I am an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology of Tsinghua University. I received my doctor and bachelor degree from Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University in 2009 and in 2005, respectively.
My research interests include: real-time rendering, image/video editing, and 3D scene synthesis.
My contact info:
Email: xukun (at) tsinghua.edu.cn
Office: East Main Building 9-213, Tsinghua Univeristy, Beijing, P.R. China, P.C.: 100084
2023 | |
Extended Path Space Manifolds for Physically Based Differentiable RenderingSIGGRAPH Asia, 2023 | |
Image vectorization and editing via linear gradient layer decompositionACM Transactions on Graphics, 42(4), 97:1 – 97:13, 2023 (SIGGRAPH 2023) project page paper supplemental slides bibtex @article{Du2023Layer, author = {Du, Zheng-Jun and Kang, Liang-Fu and Tan, Jianchao and Gingold, Yotam and Xu, Kun}, title = {Image Vectorization and Editing via Linear Gradient Layer Decomposition}, year = {2023}, issue_date = {August 2023}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, volume = {42}, number = {4}, issn = {0730-0301}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3592128}, doi = {10.1145/3592128}, journal = {ACM Trans. Graph.}, month = {jul}, articleno = {97}, numpages = {13}, keywords = {vectorization, compositing, layers, recoloring, gradient, color space, images, RGB} } | |
2022 | |
LuisaRender: A High-Performance Rendering Framework with Layered and Unified Interfaces on Stream ArchitecturesACM Transactions on Graphics 41(6), 232:1 – 232:19, 2022 (SIGGRAPH Asia 2022) project page paper supplemental code bibtex @article{Zheng2022LuisaRender, title = {LuisaRender: A High-Performance Rendering Framework with Layered and Unified Interfaces on Stream Architectures}, author = {Zheng, Shaokun and Zhou, Zhiqian and Chen, Xin and Yan, Difei and Zhang, Chuyan and Geng, Yuefeng and Gu, Yan and Xu, Kun}, journal = {ACM Trans. Graph.}, volume = {41}, number = {6}, year = {2022}, issue_date = {December 2022}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, issn = {0730-0301}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3550454.3555463}, doi = {10.1145/3550454.3555463}, month = {dec}, articleno = {232}, numpages = {19} } | |
Differentiable Rendering using RGBXY Derivatives and Optimal TransportACM Transactions on Graphics 41(6), 189:1 – 189:13, 2022 (SIGGRAPH Asia 2022) project page paper supplemental code bibtex @article{Xing2022drot, title = {Differentiable Rendering using RGBXY Derivatives and Optimal Transport}, author = {Xing, Jiankai and Luan, Fujun and Yan, Ling-Qi and Hu, Xuejun and Qian, Houde and Xu, Kun}, journal = {ACM Trans. Graph.}, volume = {41}, number = {6}, year = {2022}, issue_date = {December 2022}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3550454.3555479}, issn = {0730-0301}, doi = {10.1145/3550454.3555479}, month = {dec}, articleno = {189}, numpages = {13} } | |
Unbiased Caustics Rendering Guided by Representative Specular PathIn Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia, 2022 project page paper supplemental bibtex @inproceedings{Li2022Pathcut, author = {He Li and Beibei Wang and Changehe Tu and Kun Xu and Nicolas Holzschuch and Ling-Qi Yan}, title = {Unbiased Caustics Rendering Guided by Representative Specular Paths}, booktitle={Proceedings of SIGGRAPH Asia 2022}, year = {2022}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3550469.3555381}, doi = {10.1145/3550469.3555381}, } | |
Neural Color Operators for Sequential Image RetouchingIn Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2022 project page paper supplemental code bibtex @InProceedings{wang2022neurop, author = {Wang, Yili and Li, Xin and Xu, Kun and He, Dongliang and Zhang, Qi and Li, Fu and Ding, Errui}, title = {Neural Color Operators for Sequential Image Retouching}, booktitle = {Computer Vision -- ECCV 2022}, year = {2022}, } | |
