Short Bio:

Huamin Qu is an assistant professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. His main research interests are in visualization and computer graphics. He has conducted a wide range of research on scientific visualization, information visualization, visual analytics, real time graphics systems, virtual reality, and medical imaging. He has co-authored more than 40 refereed papers including a dozen papers in the IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. His papers appear in almost all major visualization conferences such as IEEE Visualization, IEEE InfoVis, EuroVis, and PacificVis. One of his papers is among the six best papers in IEEE Visualization 2003 and another paper receives Honorable Mention at IEEE Visualization 2009. Prior to his academic career, he had some years of extensive experience in commercial software development. He obtained a BS in Mathematics from Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, an MS and a PhD in Computer Science from the Stony Brook University. He received a 2009 IBM Faculty Award.

Professional Activities:

• Session Chair, IEEE Visualization 2009
• Session Chair, Pacific Visualization Symposium 2009
• Program Committee, IEEE Visualization 2008, 2009
• Program Committee, Pacific Visualization 2008, 2009, 2010
• Program Committee, Chinagraph 2010
• Program Committee, Volume Graphics 2006, 2007, 2008

Group Members:

• Yingcai WU (Postdoc, since Jan. 2010)
• Weiwei CUI (PhD Student, since Aug. 2006)
• Nan CAO (PhD Student, since Feb. 2010)
• Panpan XU (PhD Student, since Feb. 2010)
• Yuan GAO (Mphil Student, since Aug. 2009)

Past Members:

• Hong ZHOU (PhD Student, graduated at Summer 2009)
• Ming-Yuen CHAN (PhD Student, graduated at Summer 2009)
• Haomian Wang (MPhil Student, graduated at Summer 2009)
• Wai-Ho MAK (MPhil Student, graduated at Spring 2009)
• Ka-Kei CHUNG (MPhil Student, graduated at Summer 2007)
• Kai-Lun CHUNG (MPhil Student, graduated at August 2008)
• Wing-Yi CHAN (MPhil Student, graduated at Jan 2009)
• Anbang XU (Research Assistant, January 2007 - August 2007)
• Xiaotao YANG (Research Assistant, Feb 2007 - April 2007)
• Zhengmao XIE (Visiting Scholar, July 2006 - September 2006)
• Ying TANG (Visiting Scholar, April 2005 - Februrary 2006)

Awards:

• IBM Faculty Award 2009
• Honorable Mention for Best Paper Award at IEEE Visualization 2009
• HKICT Best Innovation and Research (College & Undergraduates) Silver Award and Certificate of Merit - Best Innovation Award (2007) (MPhil student: Wing-Yi Chan)
• Best Poster Award Candidate, IEEE Visualization 2007
• Best Poster Award Candidate, IEEE Visualization 2006
• Professor Samuel Chanson Best Final Year Project Award 2009 (UG students: Vin Lee, Ka-Ki Chik, and Kei-Hung Hui)
• Professor Samuel Chanson Best Final Year Project Award 2008 (UG students: Kwan-Lok LO and Pang-Tsun Ho)
• Overseas Research Attachment Program Scholarship 2007 (PhD students: Yingcai Wu and Hong Zhou)

Teaching:

• COMP171: Data Structures and Algorithm, Fall 2008
• COMP111: Unix and Script Programming, Spring 2008
• COMP341: Computer Graphics, Spring 2008
• COMP171: Data Structures and Algorithm, Spring 2007
• COMP641I: Topics in Graphics:Visualization, Fall 2006
• COMP 211: Introduction to Software Engineering, Spring 2006
• COMP171: Data Structures and Algorithm, Fall 2005
• COMP641I: Visualization, Fall 2004

Publications:

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2010

• Nan Zhang, Huamin Qu, Robert Sweet, "Orientation-Preserving Rod Elements for Realtime Thin Shell Simulation", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics accepted for publication.
• Wing-Yi Chan, Huamin Qu, and Wai-Ho Mak. "Visualizing the Semantic Structure in Classical Music Works", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. Vol. 16, No.1 , 2010. (Cover Image)
• Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu, Ka-Kei Chung, Ming-Yuen Chan, Hong Zhou. "Quantitative Effectiveness Measures for Direct Volume Rendered Images", IEEE Pacific Visualization 2010.
• Weiwei Cui, Yingcai Wu, Shixia Liu, Furu Wei, Michelle Zhou, Huamin Qu. "Context Preserving Dynamic Word Cloud Visualization", IEEE Pacific Visualization 2010.

