Kuangshi (Leo) Ai
Department of Computer Science and Engineering, University of Notre Dame
247 Fitzpatrick Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556
Hi there👋! I’m Kuangshi Ai, a second-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Notre Dame, where I work with Prof. Chaoli Wang in the ND-VIS Lab. I received my bachelor’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from Fudan University in July 2024. During undergrad, I spent a semester as an exchange student at the University of Sydney and conducted summer research with Prof. Toby Li at Notre Dame.
My research interests lie at the intersection of scientific visualization, human-computer interaction, and natural language processing. Currently, I focus on leveraging large language models (LLMs) to make the complex, expert-oriented process of scientific visualization more intuitive and accessible to broader audiences. My research also explores multi-modal LLM agents for agentic visualization of 3D/4D scientific data through the MCP framework.
If you’re interested in my work or would like to collaborate, feel free to reach out at kai[at]nd[dot]edu.
news
| Aug 03, 2025 | 🏆 IEEE VIS 2025 Best Paper Award! My first first-author paper “NLI4VolVis: Natural Language Interaction for Volume Visualization via LLM Multi-Agents and Editable 3D Gaussian Splatting” has been selected as one of only 5 Best Papers out of 537 submissions! |
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| Jul 15, 2025 | Two papers were accepted by IEEE VIS 2025! This marks my first first-author paper during my Ph.D.! 🎉 |
| May 16, 2025 | One paper was accepted by ACL 2025 findings! |
| Aug 15, 2024 | Excited to start my Ph.D. at the University of Notre Dame. |
| Jul 01, 2024 | Graduated from Fudan University as an Outstanding Graduate. |
selected publications
- IEEE VIS 2025
TexGS-VolVis: Expressive Scene Editing for Volume Visualization via Textured Gaussian SplattingIn Proceedings of IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (IEEE VIS), 2025
