Zichen LIU | HKUST Visual Intelligence Lab

About Me

Nice to meet you! I am Zichen LIU (刘子辰), currently a 2nd year Ph.D. student in Visual Intelligence Lab, at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering (CSE) of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST), supervised by Prof. Qifeng CHEN. Before that, I got my B.S. degree in Data Science and Technology from HKUST, where I was honored to work with Prof. Huamin QU, Prof. Raymond Chi Wing WONG and Prof. Dan XU.

My research interests lie in Generative AI and Human-AI Collaboration. I’m particularly interested in developing AI tools that can understand and execute creative intentions without requiring users to master complex skills, essentially making advanced AI capabilities feel natural and effortless to use.

I enjoy engaging in communication with others, not only limited to scientific research. Feel free to reach out to me if you have any questions. When I’m not working, I enjoy playing table tennis and basketball. I was the table tennis champion in my High School 😎🏓 and a member of the HKUST Mainland Student Basketball Team ⛹️.

Research Interests

Generative AI: I focus on developing advanced AI techniques that push the boundaries of creative expression, from image, video to animation.
Human-AI Collaboration: I am passionate about designing intuitive systems enabling users to harness AI tools through natural interactions without requiring technical expertise.

Publications

MagicQuill: An Intelligent Interactive Image Editing System

Zichen Liu *, Yue Yu *, Hao Ouyang, Qiuyu Wang, Ka Leong Cheng, Wen Wang, Zhiheng Liu, Qifeng Chen, Yujun Shen

CVPR, 2025

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Memory Reviver: Supporting Photo-Collection Reminiscence for People with Visual Impairment via a Proactive Chatbot

Shuchang Xu, Chang Chen, Zichen Liu, Xiaofu Jin, Lin-Ping Yuan, Yukang Yan, Huamin Qu

UIST, 2024

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Dynamic Typography: Bringing Text to Life via Video Diffusion Prior

Zichen Liu *, Yihao Meng *, Hao Ouyang, Yue Yu, Bolin Zhao, Daniel Cohen-Or, Huamin Qu

ICCV, 2025 (Best Paper Candidate)

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Intern & Work Experience

Ant Group, Hangzhou, China
Position: Research Intern supervised by Dr. Yujun SHEN
June 2024 to Now
Apple, Beijing, China
Position: Machine Learning Engineer Intern
June 2023 to August 2023

News

[Sep 24, 2025] 🎆 Dynamic Typography was nominated as ICCV 2025 Best Paper Award Finalist!!!
[July 24, 2025] 🌴 Dynamic Typography was accepted by ICCV 2025 as an Oral Paper 😎 See you in Hawaii!
[Feb 27, 2025] ✅ MagicQuill was accepted by CVPR 2025! See you in Nashville, Tennessee.
[Dec 4, 2024] 🎤 Gave an online talk (Chinese) with my co-author Yue Yu about MagicQuill, invited by ModelScope at Alibaba DAMO Academy.
[Nov 14, 2024] My research work MagicQuill: An Intelligent Interactive Image Editing System has been released. Code and demo available at here.
[June 1, 2024] I joined Ant Group as a research intern.
[Apr 17, 2024] My first research work Dynamic Typography: Bringing Text to Life via Video Diffusion Prior has been released. Code and demo available at here.
[Sept 1, 2023] I started my Ph.D. journey!