I am a postdoctoral researcher at UCLA AIVC Lab, where I work with Chenfanfu Jiang. I completed my PhD in the Data and System Engineering Department at the University of Hong Kong, where I was supervised by Henry Y.K. Lau and worked closely with Hongbo Fu. Before that, I received my B.E. from the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Northeastern University, China, in July 2018. (Photo credit: Tianyi Xie).

Email: yingjiang [at] g.ucla.edu, anajymua [at] gmail.com

Research Interest

My primary research interests lie in Computer Graphics (2D sketching and painting, 3D modelling, 4D physics-based interative dynamics) and Human-Computer Interaction. I am particularly passionate about sketch refinement for design and fabrication applications in the digital world (e.g. VR and AR) and 4D interactive dynamics. I am actively seeking for research opportunities and collaboration in related areas. Feel free to contact me.

Publications

PhysAnimator: Physics-Guided Generative Cartoon Animation Arxiv'25
Tianyi Xie, Yiwei Zhao, Ying Jiang, Chenfanfu Jiang
[PDF] [Project Page] [Demo]

PhysMotion: Physics-Grounded Dynamics From a Single Image Arxiv'24
Xiyang Tan*, Ying Jiang*, Xuan Li*, Zeshun Zong, Tianyi Xie, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang
[PDF] [Project Page] [Demo]

Embedded IPC: Fast and Intersection-free Simulation in Reduced Subspace for Robot Manipulation ICRA'25
Wenxin Du*, Chang Yu*, Siyu Ma, Ying Jiang, Zeshun Zong, Yin Yang, Joe Masterjohn, Alejandro Castro, Xuchen Han, Chenfanfu Jiang
[PDF] [Project Page] [Demo]

Gaussian splashing: Dynamic fluid synthesis with gaussian splatting Arxiv'24
Yutao Feng*, Xiang Feng*, Yintong Shang, Ying Jiang, Chang Yu, Zeshun Zong, Tianjia Shao, Hongzhi Wu, Kun Zhou, Chenfanfu Jiang, Yin Yang
[PDF] [Project Page] [Demo]

GarmentDreamer: 3DGS Guided Garment Synthesis with Diverse Geometry and Texture Details 3DV'25
Boqian Li*, Xuan Li*, Ying Jiang*, Tianyi Xie, Feng Gao, Huaimin Wang, Chenfanfu Jiang
[PDF] [Project Page] [Demo]

VR-GS: A Physical Dynamics-Aware Interactive Gaussian Splatting System in Virtual Reality SIGGRAPH'24
Ying Jiang*, Chang Yu*, Tianyi Xie*, Xuan Li*, Yutao Feng, Huamin Wang, Minchen Li, Henry Lau, Feng Gao, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang
[PDF] [Project Page] [Demo]

Region-Aware Color Smudging TVCG'24
Ying Jiang, Pengfei Xu, Congyi Zhang, Hongbo Fu, Henry Y K Lau, and Wenping Wang
[PDF] [Project Page] [Demo]

HandPainter: 3D Sketching in VR with Hand-based Physical Proxy CHI'21
Ying Jiang, Congyi Zhang, Hongbo Fu, Alberto Cannavò, Fabrizio Lamberti, Henry Y. K. Lau, and Wenping Wang
[PDF] [Project Page] [Demo]

An Automatic 3D Scene Generation Pipeline based on a Single 2D Image AVR'21
Alberto Cannavò, Christian Bardella, Lorenzo Semeraro, Federico De Lorenzis, Congyi Zhang, Ying Jiang, Fabrizio Lamberti
[PDF] [Project Page] [Demo]

Mentoring

• Siyu Ma (Master at UCSD)
• Xiyang Tan (Undergrad at USTC)
• Boqian Li (Undergrad at HUST)
• Joy Liu (Undergrad at UCLA)

Academic Service

I serve as a reviewer for Siggraph, Siggraph Asia, PG, TCSVT, CHI, ISMAR, CSCW, IEEE VR. I will serve as an International Program Committee (IPC) member for the 9th ACM/EG Expressive Symposium (Expressive 2025).

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