Biography | Publications

Dr. Liu received his BS in mathematics from Nankai University (1992) and PhD in computer science from Peking University (2000), both in China. He worked as a post-doctoral associate with the Micro-CT Lab in the Department of Radiology at the University of Iowa and then as a research scientist with the Visualization, Analysis and Imaging Lab in the High-Performance Computing Collaboratory (HPC2, formerly the NSF ERC --- Engineering Research Center for Computational Field Simulation) at Mississippi State University. He joined Kitware in September 2008 as an R&D engineer.

Dr. Liu has participated in a series of NSF, NIH, and DoD projects as a lead scientist and has developed diverse, in-depth R&D expertise in flow visualization, volume visualization, terrain visualization, and computer graphics. His original work has been published in top-level international journals (e.g., IEEE TVCG, EuroGraphics Computer Graphics Forum) and conferences (e.g., IEEE Visualization, EuroGraphics/IEEE VGTC EuroVis/VisSym). Among his innovative algorithms, AUFLIC (Accelerated Unsteady Flow Line Integral Convolution) and ADVESS (ADVanced Evenly-Spaced Streamline placement) are the fastest (10X faster than the others of their respective kinds) software-based, high-quality visualization methods. Dr. Liu serves as a program committee member of International Symposium on Visual Computing (ISVC08) and IS&T/SPIE Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA09). He is an active paper reviewer for IEEE TVCG, IEEE CGA, IEEE VIS, IEEE CiSE, IEEE PacificVis, ISVC, VDA, JOV, and IJCAT. More information may be obtained from his home page at http://www.zhanpingliu.org.

Publications

Zhanping Liu, J. Edward Swan II, Shangshu Cai, Robert J. Moorhead II, and Joel P. Martin. A 2D Flow Visualization User Study Using Explicit Flow Synthesis and Implicit Task Design. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2008 (submitted).

Joel Martin, J. Edward Swan II, Robert J. Moorhead II, Zhanping Liu, and Shangshu Cai. Results of a User Study on 2D Hurricane Visualization. Computer Graphics Forum (Special Issue on EuroGraphics / IEEE VGTC EuroVis08, formerly VisSym), Vol. 27, No. 3, 2008. pp. 991~998.

Zhanping Liu and Robert J. Moorhead II. Robust Loop Detection for Interactively Placing Evenly Spaced Streamlines. IEEE Computing in Science and Engineering, Vol. 9, No. 4, 2007. pp. 86~91.

Zhanping Liu, Robert J. Moorhead II, and Joe Groner. An Advanced Evenly Spaced streamline Placement Algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 12, No. 5 (Special Issue on IEEE Vis06 --- paper orally presented), 2006. pp. 965~972.

Zhanping Liu and Robert J. Moorhead II. Accelerated Unsteady Flow Line Integral Convolution. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 11, No. 2, 2005. pp. 113~125.

Zhanping Liu and Robert J. Moorhead II. A Texture-Based Hardware-Independent Technique for Time-Varying Volume Flow Visualization. Journal of Visualization, Vol. 8, No. 3, 2005. pp. 235~244.

Zhanping Liu and Robert J. Moorhead II. Interactive View-Driven Evenly Spaced Streamline Placement. IS&T / SPIE Conference on Visualization and Data Analysis (VDA08), 2008. 68090A pp. 1~12.

Zhanping Liu and Robert J. Moorhead II. Visualization of Confocal Microscopic Biomolecular Data. Proceedings of SPIE Medical Imaging - Visualization, Image-Guided Procedures, and Display (MI05), 2005. pp. 566~576.

Zhanping Liu and Robert J. Moorhead II. Visualizing Time-Varying Three-Dimensional Flow Fields Using Accelerated UFLIC. Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium on Flow Visualization (ISFV04), 2004. pp. 1~10. (best paper recommended for further submission to Journal of Visualization)

Zhanping Liu and Robert J. Moorhead II. AUFLIC: An Accelerated Algorithm for Unsteady Flow Line Integral Convolution. Proceedings of EuroGraphics / IEEE VGTC Symposium on Visualization (VisSym02, now EuroVis), 2002. pp. 43~52.

Zhanping Liu, Hongwu Wang, Meng Yang, Shihai Dong, and Guoping Wang. VDDMTM: A View-Dependent Dynamic Multi-resolution Terrain Model. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Aided Design and Computer Graphics (CAD/Graphics99), Vol. 3, 1999. pp. 1209~1214.
Zhanping Liu, Shihai Dong, and Guoping Wang. Visualization of Unstructured Three-Dimensional Vector Fields Using Streamlines. Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Computer Aided Design and Computer Graphics (CAD/Graphics99), Vol. 3, 1999. pp. 1112~1117.

Zhanping Liu, Hongwu Wang, Shihai Dong, and Guoping Wang. VES: A Digital Earth-Oriented Virtual Reality System. Proceedings of the 4th International Symposium on Future Software Technology (ISFST99), 1999. pp. 223~228.

