Ph.D. Student   /   Xiamen University

Chengzhu He (何成竹)

I am a Ph.D. student at Xiamen University, advised by Prof. Shihui Guo (welcome to visit our lab: HumanPlus).

My research centers on forward physics-based simulation for computer graphics, mainly cloth and deformable-body simulation, together with high-performance computing, heterogeneous computing, and rendering.

Recently, I have also become interested in embodied intelligence and robotics.

I am always happy to chat about simulation, graphics, and systems, so feel free to contact me at any time. If you are interested in collaborating, you can also reach my supervisors, Prof. Shihui Guo and Dr. Anjun Chen, through HumanPlus.

Email: chengzhuhe@stu.xmu.edu.cn  ·  WeChat: huohuohuazi

Portrait of Chengzhu He
Xiamen, Fujian, China

Research

Publications & open-source work

Mainly focus on physics-based simulation.

Teaser: initial entangled states, initial ray hits, and resolved states for cloth benchmarks
SIGGRAPH Asia 2026Untangling & intersection repair

Type-Free Global Intersection Analysis with Linear Displacement Fields

Chengzhu He, Xudong Feng, Anjun Chen, Dan Song, Shihui Guo, Kui Wu

A type-free untangling framework that resolves self-intersections in cloth and thin-shell simulation without collision history or contour classification. It tests candidate linear displacement directions with conservative VF/EE/FV ray casting, culls spurious hits by adjacency-based clustering, and refines separation directions directly from contour-anchored evidence, consistently outperforming GIA and ICM baselines in challenging scenarios.

Overview of the automated task scheduling framework
SIGGRAPH 2025Cloth & deformable-body simulation

Automated Task Scheduling for Cloth and Deformable Body Simulations in Heterogeneous Computing Environments

Chengzhu He, Zhendong Wang, Zhaorui Meng, Junfeng Yao, Shihui Guo, Huamin Wang

An automated task-scheduling framework that accelerates cloth and deformable-body simulations across heterogeneous CPU/GPU systems. It adapts the HEFT algorithm to hybrid devices and introduces an asynchronous Gauss-Seidel method with specialized data synchronization to maximize parallelism on Apple M-series processors.

Task schedule of the asynchronous iteration across devices
Open SourceHeterogeneous simulation engine

LibAtsSim

The C++/Metal implementation of our SIGGRAPH 2025 paper, with examples showing the task scheduler and the progress of asynchronous Gauss-Seidel iterations across CPU and GPU units.

Cloth simulation of a rotating cylinder
Open SourceGPU physics simulation

LuisaComputeSimulator

A high-performance, cross-platform physics simulator built on LuisaCompute, supporting cloth and rigid-body simulation with penetration-free contact handling, accelerated by CUDA, DirectX 12, Vulkan, Metal, and fallback CPU backends.

Internships

Industry research experience

Jun 2025 – Sep 2025

miHoYo

Graphics Pre-Research Intern

Shanghai, China

Oct 2024 – Jan 2025

Style3D Research

Academic Research Intern

Hangzhou, China

May 2023 – Sep 2023

Style3D Research

Simulation Engine Intern

Hangzhou, China

Oct 2022 – Feb 2023

Xinyu Technology

Simulation Engine Intern

Beijing, China

Education

All at Xiamen University

2025 – Present

Xiamen University

Ph.D. Student

Advisor: Prof. Shihui Guo

Transferred from the master's program to the Ph.D. program in 2025.

2023 – 2025

Xiamen University

Master's Student

Fujian, China

2019 – 2023

Xiamen University

Undergraduate Student

Fujian, China