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Liang-Jun Zhang
Ph.D. 2009 |
Since Jan 2012, I work for Honda Research Institute USA.
I
am involved in research and
development of path planning, vision and control algorithms for
autonomous vehicles.
I was a Computing
Innovation Fellow hosted by Department of Computer
Science
at Stanford University from Sep 2009 to Sep 2011. My mentor
was Prof. Jean-Claude
Latombe.
I graduated from the Department of Computer Science at the University of North Carolina - Chapel
Hill in
2009.
My Ph.D. advisor was Prof. Dinesh
Manocha. I was a member of the GAMMA
research group.
I received my bachelor’s
and master’s
degrees from Department of
Computer Science
at Zhejiang University.
Research
Interests
- Robot motion
planning; Robotics; Geometric computation;
- CAD and virtual
prototyping; Computer graphics and animations; Digital human modeling;
Computational structural biology
Research Projects
- Modeling and Conformational Sampling for Folded Proteins (Protein 2EZM: Video1, Video2)
- Human Motion Planning and Synthesis (Video)
- Efficient Sample-based Motion Planning (Videos: alpha puzzle, car seat)
- Generalized Penetration Depth Computation
- Complete Motion Planning (Videos: gears, 2D puzzle)
Publications (BIBTexFile)
2012
- SR-RRT: Selective Retraction-Based
RRT Planner
Junghwan Lee, Osung Kwon, Liangjun Zhang, Sung-eui Yoon
2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
PDF (coming soon)
2011
- Sampling-based Exploration of
Folded State of a Protein Under Kinematic and Geometric Constraints
Peggy Yao, Liangjun Zhang, Jean-Claude Latombe
Proteins: Structure, Function, and Bioinformatics
PDF (prepint) Video1, Video2 - Collision-Free and
Curvature-Continuous Path Smoothing In Cluttered Environments
Jia Pan, Liangjun Zhang, Dinesh Manocha
Robotics: Science and Systems, 2011
PDF Project Webpage
2010
- A Hybrid Approach for Simulating
Human Motion in Constrained Environments
Jia Pan, Liangjun Zhang, Ming C. Lin, Dinesh Manocha
Journal of Visualization and Computer Animation, Volume 21, Issue 3-4:, 137-149, 2010
(Selected papers from 23rd International Conference on Computer Animation and Social Agents (CASA), 2010)
PDF Project Webpage - Retraction-Based RRT Planner for
Articulated Models
Jia Pan, Liangjun Zhang, Dinesh Manocha
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2010
PDF Project Webpage
2009
- Efficient Motion Planning using
Generalized Penetration Depth Computation
Liangjun Zhang
Ph.D. Thesis, Department of Computer Science, UNC Chapel Hill, Aug 2009
Abstract PDF - Motion Planning and Synthesis of
Human-like Characters in Constrained Environments
Liangjun Zhang, Jia Pan, Dinesh Manocha
The Second International Workshop on Motion in Games (MIG), 2009 (invited paper) - Motion Planning of Human-Like
Robots using Constrained Coordination
Liangjun Zhang, Jia Pan, Dinesh Manocha
International Conference on Humanoid Robots, 2009
PDF Project Webpage - Global Vector Field Computation for
Feedback Motion Planning
Liangjun Zhang, Steven M. LaValle, Dinesh Manocha
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2009
PDF Project Webpage
2008
- Constrained Motion Interpolation
with Distance Constraints
Liangjun Zhang, Dinesh Manocha
The Eighth International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), 2008
PDF, Project Webpage - Efficient Cell Labelling and Path
Non-existence Computation using C-obstacle Query
Liangjun Zhang, Young J. Kim, Dinesh Manocha
The International Journal of Robotics Research, 2008,
PDF, Project Webpage - Efficient distance computation in
configuration space
Liangjun Zhang, Young J. Kim, Dinesh Manocha
Computer Aided Geometric Design (special issue on SPM 07), Volume 25, Issue 7, Oct 2008, 489-502, Journal
PDF, Project Webpage - D-Plan: Efficient Collision-Free
Path Computation For Part Removal and Disassembly
Liangjun Zhang, Xin Huang, Young J. Kim, Dinesh Manocha
International CAD Conference (CAD'08), 2008, Best Paper Award
Journal of Computer-Aided Design and Applications, Volume 5, Issue 6, 2008, 774-786
PDF, Project Webpage - An Efficient Retraction-based RRT
Planner
Liangjun Zhang, Dinesh Manocha
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2008
PDF Project Webpage
2007
- A Hybrid Approach for Complete
Motion Planning
Liangjun Zhang, Young J. Kim, Dinesh Manocha
IEEE/RSJ International Conference On Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2007
PDF Project Webpage - A Fast and Practical Algorithm for
Generalized Penetration Depth Computation
Liangjun Zhang, Young J. Kim, Dinesh Manocha
Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2007
PDF - C-DIST: Efficient Distance
Computation for Rigid and Articulated Models in Configuration Space
Liangjun Zhang, Young J. Kim, Dinesh Manocha
ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Symposium (SPM), 2007
Project Webpage - Generalized Penetration Depth
Computation
Liangjun Zhang, Young J. Kim, Gokul Varadhan, Dinesh Manocha
CAD special issue on SPM 06, Volume 39, Issue 8, Aug 2007, 625-638, Journal
Paper Project Webpage - Homotopy Preserving Approximate
Voronoi Diagram of 3D Polyhderon
Avneesh Sud, Liangjun Zhang, Mark Foskey, Dinesh Manocha
Computer Graphics Forum special issue, 2007, Journal
2006
- Reliable Implicit Surface
Polygonization using Visibility Mapping
Gokul Varadhan, Shankar Krishnan, Liangjun Zhang, Dinesh Manocha
Eurographics Symposium on Geometry Processing (SGP), 2006
Project Webpage - A Simple Path Non-Existence
Algorithm Using C-obstacle Query
Liangjun Zhang, Young J. Kim, Dinesh Manocha
The Seventh International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR), 2006
PDF - Fast Penetration Depth Computation
and its Applications
Young J. Kim, Liangjun Zhang, Ming C. Lin, Dinesh Manocha
Nicographics 2006 (invited paper)
PDF - Generalized Penetration Depth
Computation
Liangjun Zhang, Young J. Kim, Gokul Varadhan, Dinesh Manocha
ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Symposium (SPM), 2006, 173-184
Project Webpage PDF PPT - Holoimages
Xianfeng Gu, Song Zhang , Liangjun Zhang, Peisen S.
ACM Solid and Physical Modeling Symposium (SPM), 2006
PDF - Fast C-obstacle Query Computation
for Motion Planning
Liangjun Zhang, Young J. Kim, Gokul Varadhan, Dinesh Manocha
IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2006, 3035-3040
PDF PPT(Slides) AVI (Demo, 8M)
Teaching
- COMP 110: Introduction to Programming, Summer II, 2008
Last Update: 04/24/2011
