I’m now working on the application of computer graphics and robotics technologies in the medical field. If you are seeking any form of academic cooperation, please feel free to email me at lfzhulf@gmail.com.

I graduated from School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University (复旦大学数学科学学院) with a bachelor’s degree and from the Graphics Lab of EECS, Peking University (北京大学图形与交互技术实验室) with a Ph.D.’s degree. Following my doctoral studies, I held postdoctoral research positions at The University of Tokyo and the School of Engineering and Applied Science at the University of Pennsylvania. I also served as a visiting scholar at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at Carnegie Mellon University.

I won the First Prize for the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China Science and Technology Progress Award (教育部科技进步一等奖), the First Prize for the Jiangsu Institution of Engineers Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, and a Best Paper Award at The 21st Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications, Pacific Graphics 2013. I am also proud to have mentored students who have achieved national top honors, such as the National Special Prize in the “Challenge Cup” competition (挑战杯大学生课外学术科技作品竞赛特等奖) and First Prize in national robotics and artificial intelligence competitions.

My research interests primarily lie in Computer-Aided Design and Simulation, Robot Design and Control, and Haptic Perception and Interaction. To date, I have led or been significantly involved in 10+ national and provincial-level projects, including those under the National Key R&D Program of China.

In the fields of computer graphics and robotics, I have published 50+ papers in renowned journals such as TOG, TVCG, TRO, RAL, TOH and at top international conferences such as Siggraph, VR, CHI, UIST, ICRA.

🔥 News

• 2025.05:  🎉🎉 One paper got accepted by TRO.
• 2025.02:  🎉🎉 One paper got accepted by VR 2025.
• 2024.05:  🎉🎉 One paper got accepted by Siggraph 2024.
• 2024.02:  🎉🎉 One paper got accepted by VR 2024.

📝 Publications

*=equal contribution, #=corresponding author

Journal Paper

TRO

Tactile Elastography

Yichen Xiang^*, Lifeng Zhu^#, Aiguo Song, Yongiie Jessica Zhang

TVCG

Synthesize Personalized Training for Robot-Assisted Upper Limb Rehabilitation With Diversity Enhancement

Yuting Fan^*, Lifeng Zhu^#, Hui Wang, Aiguo Song

• IEEE Transactions on Emerging Topics in Computational Intelligence Differentiable Collaborative Patches for Neural Scene Representations, Heng Zhang^*, Lifeng Zhu^#, 2025.
• IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics TapeTouch: A Handheld Shape-changing Device for Haptic Display of Soft Objects, Lifeng Zhu^#,*, Xudong Jiang, Jiangwei Shen, et al, 2022.

Conference Paper

VR 2025

MRUCT: Mixed Reality Assistance for Acupuncture Guided by Ultrasonic Computed Tomography

Xinkai Wang^*, Yue Yang^*, Kehong Zhou, Xue Xie, Aiguo Song, Lifeng Zhu^#, Bruce Daniel

Siggraph 2024

TexPainter: Generative Mesh Texturing with Multi-view Consistency

Hongkun Zhang^*, Zerong Pan, Congyi Zhang, Lifeng Zhu^#, Xifeng Gao

• VR 2024 Force-regulated Elastic Linear Objects Tracking for Virtual and Augmented Reality, Yusheng Luo^*, Lifeng Zhu^#, Aiguo Song, Orlando, USA.
• ICRA 2023 Implicit Neural Field Guidance for Teleoperated Robot-assisted Surgery, Heng Zhang^*, Jiangwei Shen, Lifeng Zhu^#, et al, London, UK.

🎖 Honors and Awards

• 2023 Jiangsu Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, First Prize (江苏省科技进步一等奖).
• 2023 Scientific and Technological Achievement Award, First Prize, the Jiangsu Institution of Engineers (江苏省工程师学会科学技术成果一等奖).
• 2022 Teaching Achievement Award, Grand Prize, China Instrument and Control Society (中国仪器仪表学会教学成果奖特等奖).
• 2013 The 21st Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications, Pacific Graphics 2013, Best Paper (第21届太平洋计算机图形学及应用会议最佳论文).
• 2008 Science and Technology Progress Award, First Prize, Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China (教育部科技进步一等奖).

📖 Educations

• 2003.09 - 2007.07, Bachelor, School of Mathematical Sciences, Fudan University, Shanghai.
• 2015.09 - 2019.06, Ph.D., Graphics Lab of EECS, Peking Univeristy, Beijing.

💼 Work History

• 2012.08 - 2013.08, Postdoc Researcher, JST/ERATO, Toyko University, Japan.
• 2013.08 - 2015.02, Postdoc Researcher, School of Engineering and Applied Science, the University of Pennsylvania, USA.
• 2015.03 - Now, Assistant Professor/Associate Professor/Professor, School of Instrument Science and Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing.
• 2018.01 - 2018.12, Visiting Scholar, Department of Mechanical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, USA.