Presenter

Edward Chien obtained his Ph.D. in Mathematics in 2015 from Rutgers University, studying low-dimensional topology and geometry. Afterwards, he transitioned to graphics, working as a postdoc with Prof. Ofir Weber at Bar-Ilan University. While there, he focused on harmonic and bounded distortion methods for mapping, parametrization, and interpolation. For his second postdoc, he worked under Prof. Justin Solomon at MIT, focusing on hex meshing and applied optimal transport. As a faculty member at Boston University in recent years, he has added research directions on computational knitting and fabrication, and geometry processing of vector and point cloud data.