2009

• Huamin Qu, Haomian Wang, Weiwei Cui, Yingcai Wu, Ming-Yuen Chan. "Focus+Context Route Zooming and Information Overlay in 3D Urban Environments", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings Visualization / Information Visualization 2009), vol. 15, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2009. (Cover Image)
• Ming-Yuen Chan, Yingcai Wu, Wai-Ho Mak, Wei Chen, Huamin Qu. "Perception-Based Transparency Optimization for Direct Volume Rendering", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings Visualization / Information Visualization 2009), vol. 15, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2009. (Honorable Mention)
• Yingcai Wu, Ka-Kei Chung, Huamin Qu, Xiaoru Yuan, S.C. Cheung. "Interactive Visual Optimization and Analysis for RFID Benchmarking", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings Visualization / Information Visualization 2009), vol. 15, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2009.
• Xiaoru Yuan, Peihong Guo, He Xiao, Hong Zhou, Huamin Qu. "Scattering Points in Parallel Coordinates", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings Visualization / Information Visualization 2009), vol. 15, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2009. (Cover Image)
• Wei Chen, Zi'ang Ding, Song Zhang, Anna MacKay-Brandt, Stephen Correia, Huamin Qu, John Allen Crow, David F. Tate, Zhicheng Yan, Qunsheng Peng. "A Novel Interface for Interactive Exploration of DTI Fibers". IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings Visualization / Information Visualization 2009), vol. 15, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2009.
• Hong Zhou, Weiwei Cui, Huamin Qu, Yingcai Wu, Xiaoru Yuan, Wei Zhuo. "Splatting the Lines in Parallel Coordinates", Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis'09), vol. 28, no. 3, 2009. (Cover Image)
• Haomian Wang, Weiwei Cui, Hong Zhou, Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu. "Integrated Tourist Navigation System", 6th International Conference in Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization (CGIV'09).
• Wai-Ho Mak, Yingcai Wu, Ming-Yuen Chan, Huamin Qu. "Visibility-Aware Direct Volume Rendering with Animations". Workshop on Visualization Applications (VisWorkshop'09), Beijing, China, 2009.

2008

• Weiwei Cui, Hong Zhou, Huamin Qu, Pak Chung Wong, and Xiaoming Li, "Geometry-Based Edge Clustering for Graph Visualization", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings Visualization / Information Visualization 2008), vol. 14, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2008. (Cover Image)
• Ming-Yuen Chan, Huamin Qu, Ka-Kei Chung, Wai-Ho Mak, and Yingcai Wu, "Relation-Aware Volume Exploration Pipeline", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings Visualization / Information Visualization 2008), vol. 14, no. 6, Nov.-Dec. 2008.
• Hong Zhou, Xiaoru Yuan, Huamin Qu, Weiwei Cui, Baoquan Chen. "Visual Clustering in Parallel Coordinates", Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EuroVis'08), vol. 27, no. 3, 2008.
• Hong Zhou, Xiaoru Yuan, Weiwei Cui, Huamin Qu, Baoquan Chen. “Energy-Based Hierarchical Edge Clustering of Graphs", IEEE Pacific Visualization Symposium 2008, pp. 55-62, 2008
• Hong Zhou, Yingcai Wu, Ming-Yuen Chen, Huamin Qu, Zhengmao Xie, Xiaoming Li. "Knowledge Discovery by Network Visualization", Edutainment'08, 2008
• Wai-Ho Mak, Ming-Yuen Chan, Yingcai Wu, Ka-Kei Chung, Huamin Qu: VoxelBars: An Informative Interface for Volume Visualization. International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) 2008, pp. 161-170, 2008
• Ming-Yuen Chan, Wai-Ho Mak, Huamin Qu: An Efficient Quality-Based Camera Path Planning Method for Volume Exploration. International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC) 2008, pp. 12-21, 2008