Neural Global Illumination: Interactive Indirect Illumination Prediction under Dynamic Area LightsIEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Early Access), 2022 paper supplemental video bibtex @article{gao2022NGL, author={Gao, Duan and Mu, Haoyuan and Xu, Kun}, journal={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics}, title={Neural Global Illumination: Interactive Indirect Illumination Prediction under Dynamic Area Lights}, year={2022}, volume={}, number={}, pages={1-17}, doi={10.1109/TVCG.2022.3209963} } | |
An Image-to-video Model for Real-Time Video EnhancementIn Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Multimedia, 2022 @inproceedings{she2022video, author = {She, Dongyu and Xu, Kun}, title = {An Image-to-Video Model for Real-Time Video Enhancement}, year = {2022}, isbn = {9781450392037}, publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery}, address = {New York, NY, USA}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3503161.3548325}, doi = {10.1145/3503161.3548325}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the 30th ACM International Conference on Multimedia}, pages = {1837–1846}, numpages = {10}, keywords = {image enhancement, image-to-video model, video enhancement, temporal consistency}, location = {Lisboa, Portugal}, series = {MM '22} } | |
2021 | |
Ensemble Denoising for Monte Carlo RenderingsACM Transactions on Graphics 40(6), 274:1 – 274:17, 2021 (SIGGRAPH Asia 2021) @article{Zheng:2021:EnsembleDenoising, author = {Zheng, Shaokun and Zheng, Fengshi and Xu, Kun and Yan, Ling-Qi}, title = {Ensemble Denoising for Monte Carlo Renderings}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {40}, number = {6}, year = {2021}, articleno = {274}, numpages = {17}, pages = {274:1--274:17} } | |
Fast and Accurate Spherical Harmonics ProductsACM Transactions on Graphics 40(6), 280:1-280:14, 2021 (SIGGRAPH Asia 2021) @article{Xin:2021:SHProducts, author = {Xin, Hanggao and Zhou, Zhiqian and An, Di and Yan, Ling-Qi and Xu, Kun and Hu, Shi-Min and Yau, Shing-Tung}, title = {Fast and Accurate Spherical Harmonics Products}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {40}, number = {6}, year = {2021}, articleno = {280}, numpages = {14}, pages = {280:1--280:14} } | |
Video Recoloring via Spatial-Temporal Geometric PalettesACM Transactions on Graphics, 40(4), 150:1-150:16,2021 (SIGGRAPH 2021) paper slides video supplemental code bibtex @article{Du:2021:VRS, author = {Du, Zheng-Jun and Lei, Kai-Xiang and Xu, Kun and Tan, Jianchao and Gingold, Yotam}, title = {Video Recoloring via Spatial-Temporal Geometric Palettes}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {40}, number = {4}, year = {2021}, month = aug, articleno = {150}, numpages = {16}, keywords = {free-viewpoint, neural rendering, relighting}, pages = {150:1--150:16}, keywords = {Palette, Color, Grading, Painting, Image, Video, Spatial-temporal, Recoloring, Layer, RGB} } | |
Hierarchical Layout-Aware Graph Convolutional Network for Unified Aesthetics AssessmentIn Proceedings of IEEE CVPR 2021. paper supplemental jittor code bibtex @InProceedings{She:2021:AestheticsAssessment, author = {She, Dongyu and Lai, Yu-Kun and Yi, Gaoxiong and Xu, Kun}, title = {Hierarchical Layout-Aware Graph Convolutional Network for Unified Aesthetics Assessment}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR)}, month = {June}, year = {2021}, pages = {8475-8484} } | |
2020 | |
Deferred Neural Lighting: Free-viewpoint Relighting from Unstructured PhotographsACM Transactions on Graphics, 39(6), 258:1-258:15,2020 (SIGGRAPH Asia 2020) paper slides video supplemental code bibtex @article{Gao2020DeferredNeuralLighting, author = {Gao, Duan and Chen, Guojun and Dong, Yue and Peers, Pieter and Xu, Kun and Tong, Xin}, title = {Deferred Neural Lighting: Free-Viewpoint Relighting from Unstructured Photographs}, year = {2020}, volume = {39}, number = {6}, doi = {10.1145/3414685.3417767}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, month = nov, articleno = {258}, numpages = {15}, keywords = {free-viewpoint, neural rendering, relighting}, pages = {258:1--258:15}, } | |
