Profile

Name: Yan ZHAO

Affiliation: JIANGSU UNIVERSITY
School of Computer Science and Communication Engineering
Associate Professor
     

E-mail: yanzhao_cs (AT) ujs.edu.cn, chat_zhaoyan (AT) 163.com



Yan Zhao received his Ph.D. degree in Graduate School of Systems and Information Engineering from University of Tsukuba, Japan, in 2018. He received his M.E. degree from Iwate University, Japan, in 2014. Hereceived his B.E. degree from Northwest A&F University, China, in 2011. He is an associate professor at the School of Computer Science and Communication Engineering in Jiangsu University. His research interest includes computer graphics, human-computer interface, and computational origami.

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Research Interest

Computer graphics，Computational origami，Folding simulation and visualization

Selected Projects

Modeling methods of cylindrical and axisymmetric waterbomb origami based on multi‑objective optimization
(Multimedia Systems, 2024)(Project) NEW
Inverse design of three-dimensional surfaces via waterbomb tessellations
(Computer-Aided Design, 2023)(Project)
Constructing foldable cylindrical surfaces via unfolded waterbomb origami units
(Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, 2022)(Project)
Computational Design Methods for Cylindrical and Axisymmetric Waterbomb Tessellations
(Computer Aided Geometric Design, 2021)(Project)
A Computational Design Method for Tucking Axisymmetric Origami Consisting of Triangular Facets
(Symmetry)(Project)
Design and motion analysis of axisymmetric 3D origami withgeneric six-crease bases
Computer Aided Geometric Design, 2018)(Project)
Approximating 3D Surfaces using Generalized Waterbomb Tessellations
(Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, 2018)(Project)
InsTangible: A Tangible User Interface Combining Pop-up Cards with Conductive Ink Printing
(International Conference on Entertainment Computing 2017)(Project)
Geometry of Axisymmetric 3D Origami Consisting of Triangular Facets
(Journal for Geometry and Graphics, 2017)(Project)

Publications

Journals:
  1. Mingyue Zhang, Yan Zhao*:"Modeling methods of cylindrical and axisymmetric waterbomb origami based on multi‑objective optimization", Multimedia Systems, Volume 30, Article number 135, (2024).([DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s00530-024-01326-8])
  2. Yan Zhao*, Yinglei Wei:"Inverse design of three-dimensional surfaces via waterbomb tessellations", Computer-Aided Design, 2023, 156：103461.([DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cad.2022.103461])(SCI IF:3.652)
  3. Yan Zhao*, Yinglei Wei, Yiyang Jia, Shiling Li, Mingyue Zhang, Lanling Zeng, Yang Yang and Jun Mitani:"Constructing foldable cylindrical surfaces via unfolded waterbomb origami units", Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, 2022, 9(4)：1498-1510.([DOI:https://doi.org/10.1093/jcde/qwac062]) (SCI IF:6.167)
  4. Yan Zhao*, Shiling Li, Mingyue Zhang, Lanling Zeng, Yang Yang, Yoshihiro Kanamori, Jun Mitani:"Computational Design Methods for Cylindrical and Axisymmetric Waterbomb Tessellations", Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol.91 (2021) pp.102037.([DOI:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cagd.2021.102037]) (SCI IF:1.382)
  5. Yan Zhao*, Yuki Endo, Yoshihiro Kanamori, Jun Mitani: "A Computational Design Method for Tucking Axisymmetric Origami Consisting of Triangular Facets", Symmetry 2018, 10(10), 469. (SCIE IF: 1.213).
  6. Yan Zhao*, Yoshihiro Kanamori, Jun Mitani: "Design and Motion Analysis of Axisymmetric 3D Origami with Generic Six-crease Bases", Computer Aided Geometric Design, Vol. 59, pp. 86-97, 2018. ([Link]) [Preprint] (SCI IF: 1.522)
  7. Yan Zhao*, Yuki Endo, Yoshihiro Kanamori, Jun Mitani: "Approximating 3D Surfaces using Generalized Waterbomb Tessellations", Journal of Computational Design and Engineering, Vol. 5, Issue 4, pp. 442-448, 2018. [Link], (SCI IF: 6.167).
  8. Yan Zhao, Yoshihiro Kanamori, Jun Mitani: "Geometry of Axisymmetric 3D Origami Consisting of Triangular Facets", Journal for Geometry and Graphics, Vol. 21, No. 1, pp. 107-118, 2017. [Link] [Preprint].
International:
  1. Yan Zhao*, Yuta Sugiura*, Mitsunori Tada, Jun Mitani: "InsTangible: A Tangible User Interface Combining Pop-up Cards with Conductive Ink Printing", Lecture Notes in Computer Science (International Conference on Entertainment Computing 2017, 72-80) [DOI] [Preprint] [Preprint in Japanese] [Video] (EI).
Grants:
  1. Monbukagakusho Scholarship, supported by Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2011.October-2014.September
  2. Monbukagakusho Scholarship, supported by Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, 2017.April-2018.March
  3. National Natural Science Foundation of China (No.61902155)
  4. Research Initiation Fund for Senior Talents of Jiangsu University (No.19JDG024)
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