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EDUCATION:
AUG 1999 – JUL 2004
Computer Science, PH.D.
Georgia Institute of Technology
Thesis: Surface Topological Analysis for Image Synthesis
Advisor: Prof. Greg Turk

SEP 1994 – MAR 1995
Computer Science, M.S.
Ohio State University

JUN 1991 – AUG 1994
Mathematics, M.S.
Ohio State University

EXPERIENCE:
Sep 2018 –
Professor
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Oregon State University

Sep 2010 –Aug 2018
Associate Professor
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Oregon State University

Mar 2012 – Jul 2012
Guest Professor
Max-Planck-Institute in Informatics

Sep 2011 – Feb 2012
Guest Professor
Berlin Mathematical School

Sep 2004 – Aug 2010
Assistant Professor
School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science
Oregon State University

Aug 2000 – May 2004
Graduate Research Assistant
College of Computing at Georgia Tech.
Research in 3D modeling and graphics. Investigated in surface parameterization, visibility-guided
simplification, and vector field design on surfaces.

May 2000 – August 2000
Instructor
Department of Mathematics at Greenville Tech Community College
Taught introductory Ordinary Differential Equation course for Engineering students.

Jun 1995– Aug 1999
Software Developer
Datastream Systems Inc.

STUDENTS SUPERVISED:
Mariam Guizani, M.S. 2018, thesis title: Coincident Nodes Multi-Edge Graph for Simultaneous Decision and
Objective Space Multi-Dimensional Visualization.

Xiaofei Gao, M.S. 2018, thesis title: Applying 2D Tensor Field Topology to Solid Mechanics Simulations.

Ritesh Sharma, M.S. 2017, thesis title: Interactive Design and Transition Point Analysis of 3D Symmetric Tensor Fields.

Sanaz Golbabaei, M.S. 2016, thesis title: Branched covering space construction and visualization.

Manuel Dobusch, M.S. 2016, thesis title: Computational fluid dynamics for simulation of wind-terrain interaction in flight simulation.

Jonathan Palacios, Ph.D. 2015, thesis title: Tensor field design and analysis for applications in computer graphics and scientific visualization.

Qingqing Deng, MEng. 2012.

Vivek Jadye, MEng. 2011.

Zhongzang Lin, M.S. 2010, thesis title: 2D second-order asymmetric tensor field analysis and visualization.

Darrel Palke, M.S. 2010, thesis title: Hybrid visualization of asymmetric tensor fields : glyphs and hyperstreamlines.

Guoning Chen, Ph.D. 2009, thesis title: Topological analysis, visualization, and design of vector fields on surfaces.

Jun Zhang, M.S. 2009, project title: An Implementation of graph cut textures: image and video synthesis using graph cuts.

Mizuki Kagaya, M.S. 2009, thesis title: Painterly rendering using space-time style parameters.

Mathieu Martin, M.S. 2009, thesis title: Numerical study of flow maldistribution in microchannels using fully resolved simulation.

Gregory Esch, M.S. 2009, thesis title: Visualization and design systems for road infrastructure.

Patrick J. Neill, M.S. 2008, thesis title: Fluid flow on interacting, deformable surfaces.

Philip Maura, M.S. 2007, project title: Planar-reflective symmetry in 3D-space.

Botong Qu, Ph.D. expected in 2019.

Prashant Kumar, Ph.D. expected in 2019.

Fariba Khan, Ph.D. expected in 2021.

Jinta Zheng, Ph.D. expected in 2022.

Lawrence Roy, Ph.D. expected in 2022.

SELECTED PUBLICATIONS: (Complete List Is Here),
“Robust and Fast Extraction of 3D Symmetric Tensor Field Topology”
Lawrence Roy, Prashant Kumar, Yue Zhang, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2019, vol. 25(1), (IEEE Visualization 2018), pp. ?-?.

“Interactive Design and Visualization of Branched Covering Spaces”
Lawrence Roy, Prashant Kumar, Sanaz Golbabaei, Yue Zhang, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2018, vol. 24(1), (IEEE Visualization 2017), pp. 843-852.

“Tensor Field Design in Volumes”
Jonathan Palacios, Lawrence Roy, Prashant Kumar, Chen-Yuan Hsu, Weikai Chen, Chongyang Ma, Li-Yi Wei, and Eugene Zhang
ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 36(6), (SIGGRAPH ASIA 2017), pp. 188:1-188:15.

