Prof. LIU Yuan, Assistant Professor in the Division of Integrative Systems and Design (ISD), has been recognized with the 2026 Asiagraphics Young Researcher Award, celebrating his pioneering contributions to 3D reconstruction, neural rendering, generative AI, and world-centric 3D modeling.

Leading the Intelligent Graphics Lab at HKUST, Prof. Liu spearheads research at the intersection of computer graphics, computer vision, and generative AI to build systems capable of modeling both static and dynamic 3D worlds. His research spans three key areas: advancing neural rendering and surface reconstruction (through NeuS, NeuRay, and NeRO), developing multiview-consistent diffusion models for single-image 3D generation (such as SyncDreamer, Wonder3D, Era3D, and DreamMat), and enabling dense, world-centric 3D tracking from monocular videos (via Align3R, TrackingWorld, Track4World, and Diffusion as Shader). His work has been featured at leading international conferences, including SIGGRAPH, CVPR, NeurIPS, ICLR, and ECCV, reflecting its significant impact on the global research community.

Beyond his technical innovations, Prof. Liu actively serves the global research community. He is an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics and serves as an Area Chair for 3DV 2026 and NeurIPS 2026, as well as a Technical Papers Committee member for SIGGRAPH Asia 2026.

Established in 2018, the Asiagraphics Young Researcher Award is presented to at most one researcher annually to recognize outstanding, recent contributions to computer graphics and interactive techniques by an early-career scientist (within six years of receiving their PhD) in the region. This accolade highlights Prof. Liu’s innovative research and growing international influence at the intersection of computer graphics and artificial intelligence.

Congratulations to Prof. Liu on this well-deserved recognition!