Dr Yun Sheng
School of Computer Science and Mathematics
Faculty of Engineering and Technology
Email: Y.Sheng@ljmu.ac.uk
Telephone: 0151 231 2282
Dr. Yun Sheng is a Senior Lecturer at the School of Computer Science and Mathematics, Liverpool John Moores University (LJMU). He received his Ph.D. degree from the University of Surrey‚ U.K. He has worked as Research Fellow at the University of Surrey, University of Bath and Nanyang Technological University, taking part in the research projects funded by major research bodies, such as the EU FP6, EPSRC and Singaporean government, before he took on the associate professorship at East China Normal University in 2011. He joint LJMU as Senior Lecturer in 2019. His research interests cover a wide spectrum of hotspot areas in Computer Graphics, Computer Vision, Multimedia Computing, Creative Arts and Generative AI. In particular, his recent research has focused mainly on how to use Generative AI technologies to bridge the gap between Visual Computing and Digital Arts, which has also received the Platinum Best Paper award of the International Conference on Multimedia and Expo 2018 (ICME'18), a leading conference of IEEE in Multimedia.
He is a member of Eurographics and Secretary of the Eurographics UK Chapter (EGUK). He has been regularly serving as a peer reviewer in a series of international conferences, journals and funding bodies, and as programme committee member of a number of international conferences. Currently, he is helping organise the 43rd conference of Computer Graphics and Visual Computing (CGVC'25), which will take place in Liverpool in September, 2025. More information about CGVC'25: https://cgvc.org.uk/CGVC2025/
Yun is constantly welcoming potential PhD candidates and visiting scholars to collaborate with on those cutting edge research areas. For more detail, please get in touch with him directly.
Academic appointments
Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science, Liverpool John Moores University, 2019 - present
Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Technology, East China Normal University, 2011 - 2019
Research Fellow, Centre for Advanced Media Technology, Nanyang Technological University, 2009 - 2011
Postdoctoral Research Officer, Media Technology Research Centre, University of Bath, 2006 - 2009
Research Fellow, Centre for Communication Systems Research, University of Surrey, 2004 - 2005
Journal article
Liu Y, Fang F, Wang T, Li J, Sheng Y, Zhang G. 2022. Multi-scale Grid Network for Image Deblurring with High-frequency Guidance The IEEE Transactions on Multimedia, 24 :2890-2901 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Yan D, Sheng Y, Mao X. 2019. Pencil Drawing Video Rendering Using Convolutional Networks Computer Graphics Forum, 38 :91-102 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Li R, Shi X, Sheng Y, Zhang G. 2019. A new area-based convexity measure with distance weighted area integration for planar shapes Computer Aided Geometric Design (a GMP'19 paper, acceptance rate around 22%), 71 :176-189 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url
Shen Q, Sheng Y, Chen C, Zhang G, Ugail H. 2018. A PDE patch-based spectral method for progressive mesh compression and mesh denoising The Visual Computer, 34 :1563-1577 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Li R, Liu L, Sheng Y, Zhang G. 2017. A heuristic convexity measure for 3D meshes The Visual Computer(a CGI'17 paper, acceptance rate is 20%), 33 :903-912 DOI Publisher Url Public Url
Cui D, Sheng Y, Zhang G. 2017. Image-based embroidery modeling and rendering Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 28 :e1725-e1725 DOI Publisher Url
Chen C, Sheng Y, Li F, Zhang G, Ugail H. 2017. A PDE‐based head visualization method with CT data Computer Animation and Virtual Worlds, 28 DOI Publisher Url
Sheng Y, Willis P, Castro GG, Ugail H. 2011. Facial geometry parameterisation based on Partial Differential Equations Mathematical and Computer Modelling, 54 :1536-1548 DOI Publisher Url
Sheng Y, Sourin A, Castro GG, Ugail H. 2010. A PDE method for patchwise approximation of large polygon meshes The Visual Computer (a CGI'10 paper, acceptance rate < 23%), 26 :975-984 DOI Publisher Url
Sheng Y, Sadka AH, Kondoz AM. 2008. Automatic single view-based 3-D face synthesis for unsupervised multimedia applications IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology, 18 :961-974 DOI Publisher Url