“Autonomous Reconstruction of Unknown Indoor Scenes Guided by Time-Varying Tensor Fields”
Kai Xu, Lintao Zheng, Zihao Yan, Guohang Yan, Eugene Zhang, Matthias Niessner, Oliver Deussen, Daniel Cohen-Or, and Hui Huang
ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 36(6), (SIGGRAPH ASIA 2017), pp. 202:1-202:15.

“Data-Driven NPR Illustrations of Natural Flows in Chinese Painting”
Yu-Chi Lai, Bo-An Chen, Kuo-Wei Chen, Wei-Lin Si, Chih-Yuan Yao, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2017, vol. 23(12), pp. 2535-2549.

“Design Principles for Origin-Destination Flow Maps”
Bernhard Jenny, Daniel Stephen, Ian Muehlenhaus, Brooke E. Marston, Ritesh Sharma, Eugene Zhang, and Helen Jenny
Cartography and Geographic Information Science, 2016, pp. 1-15.

“The Planteome Project”
Laurel Cooper, Austin Meier, Justin Elser, Justin Preece, Xu Xu, Ryan Kitchen, Botong Qu, Eugene Zhang, Sinisa Todorovic, Pankaj Jaiswal, Marie-Angélique Laporte, Elizabeth Arnaud, Seth Carbon, Chris Mungall, Barry Smith, Georgios Gkoutos, John Doonan
Proceedings of International Conference on Biological Ontology and BioCreative 2016, 2016.

“Planteome Gene Annotation Enrichment Analysis”
Botong Qu, Jaden Diefenbaugh, Eugene Zhang, Justin Elser, Pankaj Jaiswal, Seth Carbon, and Christopher Mungall
Proceedings of International Conference on Biological Ontology and BioCreative 2016, 2016.

“Feature Surfaces in Symmetric Tensor Fields Based on Eigenvalue Manifold”
Jonathan Palacios, Harry Yeh, Wenping Wang, Yue Zhang, Robert S. Laramee, Ritesh Sharma, Thomas Schultz, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2016, vol. 22(3), pp. 1248-1260.

“A Robust Hybrid Image-Based Modeling System”
Hoang Minh Nguyen, Burkhard Wünsche, Patrice Delmas, Christof Lutteroth, and Eugene Zhang
The Visual Computer, 2016, vol. 32(5), pp. 1-16.

“Topology of 3D Linear Symmetric Tensor Fields”
Yue Zhang, Jonathan Palacios, and Eugene Zhang
Visualization and Processing of Higher Order Descriptors for Multi-Valued Data, 2015, pp. 73-91, Springer International Publishing.

“Modeling of Tire Rolling on Roads in Wintry Weather with Material Point Method”
Alexander Clucas, Pratik Sannecy, Eugene Zhang, and Yue Zhang
in NAFEMS World Congress Conference Proceedings, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, 2015.

“3D Symmetric Tensor Fields: What We Know and Where to Go Next”
Eugene Zhang and Yue Zhang
Topological and Statistical Methods for Complex Data, 2015, pp. 111-124, Springer London.

“Maximum Number of Degenerate Curves in 3D Linear Tensor Fields”
Yue Zhang, Yu-jong Tzeng, and Eugene Zhang
Topology-Based Methods in Visualization Conference 2015, 2015.

“Future Challenges and Unsolved Problems in Multi-Field Visualization”
Robert S. Laramee , Hamish Carr, Min Chen, Helwig Hauser, Lars Linsen, Klaus Mueller,Vijay Natarajan, Harald Obermaier, Ronald Peikert, Eugene Zhang
Scientific Visualization, 2014, pp. 205-211, Springer London.

“Derived Fields”
Eugene Zhang and Vijay Natarajan
Scientific Visualization, 2014, pp. 139-159, Springer London.

“Laboratory Experiment on Counter-Propagating Collisions of Solitary Waves, Part 2, Flow Field”
Yongshuai Chen, Harry Yeh, and Eugene Zhang
Journal of Fluid Mechanics, 2014, vol. 755, pp. 463-484.

“Optical Illusion Shape Texturing Using Repeated Asymmetric Patterns”
Ming-Te Chi, Chih-Yuan Yao, Tong-Yee Lee, and Eugene Zhang
The Visual Computer, 2014, vol. 30(6-8), pp. 809-819.

