@Magic Kingdom
Orlando, USA
Shuang Zhao

Short Bio

Shuang Zhao is a second-year Ph.D. student in the Computer Science Department of Cornell University. Previously, he obtained his B.Eng. degree from the Computer Science & Engineering Department of Shanghai Jiao Tong University.

Under the guidance of Kavita Bala, Shuang is currently working on synthesizing photorealistic images. He also works with Bruce Walter.

Shuang interned at the Internet Graphics Group of Microsoft Research Asia from 2006 to 2008, during which he collaborated with Xin Tong and Jiaping Wang in research projects on appearance modeling and realistic rendering.

Research Interests

Computer Graphics

  • Realistic rendering, real-time rendering, global illumination, etc.

Publications

Automatic Bounding of Programmable Shaders for Efficient Global Illumination
Edgar Velázquez-Armendáriz, Shuang Zhao, Miloš Hašan, Bruce Walter, Kavita Bala
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2009 (to appear)
[ abstract ] [ project ] [ paper ]
Single Scattering in Refractive Media with Triangle Mesh Boundaries
Bruce Walter, Shuang Zhao, Nicolas Holzschuch, Kavita Bala
ACM SIGGRAPH 2009 (August 2009)
[ abstract ] [ project ] [ paper ]
Modeling Anisotropic Surface Reflectance with Example-Based Microfacet Synthesis
Jiaping Wang, Shuang Zhao, Xin Tong, John Snyder, Baining Guo
ACM SIGGRAPH 2008 (August 2008)
[ abstract ] [ project ] [ paper ]
Modeling and Rendering Heterogeneous Translucent Materials using Diffusion Equation
Jiaping Wang, Shuang Zhao, Xin Tong, Stephen Lin, Zhouchen Lin, Yue Dong, Baining Guo, Heung-Yeung Shum
ACM Transactions on Graphics, Volume 27, Number 1 (March 2008)
[ abstract ] [ project ] [ paper ]

Teaching

I was a teaching assistant for the following courses at Cornell:
Fall 2009 CS 5620: Advanced Interactive Graphics
Spring 2009 CS 1110: Introduction to Computing using Java
Fall 2008 CS 4320: Database Management System

Honors & Awards

  • Intel Ph.D. Fellowship, 2009
  • Outstanding TA Award, 2008
  • ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest - World Finals 2005, World Champion (standings, photo)
  • ACM Asian Collegiate Programming Contest - Ehime Site 2004, Champion
  • ACM Asian Collegiate Programming Contest - Taipei Site 2004, Champion
  • ACM Asian Collegiate Programming Contest - Beijing Site 2003, Champion

Hobbies

Japanese Anime
I am addicted to Japanese anime, manga, and video games. Consequently, I have been self-studying Japanese as my second foreign langauage. I am also writing a blog on these stuff in Japanese (as a practice :P) and Chinese.
 
Photography
I enjoy photography, and I am trying to be a serious photographer :P
Here is my web gallery.

Miscellaneous

Last Update: September 2009