Pronouns: she/her

 

I am Jiacheng Cheng, a first-year PhD Candidate at Newcastle University, affiliated with the Open Lab and Boguslaw Obara’s Lab for Image Informatics. My research focuses on the exploration and implementation of deep generative models, specifically GANs(Generative Adversarial Networks), to intelligently generate desired images that support the art of cosplay using human-computer interaction techniques. I am supervised by Dr. Lei Shi and Prof. Boguslaw Obara.

 

I graduated with distinction in August 2022, earning my MSc in Computer Science from Newcastle University with a grade of 79.2. My dissertation, Data Science application in sports: Predict the impact of players on the competitiveness of NBA teams, which was supervised by Dr. Paolo Zuliani, got 82 out of 100.

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I took a gap year to explore my true research interests after graduating with my master's degree. During this time, I delved into the mathematical principles and mechanisms behind many machine learning models, including probabilistic graphical models, support vector machines, neural networks, VAEs, and especially GANs. Initially, I planned to conduct purely theoretical research during my PhD. However, I discovered several inefficiencies in the planning, design, and communication phases of cosplay, a passion of mine in my leisure time, which lacked relevant technological support. This realization led me to conduct in-depth research to develop an intelligent system that could assist the cosplay process using my AI skills during my PhD studies.

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My research interests include deep generative models, GANs, computer graphics, image synthesis, human-computer interaction, cosplay, and photography.