Kui Wu 武奎
Principal Researcher
LightSpeed Studios, Tencent America
Ph.D., University of Utah
Email: kwwu at global dot tencent dot com
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Kui Wu 武奎 Principal Researcher LightSpeed Studios, Tencent America Ph.D., University of Utah Email: kwwu at global dot tencent dot com |
About me
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I'm a principal research scientist in LightSpeed Studios, Tencent America. Previously, I was a postdoctoral associate in the Computational Design & Fabrication Group under the guidance of Prof. Wojciech Matusik at MIT CSAIL. I received my PhD degree in Computer Science from University of Utah in 2019, advised by Prof. Cem Yuksel. My research interests are computer graphics, especially on mesh processing, knitting, real-time rendering, and physical-based simulation. I received 2019 University of Utah SoC Outstanding Dissertation Award and 2023 Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA) Early Career Researcher Award.
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Publications
(* indicates equal contributions)
2023
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Real-time Height-field Simulation of Sand and Water Mixtures Haozhe Su, Siyu Zhang, Zherong Pan, Mridul Aanjaneya, Xifeng Gao, Kui Wu SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 (Conference Track) [Project Website] |
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High-Order Moment-Encoded Kinetic Simulation of Turbulent Flows Wei Li, Tongtong Wang, Zherong Pan, Xifeng Gao, Kui Wu, Mathieu Desbrun ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2023) [Project Website] |
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Texture Atlas Compression Based on Repeated Content Removal Yuzhe Luo, Xiaogang Jin, Zherong Pan, Kui Wu, Qilong Kou, Xiajun Yang, Xifeng Gao SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 (Conference Track) [Project Website] |
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Learning based 2D Irregular Shape Packing Zeshi Yang, Zherong Pan, Manyi Li, Kui Wu, Xifeng Gao ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2023) [Paper] |
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Joint UV Optimization and Texture Baking Julian Knodt, Zherong Pan, Kui Wu, Xifeng Gao ACM Transactions on Graphics (To be presented at SIGGRAPH Asia 2023) [Project Website] |
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Learning Reduced-Order Soft Robot Controller Chen Liang, Xifeng Gao, Kui Wu, Zherong Pan IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2023) [Paper] |
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MagKnitic: Machine-knitted Passive and Interactive Haptics Textiles with Integrated Binary Sensing Yiyue Luo, Junyi Zhu, Kui Wu, Cedric Honnet, Stefanie Mueller, Wojciech Matusik ACM Symposium on User Interface Software and Technology (UIST 2023) [Project Website] |
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Sag-Free Initialization for Strand-Based Hybrid Hair Simulation Jerry Hsu, Tongtong Wang, Zherong Pan, Xifeng Gao, Cem Yuksel, Kui Wu ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2023) 
Best Siggraph Technical Paper Award, Honorable Mention[Project Website] |
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Robust Low-Poly Meshing for General 3D Models, Zhen Chen, Zherong Pan, Kui Wu, Etienne Vouga, Xifeng Gao, ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2023) [Project Website] |
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Differentiable Learning of Scalable Multi-Agent Navigation Policies Xiaohan Ye, Zherong Pan, Xifeng Gao, Kui Wu, Bo Ren IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2023 [Paper] |
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First-Order Topology Optimization via Inexact Finite Element Analysis Zherong Pan, Xifeng Gao, Kui Wu Computer-Aided Design (CAD), 2023 [Link] |
2022
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Environment Warped Gait Trajectory Optimization for Complex Terrains Zherong Pan, Tan Chen, Xianzhong Fang, Timothy Bretl, Xifeng Gao, Kui Wu IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2022 [Paper] |
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Fluidic Topology Optimization with an Anisotropic Mixture Model Yifei Li, Tao Du, Sangeetha Grama Srinivasan, Kui Wu, Bo Zhu, Eftychios Sifakis, Wojciech Matusik ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2022) [Project Website] |
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Occluder Generation for Buildings in Digital Games Kui Wu, Xu He, Zherong Pan, Xifeng Gao Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of Pacific Graphics 2022) [Paper] [Video] |
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Low-poly Mesh Generation for Building Models Xifeng Gao, Kui Wu, Zherong Pan SIGGRAPH 2022 (Conference Track) [Project Website] |
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A General Two-Stage Initialization for Sag-Free Deformable Simulations Jerry Hsu, Nghia Truong, Cem Yuksel, Kui Wu ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2022) [Project Website] |
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DiffCloth: Differentiable Cloth Simulation with Dry Frictional Contact Yifei Li, Tao Du, Kui Wu, Jie Xu, Wojciech Matusik ACM Transactions on Graphics (Presented at SIGGRAPH 2022) [Project Website] |
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DiffPD: Differentiable Projective Dynamics Tao Du, Kui Wu, Pingchuan Ma, Sebastien Wah, Andrew Spielberg, Daniela Rus, Wojciech Matusik ACM Transactions on Graphics (Presented at SIGGRAPH 2022) [Project Website] |
