Hui Zhang, Ph.D

Sr. Research Analyst of Advanced Visualization Lab

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Cognitive Science Program

Research Interests

My research focuses on several areas involved with scientific visualization and HCI, including VR and virtual human modeling for studying embodied social interaction, human-robot interaction, the virtual exploration of a digitally animated universe, depiction of objects in higher dimensions, and the development of haptic(touch-based interfaces with force-feedback) approaches to the exploration of knots and mathematical objects in three and four dimensions. I am also broadly interested in user interface elements, e.g., pseudo-haptic interface for sketching based visualization, and the improvement of 3D navigation using pseudo-haptic software technique.

Publications

• HAI/HRI

  • D. Fricker, H. Zhang, & C. Yu (2011). Sequential Pattern Mining of Multimodal Data Streams in Social Interactions. In the Proceedings of IEEE ICDL-EPIROB 2011.
  • H. Zhang, D. Fricker, T.G. Smith, & C. Yu (2010). Real-Time Adaptive Behaviors in Multimodal Human-Avatar Interactions. In Proceedings of ACM 12th International Conference on Multimodal Interfaces and 7th Workshop on Machine Learning for Multimodal Interaction (ICMI-MLMI 2010).
  • H. Zhang, D. Fricker, & C. Yu (2010). A Multimodal Real-Time Platform for Studying Human-Avatar Interactions. In Proceedings of 10th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA 2010).
  • H. Zhang, D. Fricker, & C. Yu (2010). Modeling Real-time Multimodal Interactions with Virtual Humans. Two page abstract presented at IEEE ICDL 2010. Ann Arbor, Michigan.
  • C. Yu, H. Zhang, & L. Smith (2006). Learning Through Multimodal Interaction. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference of Development and Learning.
  • H. Zhang, C. Yu, & L. Smith (2006). Using Virtual Humans to Study the Role of Social Cues in Learning. The annual meeting of the XVth Biennial International Conference on Infant Studies, Westin Miyako, Japan, Jun 19, 2006.
  • H. Zhang, C. Yu, & L. Smith (2006). An Interactive Virtual Reality Platform for Studying Embodied Social Interaction. In Proceedings of the CogSci06 Symposium Toward Social Mechanisms of Android Science.
  • C. Yu, H. Zhang, & L. Smith (2006). Using Virtual Humans To Study Embodied Social Interaction. In the Proceedings of CogScie/ICCS 2006.

• Math Visualization

  • J. Weng, & H. Zhang (2012). Pseudo-haptic Interaction With Knot Diagrams. To appear in SPIE Journal of Electronic Imaging.
  • L. Jing, X. Huang, Y. Zhong, Y. Wu, & H. Zhang (2012). A Python based 4D Visualization Environment. An extended version accepted by the International Journal of Advancements in Computing Technology (ISSN: 2005-8039).
  • L. Jing, X. Huang, Y. Zhong, Y. Wu, & H. Zhang (2012). A Python based 4D Visualization Environment. To appear in Proceedings of ICICA 2012.
  • H. Zhang, J. Weng, & A. Hanson (2011). A Pseudo-haptic Knot Diagram Interface. In Proceedings of SPIE VDA 2011 Conference.
  • H. Zhang, & A. Hanson (2007). Shadow Driven Haptic 4D Visualization. IEEE TVCG November/December 2007 (Vol. 13, No. 6) pp. 1688-1695
  • H. Zhang, S. Thakur, & A. Hanson (2007). Haptic Exploration Of Mathematical Knots. The Third International Symposium on Visual Computing, Lake Tahoe, 2007. Volume 4841 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, 2007
  • H. Zhang, & A. Hanson (2006). Physically Interacting With Four Dimensions. The second International Symposium on Visual Computing, Lake Tahoe, 2006. Volume 4291 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer, 2006.
  • A. Hanson, & H. Zhang (2005). Multimodal Exploration Of The Fourth Dimension. In Proceedings of IEEE Visualization, pages 263-270, 2005.
  • J. Weng, Y. Zhuang, & H. Zhang (2005). Error-Bounded Solid Voxelization For Polygonal Model Based On Heuristic Seed Filling. In Proceedings of ISVC 2005. LNCS 3804, pp. 607-612. 2005.

• Algorithm/Simulation

  • Y. Zhong, L. Wang, C. Wang, & H. Zhang (2012). Multi-agent simulated annealing algorithm based on differential evolution algorithm. Int. J. Bio-Inspired Computation (In Press).
  • E.K. Kohara, H. Zhang, R. Arthur, G. Eckert, & M. Ando (2012). Non-Destructive Analysis of Artificial Caries Lesions in Human Enamel. 2012 IUSD Research Day Presentation.
  • Y. Zhong, J. Ning, & H. Zhang (2012). Multi-agent Simulated Annealing Algorithm Based on Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm. To appear in International Journal of Computer Applications in Technology (2012).
  • X. Lin, C. Wu, Y. Zhong, & H. Zhang (2011). Firefly Algorithm with New Attractiveness Measurement Using Normalized Distance. Proceedings 2011 IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Computing and Intelligent Systems. Volume 2. pp 684-688.
  • X. Lin, L. Wang, Y. Zhong, & H. Zhang (2011). Differential Evolution Algorithm with Fine Evaluation Strategy for Multi-dimensional Function Optimization Problems. Volume 7002 of LNCS - Advances in Artificial Intelligence and Computational Intelligence (2011). Page 128-136. Springer Berlin / Heidelberg.
  • J. Weng, Y. Zhuang, & H. Zhang (2005). Error-Bounded Solid Voxelization For Polygonal Model Based On Heuristic Seed Filling. In Proceedings of ISVC 2005. LNCS 3804, pp. 607-612. 2005.

Videos

Touching the 4D Torus

The 4D Torus is an example of using haptics to explore and visualize mathematical objects that exist outside of normal 3D space. In this video segment, a 4D dimensional torus (doughnut) is explored with haptics and graphics to allow researchers to feel objects that cannot be easily visualized. Play Video

Ph.D Thesis

Physically Interacting with Four Dimensions