“Tensors in Geometry Processing”
Eugene Zhang
Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields and Higher-Order Descriptors for Multi-Valued Data, 2014, pp. 295-311, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

“Top Challenges in the Visualization of Engineering Tensor Fields”
Mario Hlawitschka, Ingrid Hotz, Andrea Kratz, G.Elisabeta Marai, Rodrigo Moreno, Gerik Scheuermann, Markus Stommel, Alexander Wiebel, and Eugene Zhang
Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields and Higher-Order Descriptors for Multi-Valued Data, 2014, pp. 3-15, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

“Interactive Stream Surface Placement: A Hybrid Clustering Approach Supported by Tree Maps”
Matt Edumunds, Robert S. Laramee, Rami Malki, Ian Masters, Yunai Wang, Guoning Chen, and Eugene Zhang
International Conference on Information Visualization Theory and Applications (IVAPP) 2014, 2014, pp. 347-355.

“Illusory Motions on Surfaces”
Ming-Te Chi, Chih-Yuan Yao, Tong-Yee Lee, and Eugene Zhang
Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics (CAD/CG) 2013, 2013, pp. 419-420.

“High-Definition Texture Reconstruction for 3D Image-Based Modeling”
Hoang Minh Nguyen, Burkhard Wünsche, Patrice Delmas, Christof Lutteroth, Wannes van der Mark, and Eugene Zhang
WSCG 2013, 2013, pp. 39-48.

“Pairwise Harmonics for Shape Analysis”
Youyi Zheng, Chiew-Lan Tai, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2013, vol. 19(7), pp. 1172-1184.

“Automatic Tensor-Guided Illustrative Vector Field Visualization”
Cornelia Auer, Jens Kasten, Andrea Kratz, Eugene Zhang, and Ingrid Hotz
Pacific Vis 2013, 2013, pp. 265-275.

“NPR for Traditional Genres”
Eugene Zhang
Image and Video-Based Artistic Stylisation, 2013, pp. 103-124, Springer London.

“Design of 2D Time-Varying Vector Fields”
Guoning Chen, Vivek Kwatra, Li-Yi Wei, Chales Hansen, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2012, vol. 18(10), pp. 1717-1730.

“Surface-Based Flow Visualization”
Matt Edumunds, Robert S. Laramee, Guoning Chen, Nelson Max, Eugene Zhang, and Colin Ware
Computer and Graphics, 2012, vol. 36(8), pp. 974-990.

“Robust Morse Decompositions of Piecewise Constant Vector Fields”
Andrzej Szymczak and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2012, vol. 18(6), pp. 938-951.

“Hexagonal Global Parameterization of Arbitrary Surfaces”
Matthias Neiser, Jonathan Palacios, Konrad Polthier, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2012, vol. 18(6), pp. 865-878.

“Automatic Stream Surface Seeding: A Feature-Centered Approach”
Matt Edumunds, Robert S. Laramee, Rami Malki, Ian Masters, T. Nick Croft, Guoning Chen, and Eugene Zhang
Computer Graphics Forum, 2012, vol. 31(3), (EuroVis 2012), pp. 1095-1104.

“Morse Set Classficiation and Hierarchical Refinement using Conley Index”
Guoning Chen, Qingqing Deng, Andrzej Szymczak, Robert S. Laramee, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2012, vol. 18(5), pp. 767-782.

“2D Asymmetric Tensor Field Topology”
Zhongzang Lin, Harry Yeh, Robert S. Laramee, and Eugene Zhang
Topology-Based Methods in Visualization IV (Mathematics and Visualization), 2012, pp. 191-204, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

“Advanced, Automatic Stream Surface Seeding and Filtering”
Matt Edumunds, Robert S. Laramee, Guoning Chen, Eugene Zhang, and Nelson Max
EG UK Theory and Practice of Computer Graphics (TPCG) 2012, 2012, pp. 53-60.

“Tensor Field Design: Algorithms and Applications”
Eugene Zhang
New Developments in the Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields, 2012, pp. 111-133, Springer Berlin Heidelberg.

“Asymmetric Tensor Field Visualization for Surfaces”
Guoning Chen, Darrel Palke, Zhongzang Lin, Harry Yeh, Paul Vincent, Robert S. Laramee, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2011, vol. 17(6), (IEEE Visualization 2011), pp. 1979-1988.

“Connectivity Editing for Quadrilateral Meshes”
Chi-Han Peng, Eugene Zhang, Yoshihiro Kobayashi,and Peter Wonka
ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 30(6), (SIGGRAPH ASIA 2011), pp. 141:1-141:12.

“Automatic Stream Surface Seeding”
Matt Edumunds, Tony McLoughlin, Robert S. Laramee, Guoning Chen, Nelson Max, and Eugene Zhang
EuroGraphics 2011, short paper, 2011, pp. 53-56.

