Qiang Fu

Research Scientist, KAUST Visual Computing Center

Degrees and Employment History: BS Manufacturing and Design Automation of Machinery, University of Science and Technology of China (2007); PhD Optical Engineering, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (2012); Assistant Research Fellow, Academy of Opto-Electronics, Chinese Academy of Sciences (2012-2014); Postdoctoral Research Fellow, KAUST (2014-2016); Research Associate Professor, ShanghaiTech University (2016-2017); Research Scientist, KAUST (since 2017).

Research Interests: computational imaging, optical system design, diffractive optics, nano-fabrication, wavefront sensing, spectral imaging.

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Recent Publications:

2014-
	X. Yang, M. Souza, K. Wang, P. Chakravarthula, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich: End-to-End Hybrid Refractive-Diffractive Lens Design with Differentiable Ray-Wave Model SIGGRAPH ASIA conference track, 2024 Project page
	X. Yang, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich: Curriculum Learning for ab initio Deep Learned Refractive Optics Nature Communications, 2024 Project page
	Z. Shi, I. Chugunov, M. Bijelic, G. Côté, J. Yeom, Q. Fu, H. Amata, W. Heidrich, F. Heide: Split-Aperture 2-in-1 Computational Cameras ACM Trans. Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 2024
	E. Tseng, G. Kuo, S.-H. Baek, N. Matsuda, A. Maimone, F. Schiffers, P. Chakravarthula, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich, D. Lanman, F. Heide: Neural étendue expander for ultra-wide-angle high-fidelity holographic display Nature Communications, 2024
	Y. Zheng, Q. Fu, H. Amata, P. Chakravarthula, F. Heide, W. Heidrich: Hexagonal diffractive optical elements Optics Express, 2023 Project page
	H. Amata, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich: Additive fabrication of SiO2-based micro-optics with lag-free depth and reduced roughness Optics Express, 2023 Project page
	H. Amata, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich: Additive diffractive optical elements fabrication by PECVD deposition of SiO2 and lift-off process Proc. SPIE 12624, Digital Optical Technologies, 2023 Project page
	X. Yang, Q. Fu, M. Elhoseiny, W. Heidrich: Aberration-Aware Depth-from-Focus ICCP & IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI), 2023 Project page
	Y. Li, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich: Extended Depth-of-Field Projector using Learned Diffractive Optics IEEE VR, 2023 Project page
	Q. Fu, D. Yan, W. Heidrich: Diffractive lensless imaging with optimized Voronoi-Fresnel phase Optics Express, 2022 Project page
	Z. Shi, Y. Bahat, S.-H. Baek, Q. Fu, H. Amata, X. Li, P. Chakravarthula, W. Heidrich, F. Heide: Seeing Through Obstructions With Diffractive Cloaking ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 2022
	X. Yang, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich: Automatic Lens Design based on Differentiable Ray-tracing OSA Imaging and Applid Optics Congress - Computational Optical Sensing and Imaging, 2022 Project page
	Q. Fu, H. Amata, W. Heidrich: Etch-free additive lithographic fabrication methods for reflective and transmissive micro-optics Optics Express, 2021 Project page
	Y. Li, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich: Multispectral illumination estimation using deep unrolling network ICCV, 2021 Project page
	Q. Sun, C. Wang, Q. Fu, X. Dun, W. Heidrich: End-to-End Complex Lens Design with Differentiable Ray-Tracing ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 2021 Project page
	I. Chugunov, S.-H. Baek, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich, F. Heide: Mask-ToF: Learning Microlens Masks for Flying Pixel Correction in Time-of-Flight Imaging CVPR, 2021
	S. Qiu, Q. Fu, C. Wang, W. Heidrich: Linear Polarization Demosaicking for Monochrome and Color Polarization Focal Plane Arrays Computer Graphics Forum, 2021 Project page
	C. Marois, B. Gerard, O. Lardière, A. Anthony, C. Bradley, J. Dunn, Q. Fu, T. Hardy, W. Heidrich, G. Herriot, E. Nielsen, S. Sivanandam, D. Sivransky, S. Thibault, W. Thompson, J.-P. Véran: Upgrading the Gemini Planet Imager calibration unit with a photon counting focal plane wavefront sensor SPIE Proceedings Volume 11448, Adaptive Optics Systems VII, 2020
	Q. Sun, E. Tseng, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich, F. Heide: Learning Rank-1 Diffractive Optics for Single-shot High Dynamic Range Imaging CVPR, 2020 Project page (oral paper)
	C. Wang, Q. Fu, X. Dun, W. Heidrich: Modeling Classical Wavefront Sensors Optics Express, 2020 Project page
	C. Wang, Q. Fu, X. Dun, W. Heidrich: Quantitative Phase and Intensity Microscopy Using Snapshot White Light Wavefront Sensing Scientific Reports, 2019 Project page
	S. Qiu, Q. Fu, C. Wang, W. Heidrich: Polarization Demosaicking for Monochrome and Color Polarization Focal Plane Arrays International Symposium on Vision, Modeling and Visualization, 2019 Project page
	M. Alghamdi, Q. Fu, A. Thabet, W. Heidrich: Reconfigurable Snapshot HDR Imaging Using Coded Masks and Inception Network International Symposium on Vision, Modeling and Visualization, 2019 Project page
	D. Jeon, S.-H. Baek, S. Yi, Q. Fu, X. Dun, W. Heidrich, M. H. Kim: Compact Snapshot Hyperspectral Imaging with Diffracted Rotation ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 2019 Project page
	C. Wang, Q. Fu, X. Dun, W. Heidrich: Megapixel Adaptive Optics: Towards Correcting Large-scale Distortions in Computational Cameras ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 2018 Project page
	J. Xiong, Q. Fu, R. Idoughi, W. Heidrich: Reconfigurable Rainbow PIV for 3D Flow Measurement ICCP, 2018 Project page
	J. Xiong, R. Idoughi, A. Aguirre-Pablo, A. Aljedaani, X. Dun, Q. Fu, S. T. Thoroddsen, W. Heidrich: Rainbow Particle Imaging Velocimetry for Dense 3D Fluid Velocity Imaging ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 2017 Project page
	C. Wang, X. Dun, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich: Ultra-High Resolution Coded Wavefront Sensor Optics Express, 2017 Project page
	F. Heide, Q. Fu, Y. Peng, W. Heidrich: Encoded diffractive optics for full-spectrum computational imaging Scientific Reports, 2016
	Y. Peng, Q. Fu, W. Heidrich: The Diffractive Achromat -- Full Spectrum Computational Imaging with Diffractive Optics ACM Transactions on Graphics (Proc. SIGGRAPH), 2016 Project page
	Y. Peng, Q. Fu, H. Amata, S. Su, F. Heide, W. Heidrich: Computational imaging using lightweight diffractive-refractive optics Optics Express, 2015