[CFAR Distinguished Professor Lecture Series]Computer Vision and Graphics for Real-World Challenges by Professor Yueng Sai-Kit
30 May 2022 | 2:00pm (Singapore Time)
With the recent advancements in sensing technology and pervasive computing devices, the fields of computer vision and graphics are witnessing renewed importance in addressing real-world problems.
In this talk, Prof Yeung Sai-Kit will be discussing his research relating to 3D reconstruction, scene understanding, content generation, and fabrication. He will also share this core research can be used in multi-disciplinary projects involving city planning, seafloor surveying, and fishery design. Lastly, he will conclude his talk by discussing potential collaborative projects between computer vision, graphics, and other disciplines to address challenging issues related to human empowerment and the building of sustainable environments.
SPEAKER
Prof Yeung Sai-Kit is an Associate Professor at the Division of Integrative Systems and Design (ISD) and the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST). His research interests include 3D vision and graphics, content generation, fabrication, and novel computational techniques and integrative systems for marine-related problems.
Prof Yeung has published extensively in premiere computer vision and graphics venues including numerous full oral papers in CVPR, ICCV, and AAAI. His work has received best paper honourable mention awards at ICCP 2015 and 3DV 2016. He has served as a Senior Program Committee member in IJCAI and AAAI, and as a Course Chair for SIGGRAPH Asia 2019. In addition, he regularly serves as a Technical Papers Committee member for SIGGPAPH & SIGGRAPH Asia and is currently an Associate Editor of the ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG).