Experience

DGene

• China
• Software Development
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Principal Scientist

  • Apr 2018 - Present

  Digital virtual character modeling and rendering Digital virtual character modeling and rendering



Qualcomm

• United States
• Telecommunications
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Engineer

  • Apr 2013 - Sep 2016

  Worked on Qualcomm Adreno team for 3 and a half years on 2 consecutive generations of GPU design and verification. Worked on Qualcomm Adreno team for 3 and a half years on 2 consecutive generations of GPU design and verification.



Rhythm & Hues

• United States
• Movies, Videos, and Sound
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Software Engineer Staff

  • Oct 2012 - Feb 2013

  Worked for the Oscar winning visual effect studio Rhythm and Hues on the proprietary rendering software, a core component of the studio’s production pipeline. My work includes fixing bugs, improving functionality and algorithms for the renderer as well as supporting artists for ongoing film productions. Worked for the Oscar winning visual effect studio Rhythm and Hues on the proprietary rendering software, a core component of the studio’s production pipeline. My work includes fixing bugs, improving functionality and algorithms for the renderer as well as supporting artists for ongoing film productions.



University of Delaware

• United States
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Assistant

  • Jan 2007 - Nov 2012

  Worked on a number computer graphics projects which mainly focused on real-time and realistic rendering (recent first): • Realistic rendering of hair and fur using GPU K-Buffer (with AMD Graphics team), Efficient hair modeling using guide surfaces. • Real-time light field generation and rendering from synthetic view or stereo pair for simulating dynamic depth of field effects. • Glossy surface reflection using GPU ray tracing with importance sampling and image space filtering. • Multi-perspective rendering for simulating a variety of non-pinhole cameras. • Real-time ray geometry estimation for rendering light caustics, surface curvature and line-art illustrations(from surface principle direction). I was granded a department fellowship for the satisfactory performance in graduate courseworks(1st in the intensive 3-day Ph.D prelims) and an university fellowship for the overall performance in graduate research and study. Show less



AMD

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jun 2011 - Aug 2011

  • Implemented an efficient GPU K-Buffer technique that is able to render hair with high quality shadow, transparency and anti-aliasing. (received credit for Tomb Raider 2013 hair) • Developed an aliasing free hard shadow algorithm that directly works on current rasterization pipeline but at ray tracing precision. • Implemented an efficient GPU K-Buffer technique that is able to render hair with high quality shadow, transparency and anti-aliasing. (received credit for Tomb Raider 2013 hair) • Developed an aliasing free hard shadow algorithm that directly works on current rasterization pipeline but at ray tracing precision.



AMD

• United States
• Semiconductor Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Jun 2010 - Aug 2010

  Research investigation and prototyping on realistic hair rendering and simulation techniques that can leverage the new graphics hardware features. Research investigation and prototyping on realistic hair rendering and simulation techniques that can leverage the new graphics hardware features.



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Software Development Engineer(Vendor)

  • Sep 2006 - Jan 2007

  I had some fun time working in Microsoft's casual game team, I proposed and developed several game prototypes. One of them was later released on Windows Live Messenger platform(Google ”Rock Paper Scissors”). I had some fun time working in Microsoft's casual game team, I proposed and developed several game prototypes. One of them was later released on Windows Live Messenger platform(Google ”Rock Paper Scissors”).



Shanghai Jiao Tong University

• China
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Undergraduate Research Student

  • Mar 2005 - Jul 2006

  Developed a 3D FPS game prototype for the junior summer project of the software department. The graphics engine includes the basic features such as: skeleton animation, particle system, LOD terrain etc. It was recognized as the best summer project of the department. Proposed an efficient algorithm for real time walk through of large scale terrain on commodity graphics card using fixed size tiles organized by a Quadtree. An "Outstanding Undergraduate Thesis Award" was granted for this work. Show less



Microsoft

• United States
• Software Development
• 700 & Above Employee

• Research Intern

  • Nov 2005 - May 2006

  As an undergrad, I was very fortunate to have an internship opportunity in Microsoft Research Asia. During the internship, I implemented an efficient particle system under environment lighting for the SIGGRAPH project "Real-time Rendering of Realistic Rain" I was also recommended to Microsoft Master Program for professional training on software development process and employee fundamentals, during which we developed a casual game ”Microsoft Link-up” as the team project. It was released on Microsoft website. Show less