About Me
Thinker, Researcher, Creative Doer
My name is Wenchao LI (李文超).
I am a Ph.D. student at the VisLab, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). My advisor is Professor Huamin Qu.
Prior to joining HKUST, I received my master degree in Computer Technology from University of Chinese Academy of Sciences and my bachelor degree in Computer Science and Technology from Sichuan University. During my Master’s program, I was advised by Professor Hui Huang and Professor Ruizhen Hu.
My research interests include Information Visualization, Data Storytelling, and Shape Analysis.
- wenchao.li at connect.ust.hk
- Mailing Address
- Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong
Resume
Experience
Education
09/2017 - Present
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Department of Computer Science and EngineeringAdvisor: Huamin Qu
09/2014 - 07/2017
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced TechnologyAdvisors: Hui Huang and Ruizhen Hu
09/2010 - 07/2014
Sichuan University
College of Computer ScienceResearch
08/2019 - 04/2020
Software Analytics Group, Microsoft Research Asia
Research intern, working with Yun Wang
04/2016 - 07/2017
Visual Computing Research Center, Shenzhen University
Research assistant, working with Ruizhen Hu
12/2013 – 04/2014
Shenzhen VisuCA Key Lab, Shenzhen Institutes of Advanced Technology
Research intern, working with Qian Zheng
Community Involvement
2014
Student Volunteer
SIGGRAPH Asia
Teaching
Spring 2020
Data Visualization
Teaching assistant, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Fall 2018
Cryptography and Security
Teaching assistant, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Spring 2017
Introduction to Visual Information Processing
Teaching assistant, Shenzhen University
Fall 2016
Computer Graphics
Teaching assistant, Shenzhen University
Publications
Research Works
2020
Improving Engagement of Animated Visualization with Visual Foreshadowing
Wenchao Li, Yun Wang, Haidong Zhang, and Huamin Qu
IEEE Visualization Conference (Short Papers), 2020
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Informed by the role of foreshadowing that builds the expectation in film and literature, we introduce visual foreshadowing to improve the engagement of animated visualizations. In specific, we propose designs of visual foreshadowing that engage the audience while watching the animation. Moreover, we implement a proof-of-concept authoring tool to demonstrate our approach and conduct a user study to learn the efficacy of engagement enhancement.
2017
Learning to Predict Part Mobility from a Single Static Snapshot
Ruizhen Hu, Wenchao Li, Oliver van Kaick, Ariel Shamir, Hao Zhang, and Hui Huang
ACM Transactions on Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia), 2017
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We introduce a method for learning a model for the mobility of parts in 3D objects. Our method allows not only to understand the dynamic functionalities of one or more parts in a 3D object, but also to apply the mobility functions to static 3D models.
Co-Locating Style-Defining Elements on 3D Shapes
Ruizhen Hu, Wenchao Li, Oliver van Kaick, Hui Huang, Melinos Averkiou, Daniel Cohen-Or, and Hao Zhang
ACM Transactions on Graphics (Presented at SIGGRAPH), 2017
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We introduce a method for co-locating style-defining elements over a set of 3D shapes. Our goal is to translate high-level style descriptions, such as "Ming" or "European" for furniture models, into explicit and localized regions over the geometric models that characterize each style. For each style, the set of style-defining elements is defined as the union of all the elements that are able to discriminate the style. Another property of the style-defining elements is that they are frequently-occurring, reflecting shape characteristics that appear across multiple shapes of the same style.
Wenchao LI
Information Visualization
Visual Analytics
Shape Analysis