publications

2026

1. SIGGRAPH

   

   Clustered Codebook Quantization for 2D Gaussian-based Image Compression

   Runze Cheng, Yicheng Zhan, Josef Spjut, and Kaan Akşit

   In SIGGRAPH 2026 Poster Track, Los Angeles, California, USA, 2026

   DOI arXiv Bib PDF Code Website

   @inproceedings{cheng2026clustered,
     author = {Cheng, Runze and Zhan, Yicheng and Spjut, Josef and Ak\c{s}it, Kaan},
     title = {Clustered Codebook Quantization for 2D Gaussian-based Image Compression},
     year = {2026},
     booktitle = {SIGGRAPH 2026 Poster Track},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     series = {SIGGRAPH Posters '26},
     location = {Los Angeles, California, USA},
     doi = {10.1145/3799825.3818700},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3799825.3818700},
   }

2. ECCV

   

   Complex-Valued 2D Gaussian Representation for Computer-Generated Holography

   Yicheng Zhan^*, Xiangjun Gao^*, Long Quan, and Kaan Akşit * Equal Contribution

   In Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), Malmö, Sweden, Sep 2026

   DOI arXiv Bib PDF Code Website

   @inproceedings{zhan2026complexvalued2d,
     author = {Zhan, Yicheng and Gao, Xiangjun and Quan, Long and Ak\c{s}it, Kaan},
     title = {Complex-Valued 2D Gaussian Representation for Computer-Generated Holography},
     year = {2026},
     month = sep,
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)},
     publisher = {Springer},
     location = {Malmö, Sweden},
     doi = {},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2511.15022},
   }

3. Eurographics

   

   Compressing Double-Phase Holograms using 2D Gaussians

   Xiaoyue Fan, Yicheng Zhan, Amrita Mazumdar, and Kaan Akşit

   In Eurographics 2026 - Posters, Aachen, Germany, May 2026

   DOI arXiv Bib PDF Code Website

   @inproceedings{fan2026compressing,
     author = {Fan, Xiaoyue and Zhan, Yicheng and Mazumdar, Amrita and Ak\c{s}it, Kaan},
     title = {Compressing Double-Phase Holograms using 2D Gaussians},
     year = {2026},
     month = may,
     booktitle = {Eurographics 2026 - Posters},
     editor = {Gerrits, Tim and Teschner, Matthias},
     publisher = {The Eurographics Association},
     location = {Aachen, Germany},
     issn = {1017-4656},
     isbn = {978-3-03868-300-1},
     url = {https://diglib.eg.org/server/api/core/bitstreams/5e755d6f-24f0-45bb-b9a1-9d39c0180b0f/content},
     doi = {10.2312/egp.20261010},
   }

4. ACM TOG

   

   Complex-Valued Holographic Radiance Fields

   Yicheng Zhan, Dong-Ha Shin, Seung-Hwan Baek, and Kaan Akşit

   ACM Transactions on Graphics (Presented in SIGGRAPH 2026), Los Angeles, California, USA, Apr 2026

   DOI arXiv Bib PDF Code Website

   @article{zhan2025complexvalued,
     author = {Zhan, Yicheng and Shin, Dong-Ha and Baek, Seung-Hwan and Ak\c{s}it, Kaan},
     title = {Complex-Valued Holographic Radiance Fields},
     year = {2026},
     issue_date = {June 2026},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     volume = {45},
     number = {3},
     issn = {0730-0301},
     url = {https://doi.org/10.1145/3804450},
     doi = {10.1145/3804450},
     journal = {ACM Transactions on Graphics (Presented in SIGGRAPH 2026)},
     month = apr,
     articleno = {31},
     numpages = {16},
     keywords = {Novel view synthesis, radiance fields, 3D gaussians, computer-generated holography},
     location = {Los Angeles, California, USA},
   }

5. AAAI

   

   Enhancing Binary Encoded Crime Linkage Analysis Using Siamese Network

   Yicheng Zhan, Fahim Ahmed, Amy Burrell, Matthew Tonkin, Sarah Galambos, Jessica Woodhams, and Dalal Alrajeh