Lightweight Bilateral Convolutional Neural Networks for Interactive Single-bounce Diffuse Indirect IlluminationIEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 2020, accepted. @ARTICLE{Xin2020BilateralCNN, author={Xin, Hanggao and Zheng, Shaokun and Xu, Kun and Yan, Ling-Qi}, journal={IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics}, title={Lightweight Bilateral Convolutional Neural Networks for Interactive Single-bounce Diffuse Indirect Illumination}, year={2020}, volume={}, number={}, pages={1-1}, doi={10.1109/TVCG.2020.3023129} } | |
2019 | |
Adversarial Monte Carlo denoising with conditioned auxiliary feature modulationACM Transactions on Graphics, 38(6), 224:1--224:12, 2019. (SIGGRAPH Asia 2019) @article{Xu2019AdversarialMCDenoising, author = {Bing Xu and Junfei Zhang and Rui Wang and Kun Xu and Yong-Liang Yang and Chuan Li and Rui Tang}, title = {Adversarial Monte Carlo Denoising with Conditioned Auxiliary Feature}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {38}, number = {6}, year = {2019}, pages = {224:1--224:12}, articleno = {224}, numpages = {12}, } | |
An Improved Geometric Approach for Palette‐based Image Decomposition and RecoloringComputer Graphics Forum 38(7), 11-22, 2019. (PG 2019) @article{Wang2019ImprovedPalette, author = {Wang, Yili and Liu, Yifan and Xu, Kun}, title = {An Improved Geometric Approach for Palette-based Image Decomposition and Recoloring}, journal = {Computer Graphics Forum}, volume = {38}, number = {7}, pages = {11--22}, year = {2019} } | |
Adaptive BRDF-Aware Multiple Importance Sampling of Many LightsComputer Graphics Forum 38(4), 123-133, 2019. (EGSR 2019) @article{Liu2019BRDFOrientedSampling, author = {Liu, Yifan and Xu, Kun and Yan, Ling-Qi}, title = {Adaptive BRDF-Oriented Multiple Importance Sampling of Many Lights}, journal = {Computer Graphics Forum}, volume = {38}, number = {4}, pages = {123--133}, year = {2019} } | |
Deep Inverse Rendering for High-resolution SVBRDF Estimation from an Arbitrary Number of ImagesACM Transactions on Graphics, 38(4), 134:1-134:15, 2019. (SIGGRAPH 2019) @article{Gao2019EstimationSVBRDF, author = {Gao, Duan and Li, Xiao and Dong, Yue and Peers, Pieter and Xu, Kun and Tong, Xin}, title = {Deep Inverse Rendering for High-resolution SVBRDF Estimation from an Arbitrary Number of Images}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, issue_date = {July 2019}, volume = {38}, number = {4}, month = jul, year = {2019}, issn = {0730-0301}, pages = {134:1--134:15}, articleno = {134}, numpages = {15}, doi = {10.1145/3306346.3323042}, } | |
Two-Layer QR CodesIEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 28(9):4413-4428,2019. @article{Yuan19TwoLayerQRCodes, author = {Tailing Yuan and Yili Wang and Kun Xu and Ralph R. Martin and Shi-Min Hu}, title = {Two-Layer QR Codes}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Image Processing}, volume = {28}, number = {9}, year = {2019}, pages = {4413--4428}, } | |
A Large Chinese Text Dataset in the WildJournal of Computer Science and Technology, 34(3), 509-521, 2019. project page paper supplemental dataset bibtex @article{Yuan19CTW, author = {Tai-Ling Yuan and Zhe Zhu and Kun Xu and Cheng-Jun Li and Tai-Jiang Mu and Shi-Min Hu}, title = {A Large Chinese Text Dataset in the Wild}, journal = {Journal of Computer Science and Technology}, volume = {34}, number = {3}, year = {2019}, pages = {509--521}, } | |
2018 | |
Real-time High-fidelity Surface Flow SimulationIEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 24(8), 2411-2423, 2018. @article{Ren18SurfaceFlow, author = {Bo Ren and Tailing Yuan and Chenfeng Li and Kun Xu and Shi-Min Hu}, title = {Real-time High-fidelity Surface Flow Simulation}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics}, volume = {24}, number = {8}, year = {2018}, pages = {2411--2423}, } | |
Computational Design of Transforming Pop-up BooksACM Transactions on Graphics, 37(1), 8:1--8:14, 2018. (presented at SIGGRAPH 2018) @article{Xiao18TransformPopup, author = {Xiao, Nan and Zhu, Zhe and Martin, Ralph R. and Xu, Kun and Lu, Jia-Ming and Hu, Shi-Min}, title = {Computational Design of Transforming Pop-up Books}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {37}, number = {1}, year = {2018}, pages = {8:1--8:14}, } | |
2017 | |