“All-Hex Mesh Generation via Volumetric PolyCube Parameterization”
James Gregson, Alla Sheffer, and Eugene Zhang
Computer Graphics Forum, 2011, vol. 30(5), (Eurographics Symposium on Geomeetry Processing), pp. 1407-1416.

“Interactive Visualization of Rotational Symmetry Fields on Surfaces”
Jonathan Palacios and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2011, vol. 17(7), pp. 947-955.

“Using Integral Surfaces to Visualize CFD Simulation Results”
Tony McLoughlin, Matt Edumunds, Robert S. Laramee, Mark Jones, Guoning Chen, and Eugene Zhang
in NAFEMS World Congress Conference Proceedings, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, 2011, pp. 100.

“Geometry Synthesis on Surfaces Using Field-Guided Shape Grammars”
Yuanyuan Li, Bao Fan, Eugene Zhang, Yoshihiro Kobayashi,and Peter Wonka
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2011, vol. 17(2), pp. 231-243.

"Video Painting with Space-Time-Varying Style Parameters”
Mizuki Kagaya, William Brendel, Qingqing Deng, Todd Kesterson, Sinisa Todorovic, Patrick J. Neill, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2011,vol. 17(1), pp. 74-87.

“Hexagonal Global Parameterization of Arbitrary Surfaces”
Matthias Nieser, Jonathan Palacios, Konrad Polthier, and Eugene Zhang
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2010 Sketch, 2010.

“Editing Operations for Irregular Vertices in Triangle Meshes”
Yuanyuan Li, Eugene Zhang, Yoshihiro Kobayashi,and Peter Wonka
ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 29(6), (SIGGRAPH ASIA 2010), pp. 153:1-153:11.

“Visualization of Diversity in Large Multivariate Data Sets”
Tuan Pham, Rob Hess, Crystal Ju, Eugene Zhang, and Ronald Metoyer
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 16(6), (IEEE Visualization 2010), 2010, pp. 1053-1062.

“Constructing Streak Surfaces for 3D Unsteady Vector Fields”
Tony McLoughlin, Robert S. Laramee, and Eugene Zhang
Spring Conference on Computer Graphics (SCCG 2010), 2010, pp. 25-32.

“Metric-Driven RoSy Field Design and Remeshing”
Yu-Kun Lai, Miao Jin, Xuexiang Xie, Ying He, Jonathan Palacios, Eugene Zhang, Shi-Min Hu, and Xianfeng Gu
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2010, vol. 16(1), pp. 95-108.

“Graphical 3D Visualization of Highway Bridge Ratings”
Greg Esch, Michael H. Scott, and Eugene Zhang
Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2009, vol. 23(6), pp. 355-362.

“Glyph and Streamline Placement Algorithms for CFD Simulation Data”
Zhenmin Peng, Robert S. Laramee, Guoning Chen, and Eugene Zhang
in NAFEMS World Congress Conference Proceedings, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, 2009, pp. 66.

“Easy Integral Surfaces: A Fast, Quad-Based Stream and Path Surface Algorithm”
Tony McLoughlin, Robert S. Laramee, and Eugene Zhang
Proceeding of Computer Graphics International (CGI), 2009, pp. 73-82.

“Evenly Spaced Streamlines for Surfaces: An Image-Based Approach”
Benjamin Spencer, Robert S. Laramee, Guoning Chen, and Eugene Zhang
Computer Graphics Forum, 2009, vol. 28(6), pp. 1618-1631.

“A Distribution-Based Approach to Tracking Points in Velocity Vector Fields”
H.Quynh Dinh, Liefei Xu, Zhongzhang Lin, Eugene Zhang, and Robert S Laramee
Proceeding of IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2009, pp. 2663-2670.

“Asymmetric Tensor Analysis for Flow Visualization”
Eugene Zhang, Harry Yeh, Zhongzang Lin, and Robert S. Laramee
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2009, vol. 15(1), pp. 106-122.

“Bringing Topology-Based Flow Visualization to the Application Domain”
Robert S. Laramee, Guoning Chen, Monika Jankun-Kelly, Eugene Zhang, and David Thompson
Topology-Based Methods in Visualization II (Mathematics and Visualization), 2009, pp. 161-176, Springer-Verlag.

“Visibility-Driven Mesh Analysis and Visualization through Graph Cuts”
Kaichi Zhou, Eugene Zhang, Jiri Bittner, and Peter Wonka,
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 14(6), (IEEE Visualization 2008), 2008, 1667-1674.

