YOUQUAN LIU
Email: youquan@chd.edu.cn Homepage: https://imlab-chd.github.io/
Address: Shangyuan Road, Weiyang District, Xi'an, China
WORKING EXPERIENCE:
Ø School of Information Engineering, Chang’an University
Position: Full Professor 09/2008 – Present
Ø Department of Computer Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University
Position: Visitor Scholar 02/2014 - 02/2015
Ø Faculty of Science and Technology, University of Macau
Position: Post-doctoral Fellow 01/2008 - 06/2008
Ø School of Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Position: Post-doctoral Fellow 11/2006 - 12/2007
Ø Ageia Technology Incorp.
Position: Software Engineer 07/2005 - 11/2006
EDUCATION EXPERIENCE:
Ø Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences
Ph.D. in Computer Science 09/2001 - 07/2005
Advisor: Prof. Enhua Wu
Ø Northwestern Polytechnical University
M.Sc. in Mechanical Engineering 09/1998 - 04/2001
Ø Northwestern Polytechnical University
B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering 09/1994 - 07/1998
Research Interests:
My research interests cover computer graphics, and animation, with special emphasis on physics-based fluid simulation. I am dedicated to developing VR/AR algorithms to support autonomous driving and robot interaction, etc.
AWARDS & HONORS:
The nomination award for the Shaanxi Provincial May 4th Youth Medal in 2012.
President's Outstanding Award of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2005
Publications:
(Refer to my Google Scholar page for more details)
1. Youquan Liu, Hongbin Zhu, Xuehui Liu, Enhua Wu, Real-time simulation of physically based on-surface flow, The Visual Computer, Volume 21, Issue 8 - 10, Sep 2005, pp727 - 734.
2. Youquan Liu, Xuehui Liu, Enhua Wu, Real-Time 3D Fluid Simulation on GPU with Complex Obstacles, Pacific Graphics 2004, IEEE Computer Society, October 2004, Seoul, Korea, pp247-256.
3. Enhua Wu, Youquan Liu, Xuehui Liu, An Improved Study of Real-Time Fluid Simulation on GPU, Journal of Computer Animation and Virtual World, Vol. 15(no.3-4), John Wiley & Sons, pp139-146.
4. Enhua Wu, Hongbin Zhu, Xuehui Liu and Youquan Liu. Simulation of fluid dynamics and interactions. International Conference on Cyberworlds, CW'06, p 3-11, 2006, 2006 International Conference on Cyberworlds.
5. Hongbin Zhu, Xuehui Liu, Youquan Liu, Enhua Wu. Simulation of Miscible Binary Mixtures Based on Lattice Boltzmann Method. Computer Animation & Virtual Worlds (CAVW).Vol17 (3-4):403-410. July 2006.
6. Enhua Wu, Hongbin Zhu, Xuehui Liu and Youquan Liu. Simulation and interaction of fluid dynamics. The Visual Computer, 23 (5): 299-308 MAY 2007.
7. Youquan Liu, Suvranu De. CUDA-based Real Time Surgery Simulation. In: Studies in Health Technology and Informatics: Medicine Meets Virtual Reality 16 - parallel, combinatorial, convergent: NextMed by Design. 2008;. Westwood, J.D., et al. (eds.). IOS Press, Amsterdam (2008).
8. MACIEL, A.; LIU, Y.; AHN, W.; SINGH, T. P.; DUNNICAN, W.; DE, S. Development of the VBLaST(TM): A Virtual Basic Laparoscopic Skill Trainer. International Journal of Medical Robotics and Computer Assisted Surgery, vol. 4, no. 1, pp. X-X, Month, 2008. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
9. Enhua Wu, Youquan Liu, Emerging Technology of GPGPU, IEEE APCCAS, 2008-11. 618-622.
10. Youquan Liu, Shaohui Jiao, Wen Wu, Suvranu De, GPU Accelerated Fast FEM deformation, IEEE APCCAS, 2008-11：606-609.
11. Yuanzhang Chang, Kai Bao, Youquan Liu, Jian Zhu and Enhua Wu, Particle Importance based Fluid Simulation, 6th International Conference Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualization (CGIV09), August 11-14, 2009. Tianjin, China.
12. Yuanzhang Chang, Kai Bao, Youquan Liu, Jian Zhu and Enhua Wu, A Particle-based Method for Viscoelastic Fluids Animation, The 16th ACM Symposium on Virtual Reality and Software Technology, November 18-20, 2009. Kyoto, Japan.