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Digital Fabrication of Pneumatic Actuators with Integrated Sensing by Machine Knitting Yiyue Luo, Kui Wu, Andrew Spielberg, Michael Foshey, Tomas Palacios, Daniela Rus, Wojciech Matusik SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2022), 2022 [Project Website] |
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An Integrated Design Pipeline for Tactile Sensing Robotic Manipulators Lara Zlokapa, Yiyue Luo, Jie Xu, Michael Foshey, Kui Wu, Pulkit Agrawal, and Wojciech Matusik IEEE Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2022) [Project Website] |
2021
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Knit Sketching: from Cut & Sew Patterns to Machine-Knit Garments Alexandre Kaspar, Kui Wu, Yiyue Luo, Liane Makatura, Wojciech Matusik ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2021) [Project Website] |
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DiffAqua: A Differentiable Computational Design Pipeline for Soft Underwater Swimmers with Shape Interpolation Pingchuan Ma, Tao Du, John Z. Zhang, Kui Wu, Andrew Spielberg, Robert Katzschmann, Wojciech Matusik ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2021) [Project Website] |
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KnitUI: Fabricating Interactive and Sensing Textiles with Machine Knitting Yiyue Luo*, Kui Wu*, Tomas Palacios, Wojciech Matusik SIGCHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI 2021)
Best Paper Honorable Mention Award[Project Website] |
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Learning Human-environment Interactions using 3D Conformal Functional Textiles Yiyue Luo, Yunzhu Li, Pratyusha Sharma, Wan Shou, Kui Wu, Mike Foshey, Beichen Li, Tomas Palacios, Antonio Torralba, Wojciech Matusik Nature Electronics, 2021
Selected as Nature Electronics, Volume 4 Issue 3 (March 2021) Cover Image [Link][Project Website] [Paper (external link)] |
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Wearable 3D Machine Knitting Kui Wu, Marco Tarini, Cem Yuksel, Jim McCann, Xifeng Gao IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2021 Presented at SGP 2021 [Project Website] |
2020
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Functional Optimization of Fluidic Devices with Differentiable Stokes Flow Tao Du, Kui Wu, Andrew Spielberg, Wojciech Matusik, Bo Zhu, Eftychios Sifakis ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH ASIA 2020) [Project Website] |
Earlier
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Modeling, Rendering, and Simulating Knits Kui Wu Ph.D. Thesis, University of Utah, August 2019
University of Utah SoC Outstanding Dissertation Award[PDF(106.7Mb)] |
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Visual Knitting Machine Programming Vidya Narayanan*, Kui Wu*, Cem Yuksel, Jim McCann ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2019) [Paper][Video][Project Website] |
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Knittable Stitch Meshes Kui Wu, Hannah Swan, Cem Yuksel ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 2019 (Presented at SIGGRAPH 2019) [Project Website] |
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GPU Optimization of Material Point Methods Ming Gao*, Xinlei Wang*, Kui Wu*, Andre Pradhana, Eftychios Sifakis, Cem Yuksel, Chenfanfu Jiang ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH ASIA 2018) [Paper] [Tech doc] [Video] [Code] [CUDA 3x3 SVD Code] |
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Stitch Meshing Kui Wu, Xifeng Gao, Zachary Ferguson, Daniele Panozzo, Cem Yuksel ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proceedings of SIGGRAPH 2018) [Project Website] |
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Fast Fluid Simulations with Sparse Volumes on the GPU Kui Wu, Nghia Truong, Cem Yuksel, Rama Hoetzlein Computer Graphics Forum (Proceedings of EUROGRAPHICS 2018) [Project Website] |
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Real-time Cloth Rendering with Fiber-level Detail Kui Wu, Cem Yuksel IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2017 [Project Website] |
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Real-time Fiber-level Cloth Rendering Kui Wu, Cem Yuksel ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D 2017)
The 3rd Best Paper Award
The 2nd Best Presentation Award [Project Website] |
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Direct Multifield Volume Ray Casting of Fiber Surfaces Kui Wu, Aaron Knoll, Benjamin Isaac, Hamish Carr, Valerio Pascucci IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (VIS 2016) Also presented in TVCG Session on Advances in Data Visualization in SIGGRAPH 2017 [Project Website] |
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Real-time Hair Simulation Kui Wu, Cem Yuksel ACM SIGGRAPH Symposium on Interactive 3D Graphics and Games (I3D 2016) [Project Website] |
Talks
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Open-World Water Rendering and Real-Time Simulation Zhenyu Mao, Kui Wu Game Developers Conference (GDC), 2023 |
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Efficient Hybrid Eulerian-Lagrangian Simulation on the GPU Kui Wu GPU Technology Conference (GTC), 2019 |
Awards
2023 SCA Early Career Researcher Award, at SCA 2023
2023 Best Technical Paper Award, Honorable Mention, at SIGGRAPH 2023
2021 Best Paper Award, Honorable Mention, at CHI 2021
2020 SoC Outstanding Dissertation Award, University of Utah
2018 Graduate Research Fellowship, University of Utah
2017 Best Paper Award (3rd place), at I3D 2017
2017 Best Presentation Award (2nd place), at I3D 2017
2014 University Fellowship, University of Utah