TIANAO LI - 李天骜

I am a first-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Northwestern University, advised by Prof. Emma Alexander. Previously, I received my B.Eng. in Electronic Engineering with a minor in Astronomy at Tsinghua University magna cum laude. During my undergraduate study, I was fortunate to work with Prof. Lu Fang, Prof. Emma Alexander, and Prof. Cheng Ma. My research interest is in the field of computational imaging, which lies at the intersection of optics, signal processing, computer vision, computer graphics, and machine learning. Specifically, I enjoy solving inverse problems using domain-specific knowledge (e.g., optics and geometry) in computational photography, astronomical imaging, and biomedical imaging.

I'm looking for undergraduate/master's students to work with me, more details here. Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions about my research or our lab.

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News

2024-01: Invited talk at Northwestern's Center for Interdisciplinary Exploration and Research in Astrophysics (CIERA).

2023-09: I started my PhD at Northwestern!

2023-07: Invited talk at Northwestern's Astro Imaging Workshop.

2023-06: I graduated from Tsinghua University magna cum laude!

2023-04: Thrilled to share that I'll be joining the Computer Science Department at Northwestern University as a PhD student!

2023-04: Read about my MNRAS letter in Northwestern Now, Popular Science, The Register, and Innovation News.

2023-02: Galaxy Deconvolution paper accepted by MNRAS!

2022-04: I joined the Bio Inspired Vision Lab as a research intern!

Publications

Galaxy Image Deconvolution for Weak Gravitational Lensing
with Unrolled Plug-and-Play ADMM
Tianao Li, Emma Alexander
Monthly Notices of the Royal Astronomical Society: Letters
[Project Page] [Paper] [arXiv] [Code] [Dataset]

We introduce a physics-informed deep learning approach to the Point Spread Function (PSF) deconvolution problem in galaxy surveys.

Awards

Outstanding Graduate, Tsinghua University (top 10%, 2023)

Scholarship of Comprehensive Excellence, Tsinghua University (top 10%, 2022)

Scholarship of Comprehensive Excellence, Tsinghua University (top 10%, 2021)

Scholarship of Social Work, Tsinghua University (2020)

Misc.

Outside of research, I enjoy playing basketball and amateur astronomy. I spent four wonderful years at the Tsinghua Astronomy Society as a core member. I'm also a huge fan of the Golden State Warriors 🏆🏆🏆🏆 and the HARRY POTTER series.

Here is a collection of my course projects.

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