Xuan LI

PhD Candidate

UCLA Artificial Intelligence & Visual Computing (AIVC) Laboratory

Department of Mathematics

University of California, Los Angeles


Bio


I'm a PhD student at AIVC Lab, UCLA Department of Mathematics, advised by Prof. Chenfanfu Jiang. I received my M.S. degree from the Department of Computer Science, the State University of New York at Stony Brook, and my B.S. degree from the Department of Mathematical Sciences, Tsinghua University (China).

My current research focuses on 3D generation and reconstruction, with a particular emphasis on utilizing physics-based simulation: On one hand, simulation serves as a tool to introduce dynamics into 3D scenes reconstructed from real-world data; On the other hand, I am exploring the integration of physics as a regularization within generation and reconstruction pipelines.


Publications


GarmentDreamer: 3DGS Guided Garment Synthesis with Diverse Geometry and Texture Details

Boqian Li*, Xuan Li*, Ying Jiang* (equal contributions), Tianyi Xie, Feng Gao, Huamin Wang, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang.

International Conference on 3D Vision (3DV). 2025.

[Paper] [Code] [Project Page]


Atlas3D: Physically Constrained Self-Supporting Text-to-3D for Simulation and Fabrication

Yunuo Chen*, Tianyi Xie*, Zeshun Zong* (equal contributions), Xuan Li, Feng Gao, Yin Yang, Ying Nian Wu, Chenfanfu Jiang.

Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS). 2024.

[Paper] [Project Page]


XPBI: Position-Based Dynamics with Smoothing Kernels Handles Continuum Inelasticity

Chang Yu*, Xuan Li* (equal contributions), Lei Lan, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang.

SIGGRAPH Asia. 2024.

[Paper] [Video]


Efficient Cloth Simulation Using Non-distance Barriers and Subspace Reuse

Lei Lan, Zixuan Lu, Jingyi Long, Chun Yuan, Xuan Li, Xiaowei He, Huamin Wang, Chenfanfu Jiang, Yin Yang.

ACM Transactions On Graphics (SIGGRAPH Asia). 2024.

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A Dynamic Duo of Finite Elements and Material Points

Xuan Li, Minchen Li, Xuchen Han, Huamin Wang, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang.

SIGGRAPH. 2024.

[Paper] [Video]


VR-GS: A Physical Dynamics-Aware Interactive Gaussian Splatting System in Virtual Reality

Ying Jiang*, Chang Yu*, Tianyi Xie*, Xuan Li* (equal contributions), Yutao Feng, Huamin Wang, Minchen Li, Henry Lau, Feng Gao, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang.

SIGGRAPH. 2024.

[Paper] [Project Page]


PhysGaussian: Physics-Integrated 3D Gaussians for Generative Dynamics

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Tianyi Xie*, Zeshun Zong*, Yuxing Qiu*, Xuan Li* (equal contributions), Yutao Feng, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang.

Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR). 2024.

[Paper] [Project Page]



Bistable Aerial Transformer (BAT): A Quadrotor Fixed-Wing Hybrid that Morphs Dynamically via Passive Soft Mechanism

Jessica Weakly*, Xuan Li* (equal contributions), Tejas Agarwal, Minchen Li, Spencer Folk, Chenfanfu Jiang, Cynthia Sung.

Journal of Mechanisms and Robotics (JMR). 2024.

[Paper] [Video]



Subspace-Preconditioned GPU Projective Dynamics with Contact for Cloth Simulation

Xuan Li, Yu Fang, Lei Lan, Huamin Wang, Yin Yang, Minchen Li, Chenfanfu Jiang.

SIGGRAPH Asia. 2023.

[Paper] [Video]


Neural Stress Fields for Reduced-order Elastoplasticity and Fracture

Zeshun Zong, Xuan Li, Minchen Li, Maurizio M. Chiaramonte, Wojciech Matusik, Eitan Grinspun, Kevin Carlberg, Chenfanfu Jiang, Peter Yichen Chen.

SIGGRAPH Asia. 2023.

[Paper] [Video]


Augmented Incremental Potential Contact for Sticky Interactions

Yu Fang*, Minchen Li* (equal contributions), Yadi Cao, Xuan Li, Joshuah Wolper, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang.

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG). 2023.

[Paper] [Video]




Topology Optimization with Frictional Self-Contact

Zeshun Zong*, Xuan Li* (equal contributions), Jianping Ye, Sian Wen, Yin Yang, Danny M. Kaufman, Minchen Li, Chenfanfu Jiang.

Arxiv. 2022.

[Paper]






Polycube Shape Space

Hui Zhao, Xuan Li, Na Lei, Xiaoling Wang, Shaodong Wang, Wencheng Wang, Xiangfeng Gu.

Pacific Graphics (PG). 2019.

[Paper] [Slides]


Conformal Mesh Parameterization using Discrete Calabi Flow

Hui Zhao, Xuan Li, Huabin Ge, Na Lei, Min Zhang, Xiaoling Wang, Xianfeng Gu.

Geometric Modeling and Processing (GMP). 2018.

[Paper] [Slides] [Data]


Robust Edge-Preserved Surface Mesh Polycube Deformation

Hui Zhao, Na Lei, Xuan Li, Peng Zeng, Ke Xu, Xianfeng Gu.

Pacific Graphics (PG) Short Paper. 2017.

[Paper]



Patents


Differentiable Rasterizer for Vector Font Generation and Editing

Zhaowen Wang, Zhifei Zhang, Xuan Li, Matthew Fisher, and Hailin Jin.

US11392806B2. Adobe Inc. 2022.



Experience


NVIDIA Deep Imagination Research

Research Intern

Jun, 2024 - Present

MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab

Research Intern

Jun, 2022 - Sep, 2022

Creative Intelligence Lab, Adobe Research

Deep Learning Research Intern

May, 2019 - Nov, 2019


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