Shangshu Cai, Zhanping Liu, and Robert J. Moorhead II. Visualization of Northeast Pacific Ocean Bathymetry. Conference on Applied Visualization (AppliedVis05), 2005.

Zhanping Liu, Robert J. Moorhead II, Willie Johnson, and Sanquanett Jones. Visualizing Confocal Microscopic Biomolecular Data. NSF EPSCoR Meeting, 2004.

Zhanping Liu, J. Edward Swan II, Shangshu Cai, Robert J. Moorhead II, and Joel P. Martin. Using Explicit Flow Synthesis and Implicit Task Design for Objective Flow Visualization User Study. Technical Report MSSU-COE-HPCC-7002, Hight Performance Computing Collaboratory, Mississippi State University, 2007. pp. 1~26.

Zhanping Liu, J. Edward Swan II, Shangshu Cai, Robert J. Moorhead II, and Joel P. Martin. HPCVI Final Report: Flow Visualization User Study. Department of Defense (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) - High Performance Computing and Visualization Initiative (HPCVI), Aug 1st, 2007. pp. 1~21.

Zhanping Liu and Robert J. Moorhead II. Visualizing Confocal Microscopic Biomolecular Data: Survey and Case Studies. Technical Report MSSU-COE-ERC-04-01, Engineering Research Center, Mississippi State University, 2004. pp. 1~16.

Zhanping Liu and Robert J. Moorhead II. Accelerated Unsteady Flow Line Integral Convolution for Near-Interactive Visualization. Technical Report MSSU-COE-ERC-03-07, Engineering Research Center, Mississippi State University, 2003. pp. 1~22.

Zhanping Liu, Robert J. Moorhead II, and Sean Bernard Ziegeler. Ocean Flow Visualization in Virtual Environments. Technical Report MSSU-COE-ERC-03-03, Engineering Research Center, Mississippi State University, 2003. pp. 1~50.

Zhanping Liu and Ge Wang. Research on Image Reconstruction from Helical CT Scan. Technical Report UI-RAD-MCT-01-01, Department of Radiology, University of Iowa, 2001. pp. 1~14.

Zhanping Liu, Hongwu Wang, Guoping Wang, and Shihai Dong. Research on Key Issues of Digital Earth-Oriented Virtual Reality Systems. Journal of Image and Graphics, Vol. 7, No. 2, 2002. pp. 160~164. (in Chinese)

Zhanping Liu, Guoping Wang, and Shihai Dong. An Improved Volume LIC Algorithm for 3D Vector Field Visualization. Journal of Image and Graphics, Vol. 6, No. 5, 2001. pp. 470~474. (in Chinese)

Zhanping Liu, Guoping Wang, and Shihai Dong. ProLIC: A Progressive Method for Vector Field Visualization. Journal of System Simulation, Vol. 13, No. 7 (Special Issue on Virtual Reality and Visualization), 2001. pp. 256~259. (in Chinese)

Guoping Wang, Zhanping Liu, Xuanji Hua, Jiaguang  Sun, and Yujian Chen. The Offset Surface of Helicoid. Journal of Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics, Vol. 12, No. 5, 2000. pp. 321~324. (in Chinese)

Zhanping Liu and Shihai Dong. MPEG-4 and The Development. Journal of Image and Graphics, Vol. 4, No. 6, 1999. pp. 514~518. (in Chinese)

Yujun Le, Zhanping Liu, and Guangran Liu. A Cognitive Student Model with Knowledge Representation in An Integrated Development Environment for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. Journal of Ningxia University, Vol. 17, No. 4, 1996. pp. 20~28. (in Chinese)

Zhanping Liu, Hongwu Wang, Shihai Dong, and Guoping Wang. From Research to Implementation: A Digital Earth-Oriented Virtual Reality System. Proceedings of the 8th National Conference on Multimedia Technology, 1999. pp. 334~340. (in Chinese)

Zhanping Liu and Shihai Dong. MPEG-4: A Promising Standard Under Development.  Proceedings of the 10th National Conference on Computer Aided Design and Computer Graphics, Vol. B, 1998. pp. 235~241. (in Chinese)

Yujun Le, Zhanping Liu, and Guangran Liu. An Integrated Development Environment for Intelligent Tutoring Systems and A Cognitive Student Model. Proceedings of the 7th National Conference on Computer Based Education, 1995. pp. 232~240. (in Chinese)

Zhanping Liu, Guoping Wang, and Shihai Dong. Vector Field Visualization: Challenges, Methods, and Techniques. Technical Report PKU-CS-CGL-00-02, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Peking University, 2000. pp. 1~20. (in Chinese)

Hongwu Wang, Zhanping Liu, and Shihai Dong. TON: An Internet-Based Multi-resolution 3D Terrain Model. Technical Report PKU-CS-CGL-98-06, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Peking University, 1998. pp. 1~6. (in Chinese)