Principal Investigator
Taku Komura
Professor
Physical Simulation, Character Animation, 3D Modelling
Graduate Students
Mingyi Shi
PhD, Nov. 2020 – 2026 (expected).
3D Human Moton, Generative AI
Jintao Lu
PhD, since Sep. 2021.
Human Scene Interaction, Motion Control
Kemeng Huang
PhD, Sep. 2022 – Dec. 2026 (expected).
Physical Simulation, High Performance Computing
Huancheng Lin
M.Phil., since Sep. 2022.
Physical Simulation, Computer Graphics, High Performance Computing
Wenjia Wang
Affiliated with Mirod Joint LabPhD, Jan. 2023 – Oct. 2026 (expected).
Human Prior Model, World Model, Robot Learning
Zhouyingcheng Liao
Affiliated with Mirod Joint LabPhD, since Jan. 2023.
Robot Learning, Capture System, Retargeting
Leo Ho
MPhil, since Aug. 2024.
Multi-Actor Generation, Motion Capture
Yuke Lou
PhD, since Sep. 2023.
Motion Generation, Character Animation, 3D Generation
Xiaohan Ye
PhD, since Sep. 2023.
Physics Simulation, Motion Control
Huaijin Pi
PhD, since Sep. 2024.
Computer Graphics, 3D Vision, Character Animation
Rui Xu
PhD, since Sep. 2024.
Co-supervised by Prof. Wenping Wang.
Geometry Processing, 3D Vision, Generative Models
Xuan Wang
PhD, since Sep. 2024.
Physical Simulation, GPU Algorithms
Liang Pan
PhD, since Sep. 2025.
Character Animation, Human-Scene Interaction, Reinforcement Learning
Tianyang Xue
PhD, since Sep. 2025.
Geometry Processing, Microstructure Design, Computer Graphics
Wei Liu
MPhil, since Sep. 2025.
Character Animation
Zipeng Li
PhD, since Sep. 2025.
Character Animation
Litian Zhang
PhD, since May 2026.
Physics-based Simulation, Computational Physics, Computer Graphics
Boyang Yu
PhD, since Aug. 2026.
Computer Graphics
Patt Phurtivilai
MPhil, since Sep. 2026.
3D Vision, 3D Tracking, 3D Reconstruction, Neural Rendering
Research Staff
Jingyuan Liu
Postdoc
Computer Vision, Computer Graphics, Human-Computer Interaction
Deshan Gong
Postdoc
Physics-based Simulation, Computer Graphics, Differentiable Physics, Cloth Simulation
Research Assistant
Bowen Ren
Research Assistant, since Nov. 2025. Incoming PhD Student.
Computer Graphics, Physics-based Animation
Kaiyang Ji
Affiliated with Mirod Joint LabResearch Assistant
Computer Vision, Machine Learning, Robotics, Human-Centered 3D Vision, Generative Models, Embodied AI
Junior Research Assistant
Boran Wang
Affiliated with Mirod Joint LabResearch Assistant
3D Reconstruction, Human Pose Estimation, Agentic AI
Zijing Yang
Affiliated with Mirod Joint LabResearch Assistant
Embodied Intelligence, Human-Centered Perception, Robotic Systems, Dexterous Grasping, Visual Perception