2007

• Huamin Qu, Wing-Yi Chan, Anbang Xu, Kai-Lun Chung, Kai-Hon Lau, Ping Guo. "Visual Analysis of The Air Pollution Problem in Hong Kong", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proceedings of Visualization / Information Visualization 2007), Vol. 13, No. 6, pp. 1408 – 1415, 2007.
• Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu. “Interactive Transfer Function Design Based on Editing Direct Volume Rendered Images", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), Vol. 13, No.5, pp. 1027--1040, 2007
• Ming-Yuen Chan, Yingcai Wu, and Huamin Qu. "Quality Enhancement of Direct Volume Rendered Images", 6th IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume Graphics (VG'07), pp. 25 - 32, 2007. (Cover Image)
• Yingcai Wu, Anbang Xu, Ming-Yuen Chan, Huamin Qu, and Ping Guo. "Palette-Style Volume Visualization", to appear in 6th IEEE/EG International Symposium on Volume Graphics (VG'07), pp. 33 - 40, 2007.
• Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu, Ka-Kei Chung, Wai-Ho Mak, and Anbang Xu . "Quantitative Effectiveness Metrics for Direct Volume Rendering", poster session of IEEE Visualization 2007. Best poster candidate.
• Hong Zhou, Xiaoru Yuan, Huamin Qu, and Baoquan Chen. "Visual Clustering in Parallel Coordinates". poster session of IEEE Symposium on Information Visualization.

2006

• Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu, Hong Zhou, Ming-Yuen Chan. “Focus+Context Visualization with Animation”. IEEE Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology (PSIVT’06), pp. 1293 - 1302, sinchu, Taiwan, December 11-13, 2006.
• Hon-Cheng Wong, Huamin Qu, Un-Hong Wong, Zesheng Tang, Klaus Mueller. “A Perceptual Framework for Comparisons of Direct Volume Rendered Images”. 2006 IEEE Pacific-Rim Symposium on Image and Video Technology (PSIVT’06), pp. 1314- 1323, December 11-13, 2006.
• Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu, Hong Zhou, Ming-Yuen Chan. "Fusing Features in Direct Volume Rendered Images". International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC’06), pp. 273-282, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA, Nov. 6-8, 2006.
• Ming-Yuen Chan, Huamin Qu, Yingcai Wu, Hong Zhou. "Viewpoint Selection for Angiographic Volume", International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC’06), pp. 528-537, Lake Tahoe, Nevada, USA, Nov. 6-8, 2006.
• Nan Zhang, Xiaoru Yuan, Baoquan Chen and Huamin Qu. "Raycasting Feature-Enhanced Distance Field". Poster, poster session of IEEE Visualization 2006.
• Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu, Hong Zhou, Ming-Yuen Chan. "Transfer Function Fusing". Poster, poster session of IEEE Visualization 2006. Best Poster Candidate.
• Hong Zhou, Huamin Qu, Yingcai Wu, Ming-Yuen Chan. "Volume Visualization on Mobile Devices", Proceedings of 14th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (PG' 06), pp. 76 - 84, 2006.
• Minh X. Nguyen, Xiaoru Yuan, Thanh V. Nguyen, Jie Chen, Baoquan Chen, Huamin Qu. "Text Splatting", Proceedings of 14th Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications (PG' 06), pp. 198 - 201, 2006.
• Huamin Qu, Hong Zhou, Yingcai Wu. “Controllable and Progressive Edge Clustering for Large Networks”. 14th International Symposium on Graph Drawing (GD’06), pp. 399 - 404, Karlsruhe, Germany, September 18 - 20, 2006.
• Ying Tang, Huamin Qu, Yingcai Wu, Hong Zhou. "Natural Textures for Weather Data Visualization", 10th International conference on information visualization, pp. 741-750, 2006.
• Ming-Yuen Chan, Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu, Albert C.S. Chung, and Wilbur C. K. Wong. "MIP-Guided Image Visualization with Multi-Dimensional Transfer Function", Computer Graphics International 2006, pp. 372-384, Regular Paper.

