animaiton 2020S
[Clemson] CPSC 4050/6040 Computer Graphics 2020F
[Clemson] CPSC 3210 Design Analysis of Algorithms 2021S
[Clemson] CPSC 4190/6190 Physical-based Animation 2021F
[Clemson] CPSC 3500 Foundations of Computer Sciences 2022S

[UNM] ECE 537 Foundations of Computing, 2015F, 2016F, 2017F, 2018F, 2019S, 2019F
[UNM] ECE 495/595 ST: Advanced Computer Graphics and Animation, 2014S, 2015S, 2017S
[UNM] ECE/CS 412/512 Into. to Computer Graphics, 2013F, 2014F, 2015F, 2016F, 2017F, 2018F

Group Members

Current:
Lei Lan, Postdoc
Ziheng Liu, Ph.D
Yintong Shang, Ph.D
Haoyang Shi, Ph.D
Jingyi Long, Ph.D
Chun Yuan, Ph.D
Zixuan Lu, Ph.D
Yutao Feng, Visiting student, Ph.D at Zhejiang University
Xiang Feng, Visiting student, M.S at Zhejiang University
Yadi Cao, Summer intern 2023, Ph.D at UCLA
Tianyi Xie, Summer intern 2023, Ph.D at UCLA

Former:
Ran Luo, Ph.D@ECE 2020, next @ Apple Inc.
Yuming Zhang, Ph.D@ECE 2019, next @ Albion College
Steven Garcia, MS@CS 2017, next @ Sandia National Laboratories
Kele Xu, visiting Ph.D@ECE 2014, next @ State Key Laboratory of Parallel and Distributed Processing
Alejandro Hernandez, MS@ECE 2014, next @ Intel
Sikai Xie, MS@ECE 2015, next @ Canfield Scientific Inc
Lin Sun, MS@CS 2014, next @ Facebook