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Research & engineering

Taiyuan Zhang 张泰源

Senior Algorithm Engineer Alibaba Group

I work on computer graphics, computational physics, and artificial intelligence.

Portrait of Taiyuan Zhang

Publications

* Co-first authors.

  1. Hamiltonian Two-Way Coupling of Nonlinear Waves and 3D Flows SIGGRAPH Asia

    Hamiltonian Two-Way Coupling of Nonlinear Waves and 3D Flows

    Sinan Wang*, Ruicheng Wang*, Taiyuan Zhang, Fan Feng, Jinjin He, Yuchen Sun, Zhiqi Li, Bo Zhu

    ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG). Volume 45, Issue 6. To appear, 2026.

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  2. A Level Set Method on Particle Flow Maps IJNME

    A Level Set Method on Particle Flow Maps

    Jinjin He, Taiyuan Zhang, Zhiqi Li, Junwei Zhou, Duowen Chen, Bo Zhu

    International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering. Volume 127, Issue 20, e70441. October 2026.

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  3. An Adjoint Method for Differentiable Fluid Simulation on Flow Maps SIGGRAPH Asia

    An Adjoint Method for Differentiable Fluid Simulation on Flow Maps

    Zhiqi Li*, Jinjin He*, Barnabás Börcsök, Taiyuan Zhang, Duowen Chen, Tao Du, Ming C. Lin, Greg Turk, Bo Zhu

    ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2025 (Conference Papers).

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  4. Controllable Complex Freezing Dynamics Simulation on Thin Films SIGGRAPH

    Controllable Complex Freezing Dynamics Simulation on Thin Films

    Yijie Liu*, Taiyuan Zhang*, Xiaoxiao Yan, Nuoming Liu, Bo Ren

    ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG). Volume 44, Issue 4. August 2025.

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  5. Fluid Simulation on Compressible Flow Maps SIGGRAPH

    Fluid Simulation on Compressible Flow Maps

    Duowen Chen*, Zhiqi Li*, Taiyuan Zhang, Jinjin He, Junwei Zhou, Bart G. van Bloemen Waanders, Bo Zhu

    ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG). Volume 44, Issue 4. August 2025.

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  6. Multi-level Partition of Unity on Differentiable Moving Particles SIGGRAPH Asia

    Multi-level Partition of Unity on Differentiable Moving Particles

    Jinjin He, Taiyuan Zhang, Hiroki Kobayashi, Atsushi Kawamoto, Yuqing Zhou, Tsuyoshi Nomura, Bo Zhu

    ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG). 43, 6, Article 273. December 2024.

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  7. Versatile Control of Fluid-Directed Solid Objects Using Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning TOG

    Versatile Control of Fluid-Directed Solid Objects Using Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning

    Bo Ren*, Xiaohan Ye*, Zherong Pan, Taiyuan Zhang

    ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG). 42, 2, Article 15. October 2022.

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Experience

  1. 2025 - present

    Senior Algorithm Engineer

    Alibaba Group / China

  2. 2023 - 2025

    Research intern

    Georgia Institute of Technology (remote) / USA

    Advisor: Prof. Bo Zhu

  3. Summer 2024

    Research intern

    Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute / China

    Advisor: Prof. Tao Du

  4. 2021 - 2023

    Research assistant

    Nankai University / China

    Advisor: Prof. Bo Ren

  5. 2019 - 2020

    Research intern

    Nankai University / China

    Advisor: Prof. Ming-Ming Cheng

Education

M.S.

Dartmouth College

Advisor: Prof. Bo Zhu

B.E.

Nankai University

Advisor: Prof. Bo Ren

Teaching Assistantships