A survey of image synthesis and editing with generative adversarial networksTsinghua Science and Technology, 22(6), 660-674, 2017. @article{Wu17GANSurvey, author = {Xian Wu and Kun Xu and Peter Hall}, title = {A survey of image synthesis and editing with generative adversarial networks}, journal = {Tsinghua Science and Technology}, volume = {22}, number = {6}, year = {2017}, pages = {660--674}, } | |
Static Scene Illumination Estimation from Video with ApplicationsJournal of Computer Science and Technology, 32(3), 430-442, 2017. @article{Liu17VideoInsert, author = {Bin Liu and Kun Xu and Ralph Martin}, title = {Static Scene Illumination Estimation from Video with Applications}, journal = {Journal of Computer Science and Technology}, volume = {32}, number = {3}, year = {2017}, pages = {430--442}, } | |
2016 | |
Efficient, Edge-Aware, Combined Color Quantization and DitheringIEEE Transactions on Image Processing, 25(3), 1152-1162, 2016. @article{Huang16ColorQuantization, author = {Hao-Zhi Huang and Kun Xu and Ralph R. Martin and Fei-Yue Huang and Shi-Min Hu}, title = {Efficient, Edge-Aware, Combined Color Quantization and Dithering}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Image Processing}, volume = {25}, number = {3}, year = {2016}, pages = {1152--1162}, } | |
Faithful Completion of Images of Scenic Landmarks using Internet ImagesIEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 22(8), 1945 - 1958, 2016. @article{Zhu16FaithfulCompletion, author = {Zhu, Zhe and Huang, Hao-Zhi and Tan, Zhi-Peng and Xu, Kun and Hu, Shi-Min}, title = {Faithful Completion of Images of Scenic Landmarks using Internet Images}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics}, volume = {22}, number = {8}, year = {2016}, pages = {1945--1958}, } | |
2015 | |
Magic Decorator: Automatic Material Suggestion for Indoor Digital ScenesACM Transactions on Graphics, 34(6), 232:1 - 232:11, 2015. (SIGGRAPH Asia 2015) project page paper 22M slides 85M supplemental 45M video 45M bibtex @article{Chen15MagicDecorator, author = {Chen, Kang and Xu, Kun and Yu, Yizhou and Wang, Tian-Yi and Hu, Shi-Min}, title = {Magic Decorator: Automatic Material Suggestion for Indoor Digital Scenes}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {34}, number = {6}, year = {2015}, pages = {232:1--232:11}, } | |
2014 | |
A Practical Algorithm for Rendering Interreflections with All-frequency BRDFsACM Transactions on Graphics, 33(1), 10:1 - 10:16, 2014. (presented at SIGGRAPH 2014) project page paper 1.2M slides 37M video 30.9M bibtex @article{Xu14Interreflection, author = {Xu, Kun and Cao, Yan-Pei and Ma, Li-Qian and Dong, Zhao and Wang, Rui and Hu, Shi-Min}, title = {A Practical Algorithm for Rendering Interreflections with All-frequency BRDFs}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {33}, number = {1}, year = {2014}, pages = {10:1--10:16}, } | |
2013 | |
Anisotropic Spherical GaussiansACM Transactions on Graphics 32(6), 209:1 - 209:11, 2013. (SIGGRAPH Asia 2013). project page paper 2.3M slides 16.5M supplemental 1.7M video 45.8M bibtex @article{Xu13AnisotropicSG, author = {Kun Xu and Wei-Lun Sun and Zhao Dong and Dan-Yong Zhao and Run-Dong Wu and Shi-Min Hu}, title = {Anisotropic Spherical Gaussians}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {32}, number = {6}, year = {2013}, pages = {209:1--209:11}, } | |
Inverse Image Editing: Recovering a Semantic Editing History from a Before-and-After Image PairACM Transactions on Graphics 32(6), 194:1 - 194:11, 2013. (SIGGRAPH Asia 2013). project page paper 8.2M slides 43.4M supplemental 13.6M bibtex @article{Hu13InverseImageEditing, author = {Shi-Min Hu and Kun Xu and Li-Qian Ma and Bin Liu and Bi-Ye Jiang and Jue Wang}, title = {Inverse Image Editing: Recovering a Semantic Editing History from a Before-and-After Image Pair}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {32}, number = {6}, year = {2013}, pages = {194:1--194:11}, } | |
Change Blindness ImagesIEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics 19(11),1808-1819, 2013. project page paper 3.9M slides 6.7M supplemental 3.5M video 13.2M bibtex @article{Ma13ChangeBlindness, author = {Li-Qian Ma and Kun Xu and Tien-Tsin Wong and Bi-Ye Jiang and Shi-Min Hu}, title = {Change Blindness Images}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics}, volume = {19}, number = {11}, year = {2013}, pages = {1808--1819}, } | |
