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Fanchao Zhong
(钟凡超)

Ph.D candidate
Shandong University

  • Email: fanchaoz98@gmail.com

Biography

Fanchao Zhong is currently a Ph.D candidate at the Interdisciplinary Research Center of Shandong University, under the supervision of Prof. Haisen Zhao and Prof. Lin Lu. Before that, he received Bachelor’s degree in 2021 from the School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University, under the supervision of Prof. Lin Lu.

His research interest lie in computer graphics, focusing on geometric computation and its application for digital fabrication, including additive manufacturing and subtractive manufacturing.

Publications

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DeepMill: Neural Accessibility Learning for Subtractive Manufacturing
Fanchao Zhong†, Yang Wang†, Pengshuai Wang, Lin Lu, Haisen Zhao*,
SIGGRAPH 2025 (Conditionally Accepted, Conference track).
[Project Page]
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Tune-It: Optimizing Wire Reconfiguration for Sculpture Manufacturing
Qibing Wu†, Zhihao Zhang†, Xin Yan, Fanchao Zhong, Yueze Zhu, Xurong Lu, Runze Xue, Rui Li, Changhe Tu, Haisen Zhao*,
SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 (Conference track).
[Project Page]
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Continuous Toolpath Optimization for Simul- taneous Four-Axis Subtractive Manufacturing
Zhenmin Zhang, Zihan Shi, Fanchao Zhong, Kun Zhang, Wenjing Zhang, Jianwei Guo, Changhe Tu, Haisen Zhao*,
Computer Graphics Forum(CGF), 2024
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VASCO: Volume and Surface Co-Decomposition for Hybrid Manufacturing
Fanchao Zhong, Haisen Zhao*, Haochen Li, Xin Yan, Jikai Liu, Baoquan Chen, Lin Lu*
SIGGRAPH Asia 2023 (Journal track, TOG).
[Project Page] [ASHM equipment modification instruction]
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As-continuous-as-possible Extrusion-based Fabrication of Surface Models
Fanchao Zhong, Yonglai Xu, Haisen Zhao*, Lin Lu*
ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), 2023
(Presented in SIGGRAPH 2023) [Project Page] [Code]
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Two-Scale Lofted Surfaces Modeling for Ceramic 3D Printing
Yu Zhou, Wenqiang Liu, Fanchao Zhong, Xin Yan, Lin Lu*
Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics (in Chinese), 2021 [Link]
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Ceramic 3D Printed Sweeping Surfaces
Fanchao Zhong, Wenqiang Liu, Yu Zhou, Xin Yan, Lin Lu*
Computers & Graphics, 2020
[Project Page] [Talk] [Code]

Experience

2025.02—2025.05 Visiting PhD, VCL lab, Peking University
2021.09—now PhD candidate, Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University
2017.09—2021.07 Bachelor candidate, Computer Science and Technology, Shandong University

Awards

  • President Scholarship, Shandong University (2024)
  • National Scholarship, Chinese Education Department (2024)
  • Excellent Doctor's Dissertation Proposal, Shandong University (2024)
  • Excellent Graduates, Shandong University (2021)