Minchen is an Assistant Professor in the Computer Science Department at Carnegie Mellon University since 2023.
Previously, he was an Assistant Adjunct Professor at the UCLA Department of Mathematics, within the AIVC Lab.
He completed his Ph.D. in 2020 from the SIG Center for Computer Graphics at the University of Pennsylvania, advised by Chenfanfu Jiang.
Minchen's research accomplishments have been recognized with several prestigious awards, including
the SCA Early Career Researcher Award (2024),
the ACM SIGGRAPH Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award (2021), etc.
He is an active member of the research community, regularly serving as a program committee member for conferences such as ACM SIGGRAPH, Eurographics, SCA, and CGI,
as well as an external reviewer for journals including ACM TOG, IEEE TVCG, and IEEE ICRA.
The efficacy of solid and fluid simulation methods in the evolving landscape of visual computing, manufacturing, and robotics industries is fundamentally determined by robustness, efficiency, accuracy, and versatility.
However, achieving a harmonious balance among these crucial characteristics remains an open challenge.
The Simulation Intelligence Group (SIG) led by Minchen is committed to advancing the frontiers of physics-based simulation by striving for unprecedented levels of performance in all these areas,
leveraging a comprehensive approach that combines numerical analysis, high-performance computing, and machine learning.
SIG is part of Carnegie Mellon Graphics Lab.
Members
Alumni
Bowen Ren (Undergrad Intern from THU),
Zhaofeng Luo (Undergrad Intern from PKU),
Yuqi Meng (Undergrad Intern from UMich),
Huancheng Lin (Visiting Research Assistant, Ph.D. student at HKU),
Zhitong Cui (Visiting Research Assistant, Ph.D. student at ZJU),
Ruben Partono (CMU MSCS student),
David Tang (CMU Undergrad)
Opportunities
We are eager to welcome highly motivated and skilled Ph.D. students!
If you have a strong background relevant to our research areas and are interested in joining us,
you can apply to any of the Ph.D. programs within the School of Computer Science.
We recommend prioritizing the Ph.D. in Computer Science program and listing Minchen as a potential advisor.
Here are some details about our Ph.D. stipends. Applications with fellowships from external sources are also welcome!
Our group actively invites visiting students and scholars from around the globe to foster interdisciplinary collaborations.
Prospective visits usually range between 6 to 12 months. As we can only fund a limited number of visitors, candidates are also welcome to explore alternative funds from their home institutions, third-party fellowships, etc.
The availability of the positions is limited. If you are interested, please email us with the materials listed here.
Students interested in a summer research internship/volunteer can directly email us around February and send their CV, transcripts, and specific research interests aligned with our research focus.
We appreciate your understanding that, due to a high influx of emails, we may not be able to respond to all inquiries.
If you are a CMU student interested in working with us,
we strongly recommend embarking on this path by taking foundational and research-focused computer graphics courses,
especially 15-362 and 15-769.
While our group has limited slots for independent studies and research assistant roles under reduced course load,
we remain receptive to diverse forms of collaboration, e.g.,
SURA,
SURF, etc.
We are also open to engaging in collaborations of any kind, both within academia and industry!
