Zimu Guan

About

I'm Zimu, a second-year master student in Computer Science @ UC San Diego. I'm interested in computer graphics, particularly in rendering and physically based animation. This passion stems from my love for both Math & Arts:

I enjoy delving into mathematics on my own, some of my learning notes and blogs (in Chinese) are posted here. I am always fascinated by the process of generalization in mathematics, that's why I chose the word, "Abstractness is the price of Generality", as the tagline for my website. It is said by 3Blue1Brown, one of the initiations of my interest in math.

In my leisure time, I enjoy drawing, photography, and design. You can explore some of my artworks here.

Education

University of California, San Diego, Sept. 2022 - Jan. 2024
M.S. in Computer Science, Computer Graphics Track

University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Aug. 2018 - May. 2022
B.S. in Computer Engineering

Zhejiang University, Aug. 2018 - May. 2022
B.E. in Electronics and Computer Engineering

Professional Experience

Graphics Engineer Intern @ Qualcomm Graphics Research June - Sept. 2023
Qualcomm Inc.

Software Engineer Intern - Audio/Video Processing Infra, July. - Sept. 2022
Xinhua Zhiyun

All-hexahedral Mesh Refinement with Flexible Density Control,
Apr. - Aug. 2021
State Key Lab of CAD & CG @ Zhejiang University
Mentor: Jin Huang

Virtual Reality in Robot Assisted Surgical Training, Jun. 2019 - Aug. 2019
ZJUI institute
Mentor: Liangjing yang

Teaching Experience

Teaching Assistant for MATH 286 Intro to Differential Equation Plus,
Jan. 2022 - May. 2022
ZJUI institute
Instructor: Thomas Honold

Teaching Assistant for MATH 241 Calculus III, Sept. 2020 - Jan. 2021
ZJUI institute
Instructor: Thomas Honold

Project

TaKe Renderer, Jan. 2023 - Present
A photorealistic path tracer with a robust feature set.


Proj Page

FPGA-Based 3D Graphics Renderer, Dec. 2020
Final Project for ECE 385 Digital System Laboratory @ UIUC



Code

TLEOS (Unix based Operating System), Apr. 2021 - May. 2021
Course Project for ECE 391 Computer Systems Engineering @ UIUC
Code

TCP based on UDP, Oct. 2021
Course Project for ECE/CS 438 Communication Networks @ UIUC


Code

Extracurricular Activities

Design Event Posters, Sept. 2019 - Aug. 2020
New Media Center, International Campus, Zhejiang University