Sheng Y, Sadka AH, Kondoz AM. 2004. Automatic 3D face synthesis using single 2D video frame Electronics Letters, 40 :1173-1175 DOI Publisher Url
Pang M, Sheng Y, Sourin A, Castro G, Ugail H. Reconstructing multiresolution mesh for web visualization based on PDE resampling Transactions on computational science, XII :36-55 DOI Publisher Url
Liu L, Chen Y, Sheng Y, Zhang G. Pencil drawing simulation with adaptive noise model-based line integral convolution Journal of Graphics (in Chinese), 36 :77-82
Li R, Liu L, Sheng Y, Zhang G. An improved convexity measure for 3D meshes The Journal of East China Normal University (in Chinese), 6 :63-75
Conference publication
Xu Z, Wang T, Fang F, Sheng Y, Zhang G. 2020. Stylization-based achitecture for fast deep exemplar colorization Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2020, :9360-9369 DOI Publisher Url
Yuan H, Ma Y, Sheng Y. 2020. Fusing IMU data into SfM for image-based 3D reconstruction Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Computer Graphics International (CGI) 2020 12221 :220-232 DOI Publisher Url
Shi X, Li R, Sheng Y. 2020. A new volume-based convexity measure for 3D shapes Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Computer Graphics International (CGI) 2020 12221 LNCS :59-70 DOI Publisher Url
Wang D, Sheng Y, Zhang G. 2019. A new female body segmentation and feature localisation method for image-based anthropometry LNCS, The 25th International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM), 2019 11295 :567-577 DOI Publisher Url
Kong Q, Sheng Y, Zhang G. 2018. Hybrid noise for LIC-based pencil hatching simulation IEEE International Conference on Multimedia and Expo (ICME'18, Platinum Best Paper Award) DOI Publisher Url
Yuan H, Sheng Y, Zhou Y, Zhang G. 2018. Dual-way guided depth image inpainting with RGBD image pairs LNCS, The 24th International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM), 2018 10704 :178-189 DOI Publisher Url
Shen Q, Sheng Y, Zhang G. 2017. Illumination-preserving embroidery simulation for non-photorealistic rendering LNCS, The 23rd International Conference on Multimedia Modeling (MMM), 2017 10133 :233-244 DOI Publisher Url
Liu L, Sheng Y, Zhang G, Ugail H. 2015. Graph cut based mesh segmentation using feature points and geodesic distance 2015 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW) :115-120 DOI Publisher Url
Lu Y, Sheng Y, Zhang G. 2015. Instant messenger with personalized 3D avatar 2015 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW) :325-331 DOI Publisher Url
Pang M-Y, Sheng Y, Sourin A, Castro GG, Ugail H. 2010. Automatic reconstruction and web visualization of complex PDE shapes 2010 International Conference on Cyberworlds (CW) DOI Publisher Url
Sheng Y, Willis P, Castro G, Ugail H. 2008. PDE-based facial animation: Making the complex simple Lecture Notes in Computer Science, The 4th Int. Symposium on Visual Computing, 2008 5359 :723-732 DOI Publisher Url
Sheng Y, Willis P, Gonzalez Castro G, Ugail H. 2008. PDE face: A novel 3D face model The 8th IASTED Int. Conf. on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing
Gonzalez Castro G, Ugail H, Willis P, Sheng Y. 2008. Parametric representation of facial expressions on PDE-based surfaces The 8th IASTED Int. Conf. on Visualization, Imaging, and Image Processing
Kucharski K, Skarbek W, Sheng Y, Sadka A, Dainese G, Marcon M, Sarti A, Tubaro S. 2005. Towards 3D face recognition Polish National Conference on Radiocommunications and Broadcasting, KKRRiT :101-110
Sheng Y, Sadka A, Kondoz A. 2004. An automatic algorithm for facial feature extraction in video applications the Fifth International Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services (WIAMIS'2004)
Sheng Y, Sadka A, Kondoz A. 2003. Automatic face segmentation for 3-D model-based video coding International Conference on Visual Information Engineering (VIE 2003) :274-277 DOI Publisher Url
Chapters
Sheng Y, Kucharski K, Sadka A, Skarbek W. 2006. Automatic Face Synthesis and Analysis: A Quick Survey Computer Vision and Graphics International Conference, Iccvg 2004, Warsaw, Poland, September 2004, Proceedings :147-160 Springer Science & Business Media 9781402041785 DOI Publisher Url
Sheng Y, Sadka A, Kondoz A. 2003. Fast and Automatic Facial Feature Extraction for 3-D Model-Based Video Coding Digital Media Processing for Multimedia Interactive Services Proceedings of the 4th European Workshop on Image Analysis for Multimedia Interactive Services : Queen Mary, University of London, 9-11 April 2003 :387-390 World Scientific 9789812383556 DOI Publisher Url