Sketch2Scene: Sketch-based Co-retrieval and Co-placement of 3D ModelsACM Transactions on Graphics 32(4), 123:1-123:12, 2013. (SIGGRAPH 2013). project page paper 6.1M pptx 33.0M supplemental 4.4M video 12.5M bibtex @article{Xu12Sketch2scene, author = {Kun Xu and Kang Chen and Hongbo Fu and Wei-Lun Sun and Shi-Min Hu}, title = {Sketch2Scene: sketch-based co-retrieval and co-placement of 3D models}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {32}, number = {4}, year = {2013}, pages = {123:1--123:12}, } | |
2012 | |
Accurate Translucent Material Rendering under Spherical Gaussian LightsComputer Graphics Forum 31(7), 2267–2276, 2012. (Pacific Graphics 2012) @article{Yan12GaussianTranslucent, author = {Ling-Qi Yan and Yahan Zhou and Kun Xu and Rui Wang}, title = {Accurate Translucent Material Rendering under Spherical Gaussian Lights}, journal = {Computer Graphics Forum}, volume = {31}, number = {7}, year = {2012}, pages = {2267-–2276}, } | |
Efficient Antialiased Edit Propagation for Images and VideosComputer & Graphics 36(8), 1005–1012, 2012. @article{Ma12AntialiasedEditPropagation, author = {Li-Qian Ma and Kun Xu}, title = {Efficient Antialiased Edit Propagation for Images and Videos}, journal = {Computer and Graphics}, volume = {36}, number = {8}, year = {2012}, pages = {1005–-1012}, } | |
2011 | |
Interactive Hair Rendering and Appearance Editing under Environment LightingACM Transactions on Graphics 30(6), 173:1-173:10, 2011. (SIGGRAPH Asia 2011) project page paper 1.9M pptx 34.6M pptx 4.4M (no video) supplemental 1.3M video 53.2M bibtex @article{Xu11sigasia, author = {Kun Xu and Li-Qian Ma and Bo Ren and Rui Wang and Shi-Min Hu}, title = {Interactive Hair Rendering and Appearance Editing under Environment Lighting}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {30}, number = {6}, year = {2011}, pages = {173:1--173:10}, articleno = {173}, } | |
2009 | |
Efficient Affinity-based Edit Propagation using K-D TreeACM Transactions on Graphics 28(5), 118:1-118:6, 2009. (SIGGRAPH Asia 2009) @article{Xu09sigasia, author = {Kun Xu and Yong Li and Tao Ju and Shi-Min Hu and Tian-Qiang Liu}, title = {Efficient Affinity-based Edit Propagation using K-D Tree}, journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics}, volume = {28}, number = {5}, year = {2009}, pages = {118:1--118:6}, articleno = {118}, } | |
Edit Propagation on Bidirectional Texture FunctionsComputer Graphics Forum 28(7), 1871-1877, 2009. (Pacific Graphics 2009) @article{Xu09pg, author = {Kun Xu and Jiaping Wang and Xin Tong and Shi-Min Hu and Baining Guo }, title = {Edit Propagation on Bidirectional Texture Functions}, journal = {Computer Graphics Forum}, volume = {28}, number = {7}, year = {2009}, pages = {1871--1877}, } | |
2008 | |
Spherical Piecewise Constant Basis Functions for All-Frequency Precomputed Radiance TransferIEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics 14(2), 454-467, 2008. @article{Xu08tvcg, author = {Kun Xu and Yun-Tao Jia and Hongbo Fu and Shi-Min Hu and Chiew-Lan Tai}, title = {Spherical Piecewise Constant Basis Functions for All-Frequency Precomputed Radiance Transfer}, journal = {IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics}, volume = {14}, number = {2}, year = {2008}, pages = {454--467}, } | |
2007 | |
Real-time homogeneous translucent material editingComputer Graphics Forum 26(3), 545-552, 2007. (EuroGraphics 2007) @article{Xu07eg, author = {Kun Xu and Yue Gao and Yong Li and Tao Ju and Shi-Min Hu}, title = {Real-time Homogenous Translucent Material Editing}, journal = {Computer Graphics Forum}, volume = {26}, number = {3}, year = {2007}, pages = {545--552}, } | |
2006 | |
Spherical Harmonics Scaling
Pacific Conference on Computer Graphics and Applications, Oct 2006. @article{Wang06pg, author = {Jiaping Wang and Kun Xu and Kun Zhou and Stephen Lin and Shi-Min Hu and Baining Guo}, title = {Spherical Harmonics Scaling}, journal = {The Visual Computer}, volume = {22}, month = {Sept}, year = {2006}, pages = {713-720} } |