Tao Liu - Ph.D. Student in Neural-Based Design and Manufacturing

Education

Before my Ph.D., I received my B.S. and M.S. degrees in Computational Mathematics, supervised by Professor Shengjun LIU from Central South University, ChangSha, China.

Publications, Service & Collaborative Projects

Selected (Co-)First-Author Publications

I have published in journals and conferences such as ACM Transactions on Graphics (TOG), IEEE Transactions on Automation Science and Engineering, and Composites Part B. Selected (co-)first-author publications include:

Co-optimization of structure and manufacturable semi-continuous layers for laminated composites

ACM TOG / SIGGRAPH, 2026

Neural co-optimization of structural topology, manufacturable layers, and path orientations for fiber-reinforced composites

ACM TOG, 2025

Monthly Paper Award, School of Engineering, University of Manchester

Neural Slicer for Multi-Axis 3D Printing

ACM TOG, 2024

Curve-Based Slicer for Multi-Axis DLP 3D Printing

ACM TOG, 2025

Best Paper Award, SIGGRAPH Asia

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Collaborative Projects

I have also been involved in industry collaborative projects, including:

• Broetje-Automation GmbH & Airbus – Vector-field guided tool-path planning for 3D printing with continuous carbon fiber (CCF) (Completed)
• NCC (National Composites Centre) – Nonplanar Continuous Fibre AM (CFAM) design tool evaluation (Completed)

Academic Service

I also serve as a reviewer for journals and conferences, including:

• ACM SIGGRAPH and SIGGRAPH Asia
• ACM Symposium on Computational Fabrication (SCF)
• Additive Manufacturing Process (AMP)
• Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• Computer Aided Geometry Design (CAGD)
• IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG)
• Eurographics (EG)
• Graphical Models (GMod)
• Computers & Graphics (CG)

Courses

• Vector3DP: Vector Fields for 3D Printing, SIGGRAPH Asia Course

Open Source Software