13. Kangxue Yin, Youquan Liu*, Enhua Wu, Fast Computing Adaptively Sampled Distance Field on GPU, Pacific Graphics 2011. 25-30.
14. Youquan Liu, Yanyun Chen, Wen Wu, Nelson Max and Enhua Wu , Physically based Object Withering Simulation, Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds(Special Issue: CASA' 2012) Special Issue，Volume 23, Issue 3-4, pages 395–406, May-August 2012.
15. Meng Yang, Longsheng Jiang, Xiaosheng Li, Youquan Liu and Enhua Wu, Interactive Coupling between Tree and Raindrops, Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds(Special Issue: CASA' 2012) Special Issue，Volume 23, Issue 3-4, pages 267–277 .
16. Shandong Wang, Enhua Wu, Youquan Liu, Xuehui Liu, Yanyun Chen. Abstract line drawings from photographs using flow-based filters. Computers & Graphics, 2012, 36, 224-231.
17. Ben Yang, Youquan Liu, Lihua You, Xiaogang Jin. A unified smoke control method based on signed distance field. Computers & Graphics, 2013, 5.
18. J Zhu, YQ Liu, YZ Chang, EH Wu. Animating turbulent water by vortex shedding in PIC/FLIP. Science China Information Sciences, 2013, 56 (3), 1-11.
19. M Yang, X Li, Y Liu, G Yang, E Wu, A novel surface tension formulation for SPH fluid simulation. Visual Computer, 2017, 33(5):597-606.
20. Zhu, Jiawei & Lauri, Fabrice & Koukam, A & Hilaire, Vincent & Lin, Yishuai & Liu, Youquan. (2019). A hybrid intelligent control based cyber-physical system for thermal comfort in smart homes. International Journal of Ad Hoc and Ubiquitous Computing. 30. 199. 10.1504/IJAHUC.2019.098863.
21. Zhu, Jiawei & Lin, Yishuai & Lei, Weidong & Liu, Youquan & Tao, Mengling. (2019). Optimal household appliances scheduling of multiple smart homes using an improved cooperative algorithm. Energy. 171. 10.1016/j.energy.2019.01.025.
22. Yong Lu, Youquan Liu*, Zhengxiong Liu, Panfeng Huang. Fine Hand-Eye Coordination Control of Robot in Parallel Space, ICVRV2019.
23. Lei Han, Youquan Liu*. 3D Reconstruction of Cross-Scale Narrow Space with Thin Structure, 13th International Conference on Graphics and Image Processing (ICGIP 2021).
24. Youquan Liu, Huazhen Li, Jiawei Zhu, Yishuai Lin, Weidong Lei, Multi-objective optimal scheduling of household appliances for demand side management using a hybrid heuristic algorithm, Energy, 2022, 125460, ISSN 0360-5442, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.energy.2022.125460.
25. Shi Wei, Youquan Liu. A Novel Navigation System on AR Helmet with Driving Attention Analysis，International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Engineering, 2022.
26. Zhiwei Ma, Youquan Liu and Ruizhi Wan. Lightweight Object Tracking and Localization for Assembly Guidance on AR Helmet. ICIG 2025.
27. KANIMBA Patrick, Youquan Liu, Junyan Ma. LLM4AV: Large Language Model-Driven Autonomous Vehicle Scenario Generation. WISA 2025.
28. Veronica Nalunkuuma, Youquan Liu. Crowd simulation with fear and infection awareness for Ebola transmission. ICGIP 2025.
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:
Guest Editor, Symmetry(ISSN 2073-8994), 2025
Technical Program Committee Member，Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA) 2024
Technical Program Committee Member，Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA) 2023
Technical Program Committee Member，Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA) 2022
Technical Program Committee Member，International Conference on Entertainment Computing 2021
Technical Program Committee Member，NICOGRAPH International 2019
Technical Program Committee Member，Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA) 2018
Technical Program Committee Member，AniNex 2017
Technical Program Committee Member，ICVRV 2015
Technical Program Committee Member，ICVRV 2014
Technical Program Committee Member，ICVRV 2013
TEACHING:
Computer Graphics Spring
Virtual Reality Fall(for Master students) Fall
Parallel Programming with GPU(for Master students) Spring
Theory and Technology of Computer Vision(for Ph.D. students) Fall