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Yuan Liu (刘缘)

Assistant Professor@HKUST, PostDoc@NTU, PhD@HKU

yuanly@ust.hk

I'm an assistant professor at ISD HKUST, leading the Intelligent Graphics Lab. Prior to that, I worked in Nanyang Technological University (NTU) as a PostDoc researcher under the supervision of Prof. Ziwei Liu. I obtained my PhD degree at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) under the supervision of Prof. Wenping Wang and Prof. Taku Komura. Previously, I also worked with Prof. Xiaowei Zhou at Zhejiang Univeristy (ZJU) in 2019. I got my master's and bachelor's degree at Wuhan University (WHU) under the supervision of Prof. Bisheng Yang in 2015 and 2018 respectively. I'm one of the organizers of AnySyn3D. My research mainly concentrates on 3D vision and graphics. I currently work on topics including 3D reconstruction/generation, motion capture/generation, and 3D-aware video-based world models.


Openings [Chinese Version]

We are constantly recruiting passionate PhD and visiting students to join our research team! We especially welcome international students with a strong drive and a solid background in related fields.

We are currently working on the following topics.

  1. 3D reconstruction (like Align3R, TrackingWorld, Track4World).
  2. 3D asset generation (like SyncHuman, MeshMosaic, PartSAM, Know3D).
  3. 3D-aware video generation (like Diffusion as Shader, GO-Renderer).
  4. Motion capture and generation (like UniSH, CoMoVi)
  5. 3D LLM agents (like NaLA, CityAnchor, SpatialLLM).

Some recent works can be found in the Publications section. If you are interested in working with me on these topics, please fill the Google form here and drop an email to yuanly@ust.hk. I will contact you within 2 weeks if the backgrounds are matched.

We offer a competitive monthly stipend of 19,700 HKD (around 2,500 USD) to support your academic journey. Exceptional candidates are also encouraged to apply for the prestigious HKPFS, which provides an enhanced stipend of 28,000 HKD (approximately 3,600 USD).



Services & Award
  • AsiaGraphics Young Researcher Award 2026

  • Associate Editor:
    IEEE TVCG

  • Area Chair/Technical Paper Committee Member:
    3DV 2026, SIGGRAPH Asia 2026, NeurIPS 2026

  • Co-Founder and Organizer:
    AnySyn3D Research Community (Currently affiliated with the CSIG Technical Committee on Intelligent Graphics Computing)


    • ©Yuan Liu.  Last updated: 30 Aug., 2026.