Ziyi Chang | Inria Rennes

About Me

Postdoc at Inria Rennes, focusing on multi-character/multi-agent/crowd modelling.

[Feb. 2026] Our paper about human-robot interaction is accepted by IEEE ICHMS 2026.
[Mar. 2026] I have joined Virtus team led by Julien Pettre at Inria Rennes as a postdoctal researcher.
[Feb. 2026] Our paper about physics-based two-character interaction is accepted by Eurographics 2026.
[Sept. 2025] I've successfully passed PhD viva
[Aug. 2025] Our paper about two-character interaction in-between is accepted by SIGGRAPH Aisa 2025.
[July 2025] Our paper about reactive motion synthesis is accepted by Computer Graphics Forum.
[June 2025] Our survey paper about diffusion models is accepted by Pattern Recognition.
[May 2025] I work as a part-time Research Assistant in Human-Robot Interaction Project, collaborating with researchers from Durham University and the Singapore Management University.
[May 2025] Our paper about multi-character interaction generation is accepted by SIGGRAPH 2025.

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[Oct. 2024] I am involved in the teaching of Data Science as Demonstrator.

[Oct. 2023] I am involved in the teaching of Data Analytics in Action and Learning from Data as Demonstrator.

[July 2023] Our paper about adversarial attack against human action recognition is accepted by ICCV 2023.

[Apr. 2023] I start to co-supervise a PhD student with Prof. Hubert P. H. Shum.

[Dec. 2022] Our paper about stylized motion generation with diffusio models is accepted by GRAPP 2023.

[Oct. 2022] Our paper about stylized 3D shape generation by transferring learning is accepted by VRST 2022.

[Oct. 2022] I am involved in the teaching of Programming (Gold), Data Science, and Computational Thinking as Demonstrator.

[Sept. 2024] Our paper about stylized locomotion synthesis is accepted by MIG 2022.

[Aug. 2022] I work as Supporting Chair of the 21st ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA 2022).

[Jan. 2022] I am involved in the teaching of Programming for Data Science as Demonstrator.

Funding Source: Singapore Management University/Durham University, Singapore/UK
Reference Number: 3787041; Value: £15,000
I have been working as a research assistant in this project, responsiblities including:

Co-supervising a PhD student with Hubert P. H. Shum at Durham University
Regularly checking and reviewing the student’s logical consistency and adherence to best practices
Actively providing comprehensive support on academic writing, ensuring the work with logical flow, and aligning with scholarly standards
Two projects lead to two papers. One receives minor revision from Computer Graphics Forum and the other is under review.

Collaborating with the local community centre, Bullion Hall, to co-design and deliver workshops and hands-on practical sessions that make robotics and artificial intelligence accessible to kids.
Teaching concepts in robotics and AI to children in an engaging and approachable manner, aiming to spark curiosity and enthusiasm. Actively promoting gender inclusivity by encouraging more girls to participate and explore opportunities in STEM.
Facilitating educational sessions for older adults to demystify artificial intelligence, provide practical insights into its everyday applications, and foster greater trust and understanding of AI technologies in daily life.

Teaching mixed‑background undergraduate and postgraduate students for 2-hour face-to-face practical or workshop sessions.
Working in a teaching team with lecturers. Reporting to Dr Barnaby Martin.
Undergraduate Modules: Computational Thinking (Year-1), Programming (Gold)(Year-1), Data Science(Year-2)
Postgraduate Modules: Programming for Data Science, Data Analytics in Action (with Business School), Learning from Data (with Business School)

Working as Supporting Chair of the 21st ACM SIGGRAPH / Eurographics Symposium on Computer Animation (SCA'22)
Leading a 7-person support team
Communicating and coordinating with other conference chairs and people from industrial companies, academia, business, and service suppliers.