2005

• Huamin Qu, Hong Zhou, Yingcai Wu. "PSALM: A Data Model for Pervasive Visualization", IEEE Visualization 2005, Poster.
• Hon-Cheng Wong, Huamin Qu, Un-Hong Wong, Zesheng Tang. "Perceptually-Based Comparisons of Direct Volume Rendered Images ", IEEE Visualization 2005, Poster.
• Nan Zhang, Huamin Qu, Arie Kaufman. "CSG Operations for Point Models with Implicit Connectivity" Computer Graphics International 2005

2004

• Huamin Qu, Nan Zhang, Ran Shao, Arie Kaufman, Klaus Mueller. "Feature Preserving Distance Fields", IEEE/SIGGRAPH Symposium on Volume Visualization 2004, pp. 39 - 46.
• Nan Zhang, Huamin Qu, Wei Hong, Arie Kaufman. "SHIC, A View Dependent Rendering Framework for Isosurfaces", IEEE/SIGGRAPH Symposium on Volume Visualization 2004, pp. 63 - 70.
• Huamin Qu, Arie Kaufman. "O-Buffer: A Framework for Sample-Based Graphics". To appear in IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 2004.
• Ming Wan, Nan Zhang, Huamin Qu, Arie Kaufman. "Interactive Stereoscopic Rendering of Volumetric Environments", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 10, No.1, pp. 15 - 28

2003 and Before

• Huamin Qu, Arie Kaufman, Ran Shao, Ankush Kumar. "A Framework for Sample-Based Rendering with O-Buffers", IEEE Visualization 2003, pp. 441 - 448
• Huamin Qu, Feng Qiu, Nan Zhang, Arie Kaufman, Ming Wan. "Ray Tracing Height Fields", Computer Graphics International 2003, pp. 202 - 207
• Jianrong Dia, Yunping Zhu, Huamin Qu, Yimin Hu. "An Algorithm for Stereotactic Localization by Computed Tomography or Magnetic Resonance Imaging", Physics in Medicine and Biology 46 (2001), pp. N1 - N7
• Jiafa Qin, Ming Wan, Huamin Qu, Arie Kaufman. "Accelerating Voxel-Based Terrain Rendering with Keyframe-Free IBR", International Workshop on Volume Graphics 2001, pp. 297 - 308
• Ming Wan, Huamin Qu, Nan Zhang, Arie Kaufman. "Multiresolution Rendering of Large-Scale Voxel-Based Terrain", Seventh International conference on Computer Aided Design and Computer Graphics, pp. 209 - 215, 2001.
• Huamin Qu, Ming Wan, Jiafa Qin, Arie Kaufman. "Image-Based Rendering with Stable Frame Rates", IEEE Visualization 2000, pp. 251 - 258
• Ming Wan, Nan Zhang, Arie Kaufman, Huamin Qu. "Interactive Stereoscopic Rendering of Voxel-Based Terrain", IEEE Virtual Reality, 2000, pp. 197 - 206
• Ming Wan, Huamin Qu, Arie Kaufman. "Virtual Flythrough over a Voxel-Based Terrain", IEEE Virtual Reality, 1999, pp. 53 - 60 Chewei Huang, Huamin Qu, Arie Kaufman. "Volume Rendering with Haptic Interaction", Thrid PHANTOM Users Group Workshop, 1998, pp. 14 - 17