Pengyu Cui's Homepage

Biography

I have graduated with a B.S. degree in Data Science from Peking University in 2023, and am an prospective Master student in Visual Computing at Simon Fraser University, starting from 2024.

My research interests lie in Computer Vision and Machine Learning, and I have great passion on translating research advances into practical applications, e.g. to build apps that could enhance the quality of everyday life, empowered by cutting-edge machine learning and hardware capabilities.

Proficiencies:
• Languages: C/C++, Python, Java, JavaScript, CUDA, Swift, Rust • Libraries: NumPy, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Pandas, OpenCV, Matplotlib • Frameworks: Flask, Django, React, SwiftUI • Utilities: Bash, Git, Docker, MySQL, Redis, AWS

Projects Gallery

Interactive Visualization of Ancient Chinese Elite Distribution

Visualize the shift of distribution of ancient Chinese elites from 618 A.C. to 1911 A.C., with 2D scatter, KDE plots, and an arrow-based interaction.
Data source: China Biographical Database (CBDB).

Code Demo
Interactive ARAP Mesh Deformation

An interactive implementation of paper “As-Rigid-As-Possible Surface Modeling” (Sorkine and Alexa, 2007)

Code Demo Video
Scanned Document Vectorizer

Enhance low-resolution scanned document into high-quality vectorized PDF with a data-driven approach.

Code Slides
Introduction to Computer Vision Course Projects

Course projects covering selected topics in Computer Vision.
e.g. Canny Edge, RANSAC, BatchNorm, Backprop in NumPy, and ConvNN, PointNet, MaskRCNN with PyTorch.

Code Notes
Translated Tutorial of Matrix Multiplication Optimization

Based on classic tutorial “flame/how-to-optimize-gemm”;
Over 100x speed boost on a single CPU core with AVX-512.

Article Code
Minecraft Redstone Music Converter

Translate any music MIDI file into Minecraft redstone circuits;
Support multiple tracks with up to five instruments!

Code Video
GPA Simulator

Enhanced GPA utility based on official PKU Helper API.
Additional features: filtering, trend analysis, grade simulations, etc.

Code Demo
Genetic Algorithm for Triangle Fitting

Evolutionary art of hundreds of triangles!

Code Example
Realistic Color-Mixing Drawing Board (for iPad)

Powered by a realistic color-mixing algorithm from paper “Practical Pigment Mixing for Digital Painting” (ŠÁRKA and ONDŘEJ, 2021)

Demo
An iOS-Style Calculator

Calculate with mouse, keyboard or touchscreen!

Demo