“Interactive Procedural Street Modeling”
Guoning Chen, Greg Esch, Peter Wonka, Pascal Mueller, and Eugene Zhang
ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 27(3), (SIGGRAPH 2008), pp. 103:1-103:10.

“Efficient Morse Decompositions of Vector Fields”
Guoning Chen, Konstantin Mischaikow, Robert S. Laramee, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 14(4), 2008, pp. 848-862.

“Multiscale Feature Detection in Unsteady Separated Flows”
Guoning Chen, Zhongzang Lin, Daniel Morse, Stephen Snider, James Liburdy, Sourabh Apte, and Eugene Zhang
International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling, vol. 5, 2008, pp. 17-35.

“Detection and Analysis of Separated Flow Induced Vortical Structures”
Stephen Snider, Daniel Morse, Guoning Chen, Sourabh Apte, James Liburdy, and Eugene Zhang
46th AIAA Aerospace Sciences Meetings and Exhibit, 2008.

“Fluid Flow on Interactive Deformable Surfaces”
Patrick J. Neill, Ron Metoyer, and Eugene Zhang
SIGGRAPH 2007 Poster, 2007.

“Interactive Procedural Street Modeling”
Greg Esch, Peter Wonka, Pascal Mueller, and Eugene Zhang
SIGGRAPH 2007 Sketch, 2007.

“Rotational Symmetry Field Design on Surfaces”
Jonathan Palacios and Eugene Zhang
ACM Transactions on Graphics, vol. 26(3), (SIGGRAPH 2007), pp. 55:1-55:10.

“Advanced Visualization of Engine Simulation Data Using Texture Synthesis and Topological Analysis”
Guoning Chen, Robert S. Laramee, and Eugene Zhang
in NAFEMS World Congress Conference Proceedings, The International Association for the Engineering Analysis Community, 2007, pp. 15.

“Vector Field Editing and Periodic Orbit Extraction Using Morse Decomposition”
Guoning Chen, Konstantin Mischaikow, Robert S. Laramee, Pawel Pilarczyk, and Eugene Zhang
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, vol. 13(4), 2007, pp. 769-785.

“Interactive Tensor Field Design and Visualization on Surfaces”
Eugene Zhang, James Hays, and Greg Turk
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol 13(1), 2007, pp. 94-107.

“Vector Field Design on Surfaces”
Eugene Zhang, Konstantin Mischaikow, and Greg Turk
ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol 25(4), 2006, pp. 1294-1326.

“Interactive Design and Visualization of Tensor Fields on Surfaces”
Eugene Zhang, James Hays, and Greg Turk
SIGGRAPH 2005 Sketch, 2005.

“Feature-Based Surface Parameterization and Texture Mapping”
Eugene Zhang, Konstantin Mischaikow, and Greg Turk
ACM Transactions on Graphics, Vol 24(1), 2005, pp. 1-27.

“Visibility-Guided Simplification”
Eugene Zhang and Greg Turk
Proceedings of IEEE Visualization 2002, Boston, MA, October 27 – November 1, 2002, pp. 267-274.

“Focus+Context Display and Navigation Techniques for Enhancing Radial Space-Filling Hierarchy Visualizations”
John T. Stasko and Eugene Zhang
Proceedings of IEEE Information Visualization 2000, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2000, pp. 57-65.

Patents:
James Gregson, Alla Sheffer, and Eugene Zhang, “Methods and Systems for Generating Polycubes and All-Hexahedral Meshes of an Object”, US-13/948,016,2013.

GRANTS:
Eugene Zhang (PI), “III: Small: Three-Dimensional Visualization and Analysis of Complex Dynamic Physical Phenomena”, NSF, Sep. 2016-Aug. 2020, $325,798.

Pankaj Jaiswal (PI), Elizabeth Arnaud, Chris Mungall, Sinisa Todorovic, and E. Zhang, “Common Reference Ontologies and Applications for Plant Biology”, NSF, Oct. 1, 2013-Sep. 30, 2018, $4,044,134.

Bernhard Jenny (PI), Helen Jenny, Euenge Zhang, “Collaborative Research: Digital Generation and Cognitive Evaluation of Flow Maps for Movement Visualization”, NSF, Aug. 01, 2014-Jan. 31, 2017, $156,630.

