Hongtu

Hongtu Xu

About

I am a third-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), advised by Prof. Shuang Zhao. My research interests lie in computer graphics, particularly physics-based rendering, differentiable rendering and simulation. My current research focuses on developing Monte Carlo solvers for PDEs.
I obtained B.Eng. degree in Computer Science and Technology at ShanghaiTech University. During my undergraduate study, I was fortunate to work with Prof. Xiaopei Liu and Prof. Changxi Zheng on efficient fluid simulation.

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Interests

  • Computer graphics, rendering, simulation, systems
  • Physics-based rendering and differentiable rendering

Education

UCI
University of California, Irvine, Ph.D. in Computer Science

Irvine, USA, Sep. 2023 - July 2025 | Moved to UIUC with my advisor


Honors and Awards


Experience

Flare
Computer Graphics Research Assistant

Jun. 2021 - Jul. 2023, Shanghai, ShanghaiTech University

ShanghaiTech
Teaching Assistant at ShanghaiTech University

CS 171 Computer Graphics I, CS 100 Introduction to Programming, SI 100B Introduction to Information Science and Technology