Dr. Liangjun Zhang has published more than 85 research papers across prestigious peer-reviewed international journals, book chapters, and conferences, such as Science Robotics, TPAMI, IJRR, TRO, AURO, TITS, TMM, ICCV, CVPR, ECCV, RSS, ICRA, IROS, ACC, and AAAI.

Latest Publications

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Past Publications (BIBTexFile)

• Selective retraction-based RRT planner for various environments
  Junghwan Lee, Osung Kwon, Liangjun Zhang, Sung-eui Yoon
  IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2014
  
• SR-RRT: Selective Retraction-Based RRT Planner
  Junghwan Lee, Osung Kwon, Liangjun Zhang, Sung-eui Yoon
  2012 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
  

• 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
  Paper
• Collision-Free and Curvature-Continuous Path Smoothing In Cluttered Environments
  Jia Pan, Liangjun Zhang, Dinesh Manocha
  Robotics: Science and Systems, 2011
  PDF Project Webpage

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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. Huang, Ralph Martin, Shing-Tung Yau
  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) 

Selected Patents

• Motion based adaptive rendering