Department of Computer Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
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| Education | |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL |
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| 2006 - | Ph.D. in Computer Science (GPA: 4.0/4.0), expected graduation Oct. 2010. |
| 2004 - 2006 | M.S. in Computer Science (GPA: 3.87/4.0). |
Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China |
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| 2000 - 2004 | B.S. in Computer Science (GPA: 3.88/4.0), graduated with highest honors. |
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Image Processing (Learning, Classification, Segmentation and Vectorization) |
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Large-scale Visual Information Approximation and Processing |
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| Parallel Large-scale Mesh Processing and Optimization | |
| Interactive Image and Video Editing | |
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Tian Xia, Binbin Liao, and Yizhou Yu, Patch-Based Image Vectorization with Automatic Curvilinear Feature Alignment, ACM Transactions on Graphics, SIGGRAPH Asia 2009, to appear. |
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Tian Xia, Qing Wu, and Yizhou Yu, Lazy Texture Selection Based on Active Learning, The Visual Computer Journal, to appear. [PDF] |
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Qing Wu, Tian Xia, Hsueh-Yi Lin, Hongcheng Wang, and Yizhou Yu, Hierarchical Tensor Approximation of Multi-Dimensional Visual Data, IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 14, No. 1, 2008, pp.186-199. |
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Tian Xia and Eric Shaffer, Streaming Mesh Optimization for CAD, Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC 2008), pp. 1022-1033, Las Vegas, December 2008. [PDF] |
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Tian Xia and Eric Shaffer, Streaming Tetrahedral Mesh Optimization, Proceedings of ACM Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling 2008 (SPM 2008), pp. 281-287, Stony Brook, June 2008. [PDF] |
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Qing Wu, Tian Xia, and Yizhou Yu, Hierarchical Tensor Approximation of Multi-Dimensional Images, 14th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing, Vol. IV, pp.49-52, San Antonio, September 2007. [PDF] |
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Changbo Wang, Zhangye Wang, Tian Xia, and Qunsheng Peng, Real-time Snowing Simulation, The Visual Computer Journal, 2006, Vol. 22, No. 5, pp.315-323. [PDF] |
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Changbo Wang, Tian Xia, Zhangye Wang, and Qunsheng Peng, Real-time Simulation of Wind-driven Snow Scene, The 17th annual conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA2004), Geneva, Switzerland, July 2004. |
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| Technical Skills | |
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Expertise in C/C++, Matlab, CUDA. Familiar with various libraries including OpenGL, MPICH, GNU Scientific Library (GSL), VTK, MFC, FLTK. |
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Working knowledge of Mathematica, Tcl/Tk, Java, Python, Bourne shell script, etc. |
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| Familiar with Windows and Unix/Linux environment. | |
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Research Assistant with Professor Yizhou Yu |
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Tensor approximation of visual data |
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deliverables: An interactive visualization software in C++/Matlab |
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Learning and classification of static and dynamic textures |
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deliverables: An interactive video segmentation system in C++/Matlab |
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Image vectorization |
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deliverables: An interactive image vectorization software in C++ |
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| May - Aug 2009 |
Summer Internship at Wolfram Research, Inc. with Dr. Peter Overmann |
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Design and implementation of new built-in image processing utilities for Mathematica 8 |
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Summer Internship at Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets (CSAR) with Dr. Eric Shaffer |
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Parallel volumetric mesh optimization package for Boeing |
| May - Aug 2007 | Summer Internship at Center for Simulation of Advanced Rockets (CSAR) with Dr. Eric Shaffer |
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3D triangulated mesh coarsening package for Caterpillar |
| 2004 - 2006 |
Teaching Assistant of CS173 Discrete Mathematics |
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Exams and homework designs, lab sessions, lectures, and office hours. |
| 2003 - 2004 |
Undergraduate Research Assistant at CAD & CG State Key Lab, Zhejiang University |
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Real-time simulation of snow dynamics. |
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