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Alt name: Daniel Kao, Xuhong Kao
Office: Room 4204-35, HKUST
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I am an M.Phil. student in the Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) Department at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), under the supervision of Prof. Chi-Keung Tang and co-supervision of Prof. Yu-Wing Tai. Previously, I served as a research intern in the Media Computing Group at Microsoft Research Asia from June 2024 to December 2024, where I was privileged to work with Dr. Xiao Li and Dr. Jinglu Wang. Prior to my graduate studies, I earned a Bachelor of Science degree from HKUST, double-majoring in Data Science and Technology and in Computer Science. I completed my undergraduate thesis under the supervision of Prof. Shueng-Han Gary Chan, in cooperation with Dr. Jierun Chen.
My research interests primarily lie in the intersection of deep learning and computer vision, with particular concentrations on areas such as:
- 2D/3D content generation with Latent Diffusion Models (LDM).
- 3D reconstruction with Neural Radiance Fields (NeRF) and 3D Gaussian Splatting (3DGS).
- Vision-language reasoning with Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLM).
- Neural network compression techniques, e.g. Knowledge Distillation (KD).
- Three preprints have been released: ThinkFirst, UVRM, StreamGS.
- I was honored to receive the Stars of Tomorrow Award from Microsoft Research Asia.
- I will join the PhD program at NUS in Spring 2026.
About my name: I go by the name Daniel in daily life. My Chinese name, Shiu-hong (pronounced similarly to "she hong" with an "o" sound), is typically used only in official documents and my publications. In mainland China, I am sometimes referred to as Xuhong, which is based on a different homophonic transliteration system.