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Bailin Deng

Dr Bailin Deng

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Overview

I am a Senior Lecturer in the School of Computer Science and Informatics. I am a member of the Visual Computing Research Section, and lead the Geometric Computing and Graphics Research Group. My research investigates fundamental problems in 3D shape modelling and analysis, with interdisciplinary applications in areas such as architecture, optics, healthcare, and creative industries. I also work on numerical algorithms, especially on large-scale optimization for geometry processing and physical simulation.

Before coming to Cardiff, I worked as a Lecturer in computer science at the University of Hull between 2015 and 2017. From 2012 to 2015, I was a Postdoctoral Researcher in the Computer Graphics and Geometry Laboratory at EPFL, working with Mark Pauly. I obtained my PhD in Technical Mathematics from Vienna University of Technology in 2011, under the supervision of Helmut Pottmann. I received my master's degree in Computer Science and bachelor's degree in Computer Software in 2008 and 2005 respectively, both from Tsinghua University.

More information can be found on my personal webpage.

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Research

My primary research interests include:

  • 3D shape modelling and analysis, including 3D reconstruction, robust registration, geometric optimisation, and generative modelling
  • Numerical algorithms, especially large-scale optimisation for geometry processing and physical simulation
  • Interdisciplinary applications in areas such as architecture, optics, healthcare, and creative industries

My work has been published in top venues for visual computing, including ACM SIGGRAPH, ACM SIGGRAPH Asia, CVPR, ICCV, ACM TOG, IEEE TPAMI, and IEEE TVCG. My research has received Best Paper Awards at SMI 2025, ChinaVR 2024, and GMP 2019.

Source codes for my research work are released on my github page.

Funded Research Projects

As Principal Investigator:

  • Facial Animation Generation in Neural Radiance Fields. Funder: Royal Society (£12,000.00), 03/2024-03/2027
  • Enhancing Data Compatibility, Aggregation, and Validation in Virtual Production Workflows. Funder: EPSRC (£48,000.00), 09/2024-04/2025 
  • AI-Assisted Real-Time CCTV Monitoring for Crime Prevention and Public Safety. Funder: Security, Crime, and Intelligence Innovation Institute Seedcorn Fund (£9,965), 02/2025-07/2025
  • Efficient Multi-resolution Design for Constraint-based Modelling. Funder: Royal Society (£12,000.00), 03/2020-03/2023

As Co-Investigator:

  • Developing Market-leading Hats. Funder: KTP & Champion Manufacturing Group Ltd (£320,789), 11/2025–11/2028. PI: Peter Theobald
  • Developing the Sensor Wizard App: A Mobile Solution for EEG Electrode Localisation. Funder: EPSRC (£29,839), 01/2025–03/2026. PI: Leandro Beltrachini
  • NeuroWizard: An MRI-free Clinical Solution for EEG Source Localisation. Funder: MRC (£21,651), 07–12/2025. PI: Leandro Beltrachini
  • Prototyping Smart Clothes for Population-level Motion Monitoring and Analysis. Funder: Royal Society (£12,000), 03/2022–03/2025. PI: Yipeng Qin

 

Teaching

Cardiff University

  • Object Orientation, Algorithms and Data Structures: 2018-Now
  • Computational Design for Fabrication: 2019-Now
  • Algorithms and Data Structures: 2017-2018
  • Distributed and Cloud Computing: 2017

University of Hull

  • Real-Time Graphics: 2015

EPFL

  • Digital 3D Geometry Processing: 2013

Biography

Education and qualifications

Academic Positions

Honours and awards

  • Best Paper Award, SMI 2025
  • Best Paper Award, ChinaVR 2024
  • Best Paper Award, GMP 2019
  • Outstanding Associate Editor Award, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications, 2025

Professional memberships

  • Member of ACM, IEEE, Eurographics, and Asia Graphics.
  • Fellow of HEA

Committees and reviewing

Editorial Positions

  • Associate Editor, IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications (since 2023)

Conference Organization

  • Conference Program Chair, Pacific Graphics 2022
  • Associate Chair, International Conference on Computer Graphics, Interaction and Visualization Theory and Applica- tions (GRIVAPP): 2026
  • Associate Chair, International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP): 2023, 2024, 2025

Program Committee Member:

  • SIGGRAPH: 2026
  • SIGGRAPH Asia: 2026
  • Symposium on Solid and Physical Modeling (SPM): 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
  • Advances in Architectural Geometry: 2016, 2018, 2020, 2023, 2025
  • Computational Visual Media Conference: 2019, 2022, 2023, 2025, 2026
  • SIGGRAPH Asia Technical Brief and Posters: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Computer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC): 2023, 2024, 2025, 2026
  • International Conference on Computer-Aided Design and Computer Graphics (CAD/CG): 2021, 2023
  • Computer Graphics International (CGI): 2023, 2024
  • International Conference on Computer Graphics Theory and Applications (GRAPP): 2017, 2018, 2019
  • International Conference on Cyberworlds: 2025
  • Pacific Graphics: 2018
  • International Conference on Geometric Modeling and Processing (GMP): 2018
  • Shape Modeling International (SMI): 2016

Grant Reviewer:

  • EPSRC
  • British Council

Reviewer for Conferences and Journals:

  • ACM SIGGRAPH
  • ACM SIGGRAPH Asia
  • CVPR
  • Eurographics
  • ACM Transactions on Graphics
  • IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics
  • Computer Graphics Forum
  • Computer-Aided Design
  • Computer Aided Geometric Design

and many others.

Supervisions

I am interested in supervising PhD/MPhil students in the areas of:

  • Computational design
  • Geometry processing
  • Physical simulation
  • Numerical optimization

I have worked with research students from various institutions. Past and present supervision/co-supervision of research students include:

  • Alexandre Kaspar (Master's student at EPFL, currently PhD student at MIT).
  • Zishun Liu (Master's student at USTC, currently PhD student at TU Delft).
  • Luo Jiang (PhD student at USTC, currently postdoc at Nanyang Technological University)
  • Yue Peng (PhD student at USTC, currently researcher at Tencent AI Lab)
  • Qun-Ce Xu (PhD student at Bath, currently postdoc at Tsinghua University)
  • Wenqing Ouyang (Master's student at USTC, currently PhD student at CUHK Shenzhen)
  • Jiong Tao (Master's student at USTC, currently PhD student at University of Bath)
  • Yuxin Yao (PhD student at USTC)
  • Yiling Pan (PhD student at Tsinghua University)

Contact Details

Email [email protected]
Telephone +44 29208 74591
Campuses Abacws, Room 3.05, Senghennydd Road, Cathays, Cardiff, CF24 4AG

Research themes

Specialisms

  • Computer aided design
  • Computer graphics
  • Computer vision
  • AI & Machine Learning
  • Numerical and computational mathematics