Research
My main research interests are Physical Simulation, Geometric Computing, and fundamental connections between them. My previous research topics were centered around fluid phenomena and thin structures.
Fluid Phenomena
I started to work on this topic from my PhD thesis, where the traditional CFD methods were employed to simulate pollution turbulent dispersion in urban areas. Later on, I switched to the lightweight fluid simulation for computer graphics, which were mainly developed for virtual visual applications, such as games, movies, virtual reality, etc. My research scope encompasses the entire computational process of fluid flow phenomena, spanning mathematical modeling, numerical simulation, and rendering/visualization.
Thin Structures
More recently, I became interested in thin solid structures due to their inherent correlation with differential geometry. Exploring abstract geometry theory through these structures has been beneficial in my comprehension. Moreover, leveraging geometric insights has proven highly effective in crafting elegant solutions for associated issues. Besides geometry, physical simulation also plays an important role in my research especially about the fabrication-oriented design.
Publications
Papers
J. A. Amador Herrera, J. Klein, Daoming Liu, W. Pałubicki, S. Pirk, and D. L. Michels. Cyclogenesis: Simulating Hurricanes and Tornadoes. ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 2024. (ACM SIGGRAPH 2024, Denver.)
A. Kokosza, H. Wrede, D. G. Esparza, M. Makowski, Daoming Liu, D. L. Michels, S. Pirk, and W. Palubicki. Scintilla: Simulating Combustible Vegetation for Wildfires. ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 2024. (ACM SIGGRAPH 2024, Denver.)
Daoming Liu, Davide Pellis, Yu-Chou Chiang, Florian Rist, Johannes Wallner and Helmut Pottmann. Deployable Strip Structures. ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 2023. (ACM SIGGRAPH 2023, Los Angeles, Best Paper Honorable Mention Award !)
Daoming Liu, Florian Rist and Dominik Michels. Urban Flow: Designing Comfortable Outdoor Areas. Symposium on Simulation for Architecture and Urban Design (SimAUD), Toronto, 2023.
Daoming Liu, Chi Xiong and Xiaopei Liu. Vectorizing Quantum Turbulence Vortex-Core Lines for Real-Time Visualization. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2021.
Wei Li, Daoming Liu, Mathieu Desbrun, Jin Huang and Xiaopei Liu. Kinetic-based Multiphase Flow Simulation. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG), 2021.
Daoming Liu and Sasa Kenjeres. Google Earth based Visualization for Environment Flow and Pollution Dispersion in Urban Areas. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2017.
Daoming Liu and Jianming Wei. Modeling and Simulation of Continuous Dense Gas Leakage for Emergency Response Application. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries (JLPP). 2017.
Daoming Liu. Modeling, Simulation and Visualization of Heavy gas Turbulent Dispersion in Complex Urban Areas. PhD thesis (in Chinese), University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2017. Partially done at TUDelft, 2015.10 - 2016.09.
Patents
Daoming Liu, Jianming Wei, Jun Xu, Hao Zhang, Zhengyi Xu, Xian Tian. Lagrangian Puff-based Simulation of Continuous Heavy Gas Dispersion. CN Patent 201510028550.9. issued 2019.
Daoming Liu, Jianming Wei, Jun Xu, Hao Zhang, Xin Tian. Plume-based Dynamic Simulation of Continuous Heavy Gas Dispersion. CN Patent 201410428917.1. issued 2017.
Professional Services
Review services:
ACM SIGGRAPH
ACM SIGGRAPH Asia