Publications

2014_CASA_FlockMorphing

Flock Morphing Animation

Xinjie Wang, Linliang Zhou, Zhigang Deng, and Xiaogang Jin

Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds Journal , CASA 2014 Special Issue, 25(3-4), May-August 2014, pp. 353-362.

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2014-Eurographics-Practice and Theory of Blendshape Facial Models

Practice and Theory of Blendshape Facial Models

John P. Lewis, Ken Anjyo, Taehyun Rhee, Mengjie Zhang, Fred Pighin, and Zhigang Deng

Eurographics 2014 State of The Art Report Papers (STAR) , pp. 199-218.

2013_CGF_InsectSwarmSimulation_Preprint

Inherent Noise-Aware Insect Swarm Simulation

Xinjie Wang, Xiaogang Jin, Zhigang Deng, and Linling Zhou

Computer Graphics Forum (CGF) , 33(6), September 2014, pp. 51-62

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2014_CGA_GPUacceleNeurosurgicalIntervention

GPU-Accelerated Interactive Visualization and Planning of Neurosurgical Interventions

Mario Rincon, Nikhil Navkar, Nikos Tsekos, and Zhigang Deng

IEEE Computer Graphics and Application (CG&A) , Jan/Feb 2014, pp. 14-23.

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2013-CASA-Traffic-Simulation-Preprint

AA-FVDM: An Accident-Avoidance Full Velocity Difference Model for Animating Realistic Street-Level Traffic in Rural Scenes

Xuequan Lu, Wenzhi Chen, Mingliang Xu, Zonghui Wang, Zhigang Deng, and Yangdong Ye

Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds Journal , 25(1), Jan/Feb 2014, pp. 83-97.

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2013_siggraph_raytracing_poster

Cost-based Workload Balancing for Ray Tracing on Multi-GPU Systems

Mario Rincon, and Zhigang Deng

ACM SIGGRAPH 2013 Research Poster , Anaheim, CA, July 2013.

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2013-TVCG-FacialMarkerOptimization

Marker Optimization for Facial Motion Acquisition and Deformation

Binh H. Le, Mingyang Zhu, and Zhigang Deng

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) , 19(11), November 2013, pp. 1859-1871. (Also presented on ACM SIGGRAPH/Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation 2013)

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2013-SIGGRAPH-SparseCompressionSkinning.

Two-layer Sparse Compression of Dense Weight Blend Skinning

Binh H. Le, and Zhigang Deng

ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. of ACM SIGGRAPH 2013 Papers) , 32(4), July 2013, 124:1-124:10.

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2013-THMS-Mobile-Avatar-final

A Text-Driven Conversational Avatar Interface for Instant Messaging on Mobile Devices

Mario Rincon, and Zhigang Deng

IEEE Transactions on Human-Machine Systems (THMS) , 43(3), May 2013, pp. 328-332.

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2013-ICRA-VisualHapticSystem

Implementation of a Force-Feedback Interface for Fixed-Access Point Interventions with real time MRI guidance

Nick V. Sternberg, Atilla Kilicarslan, Nikhil Navkar, Zhigang Deng, Karolos Grigoriadis, and Nikos V. Tsekos

Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) 2013 , Karlsruhe, Germany, May 2013.

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2013–PhD Dissertation Nikhil V. Navkar

Visual Force-Feedback Interfacing for Image-Guided Telemanipulated Robotic Surgical System

Nikhil V. Navkar

PhD Dissertation , Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, 2013

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2012_TBME_VisualHapticInterface

A Framework for Integrating real-time MRI with Robot Control: Application to Simulated Transapical Cardiac Interventions

Nikhil Navkar, Zhigang Deng, Dipan J. Shah, and Nikos V. Tsekos

IEEE Transactions on Biomedical Engineering (TBME) , April 2013, 60(4), pp. 1023-1033.

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2011_CGA-crowd-formation-generation-preprint

Generating Freestyle Group Formation in Agent-based Crowd Simulation

Qin Gu, and Zhigang Deng

IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (CG&A) , 33(1), Jan/Feb 2013, pp. 14-25.

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2013-Computer-MobileGameAnalysis-preprint

Characterizing the Performance and Power Consumption of 3D Mobile Games

Xiaohan Ma, Zhigang Deng, Mian Dong, and Lin Zhong

IEEE Computer , 46(4), April 2013, pp. 72-78

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2012-TOMCCAP-watermarking

A Robust High Capacity Affine-Transformation-Invariant Scheme for Watermarking 3D Geometric Models

Xifeng Gao, Caiming Zhang, Yan Huang, and Zhigang Deng

ACM Transactions on Multimedia Computing, Communications and Applications (TOMCCAP) , volume 8, number 2S, Article 34, pages 1-21, September 2012

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2012_TVCG_dataDrivenSpeechQualityModel

A Statistical Quality Model for Data-Driven Speech Animation

Xiaohan Ma, and Zhigang Deng

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) , 18(11), Nov 2012, pp. 1915-1927

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2011-TIP-SpineDetectionSegmentation

A Surface-based 3D Dendritic Spine Detection Approach from Confocal Microscopy Images

Qing Li, and Zhigang Deng

IEEE Transactions on Image Processing (TIP) , March 2012, 21(3), pp. 1223-1230

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2012_BIBE_MRIntraoperativeRegistration

Intraoperative Registration of Preoperative 4D Cardiac Anatomy with real-time MR images

Xifeng Gao, Nikhil Navkar, Dipan J. Shah, Nikos V. Tsekos, and Zhigang Deng

Proc. of IEEE International Conference on BioInformatics and BioEngineering (BIBE) 2012 , Larnaca, Cyprus, Nov 11-13, 2012, pp. 583-588.

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2012-TVCG-headEyeMotionGenerator-preprint

Live Speech Driven Head-and-Eye Motion Generators

Binh H. Le, Xiaohan Ma, and Zhigang Deng

IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG) , 18(11), Nov 2012, pp. 1902-1914

[Video] [pdf] [Errata Correction and Appendix for COA Calculation]

2012–PhD Dissertation Xiaohan Ma

Perceptual Analysis and Modeling of Facial Animation

Xiaohan Ma

PhD Dissertation , Department of Computer Science, University of Houston, 2012