Yanming Di (PI), Sarah Emerson, Eugene Zhang, and Jeff. Chang, “Negative Binomial Regression and Higher-Order Asymptotic Inference for RNA-Seq Gene Expression Analysis”, NIH, May 2012-Apr. 2015, $599,611.

Eugene Zhang (PI), “HCC: Small: Collaborative Research: Graph and Pattern Design on Surfaces”, NSF, Aug. 2009-Jul. 2012, $264,976.

Eugene Zhang (PI), “Geometric and Topological Analysis of Higher-Order Tensor Fields on Surfaces”, NSF, Sep. 2008-Aug. 2011, $404,996.

Eugene Zhang (PI), “CAREER: Vector and Tensor Field Design for Graphics and Visualization”, NSF, Feb. 2006-Jan. 2011, $430,000.

INVITATIONAL WORKSHOPS:
Dagstuhl seminar on Visualization and Processing of Anisotrophy in Imaging, Geometry, and Astronomy, Saarbrücken, Germany, October-November 2018.

Keynote speaker, Computer Graphics Taiwan 2016, July 11, 2016.

Keynote speaker, Workshop on Structured Meshing, Theory, Applications, and Evaluations, May, 2014.

Dagstuhl seminar on Visualization and Processing of Higher Order Descriptors for Multi-Valued Data, Saarbrücken, Germany, February 2014.

Workshop on Algebraic Topology in Dynamics, Differential Equations, and Experimental Data, the Institute of Mathematics and Its Applications (IMA), Minneapolis, Minnesota, February, 2014.

Dagstuhl seminar on Visualization and Processing of Tensors and Higher Order Descriptors for Multi-Valued Data, Saarbrücken, Germany, December 2011.

Dagstuhl seminar on Scientific Visualization, Saarbrücken, Germany, June 2011.

International Workshop on Computational Conformal Geometry and Its Applications, Hsinchu, Taiwan, December, 2011.

Dagstuhl seminar on New Developments in the Visualization and Processing of Tensor Fields, Saarbrücken, Germany, July 2009.

Computational Mathematics of Discrete Surfaces, Banff International Research Station, banff, Canada, February 2009.

Review Meeting of the NSF/DARPA Computational and Algorithmic Representation of Geometric Objects (CARGO) initiative, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA, May, 2005.

Algebraic Topological Methods in Computer Science, II, London, Ontario, Canada, July, 2004.

AWARDS:
NSF CAREER Award, 2006-2011, "Vector and Tensor Field Design for Visualization and Graphics".
ACM Senior Member (since 2011)
IEEE Senior Member (since 2011)

SERVICES:
NSF Panelist: 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2016
Associate Editor, Journal of Geometry Modeling
Workshop on Novel Approaches to Visualizing Big Data Sets Co-Chair (Part of ICBO-BioCreative 2016), 2016
CAD/CG Papers Co-Chair, 2013
IEEE VisWeek Doctoral Colloquium Co-Chair 2010, 2011
IEEE VisWeek Community Co-Chair 2017

Program Committee:
SIGGRAPH 2011, 2012, 2018 (Session Chair for 2011, 2012, 2018)
SIGGRAPH ASIA 2009, 2016, 2017(Session Chair for 2009, 2016, 2017)
EuroGraphics 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017 (Session chairs for 2012 and 2013)
IEEE Visualization Conference 2007, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018 (Session Chair for 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013)
EuroVis 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 (Session Chair for 2013)
Symposium on Geometry Processing 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018
IEEE Shape Modeling International 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Workshop on Topological Methods in Data Analysis and Visualization 2009, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2017
SIGGRAPH Sketches and Posters 2007
Siggraph Asia Sketches and Posters 2008, 2013, 2014
Pacific Graphics 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2015, 2016
Pacific Visualization 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016, 2017
Non-Photorealistic Animation and Rendering 2008, 2010, 2013
International Confernece on Computer Animation and Social Agents 2008
International Symposium on Visual Computing 2008, 2009, 2010
International Workshop on Super Visualization 2008
Workshop on Knowledge-Assisted Visualizations 2008

Reviewer:
SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH ASIA
IEEE Visualization Conference
ACM Transactions on Graphics
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology
IEEE Transactions on Multimedia
Computer Graphics Forum
European Journal of Applied Mathematics
International Journal of Human Computer Interaction
IEEE CG&A
EuroGraphics
EuroVis
Computer and Graphics
Pacific Graphics
Pacific Visualization
Visual Computer
IEEE Virtual Reality
Journal of Zhejiang University Science A
Graphics Interfaces
Graphics Models
Symposium on Computer Animation