   In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Singapore, Mar 2026

   DOI arXiv Bib PDF Code

   @article{zhan2026enhancing,
     author = {Zhan, Yicheng and Ahmed, Fahim and Burrell, Amy and Tonkin, Matthew and Galambos, Sarah and Woodhams, Jessica and Alrajeh, Dalal},
     title = {Enhancing Binary Encoded Crime Linkage Analysis Using Siamese Network},
     year = {2026},
     month = mar,
     journal = {In Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
     volume = {40},
     number = {46},
     pages = {39576--39584},
     publisher = {AAAI Press},
     location = {Singapore},
     doi = {10.1609/aaai.v40i46.41309},
     url = {https://ojs.aaai.org/index.php/AAAI/article/view/41309},
   }

2025

1. SIGGRAPH

   

   Assessing Learned Models for Phase-only Hologram Compression

   Zicong Peng, Yicheng Zhan, Josef Spjut, and Kaan Akşit

   In SIGGRAPH 2025 Poster Track, Vancouver, Canada, Mar 2025

   DOI arXiv Bib PDF Code Website

   @inproceedings{peng2025assessing,
     author = {Peng, Zicong and Zhan, Yicheng and Spjut, Josef and Ak\c{s}it, Kaan},
     title = {Assessing Learned Models for Phase-only Hologram Compression},
     year = {2025},
     isbn = {9798400715495},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     booktitle = {SIGGRAPH 2025 Poster Track},
     articleno = {38},
     numpages = {2},
     keywords = {Computer-Generated Holography, Hologram Compression, Holographic Displays},
     location = {Vancouver, Canada},
     doi = {10.1145/3721250.3742993},
     series = {SIGGRAPH Posters '25},
   }

2024

1. SIGGRAPH Asia

   

   Focal Surface Holographic Light Transport using Learned Spatially Adaptive Convolutions

   Chuanjun Zheng, Yicheng Zhan, Liang Shi, Ozan Cakmakci, and Kaan Akşit

   In SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Technical Communications, Tokyo, Japan, Mar 2024

   DOI arXiv Bib PDF Code Website

   @inproceedings{zheng2024focal,
     author = {Zheng, Chuanjun and Zhan, Yicheng and Shi, Liang and Cakmakci, Ozan and Ak\c{s}it, Kaan},
     title = {Focal Surface Holographic Light Transport using Learned Spatially Adaptive Convolutions},
     year = {2024},
     isbn = {9798400711404},
     publisher = {Association for Computing Machinery},
     address = {New York, NY, USA},
     booktitle = {SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 Technical Communications},
     articleno = {28},
     numpages = {4},
     keywords = {Computer-Generated Holography, Light Transport, Optimization.},
     location = {Tokyo, Japan},
     series = {SA '24},
     doi = {10.1145/3681758.3697989},
   }

2. arXiv

   

   Configurable Holography: Towards Display and Scene Adaptation

   Yicheng Zhan, Liang Shi, Wojciech Matusik, Qi Sun, and Kaan Akşit

   arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.01558, Mar 2024

   arXiv Bib PDF

   @article{zhan2024configurable,
     author = {Zhan, Yicheng and Shi, Liang and Matusik, Wojciech and Sun, Qi and Ak\c{s}it, Kaan},
     title = {Configurable Holography: Towards Display and Scene Adaptation},
     journal = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.01558},
     year = {2024},
     url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.01558},
   }

3. SPIE

   

   AutoColor: learned light power control for multi-color holograms

   Yicheng Zhan, Koray Kavaklı, Hakan Urey, Qi Sun, and Kaan Akşit

   In Optical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR), San Francisco, California, USA, Mar 2024

   DOI arXiv Bib PDF Code Website

   @inproceedings{zhan2024autocolor,
     author = {Zhan, Yicheng and Kavaklı, Koray and Urey, Hakan and Sun, Qi and Akşit, Kaan},
     title = {{AutoColor: learned light power control for multi-color holograms}},
     volume = {12913},
     booktitle = {Optical Architectures for Displays and Sensing in Augmented, Virtual, and Mixed Reality (AR, VR, MR)},
     editor = {Argaman, Naamah and Hua, Hong and Nikolov, Daniel K.},
     organization = {International Society for Optics and Photonics},
     publisher = {SPIE},
     pages = {129130I},
     keywords = {AutoColor, multi-color holography, learning based, neural network, light intensity, holography dataset},
     year = {2024},
     location = {San Francisco, California, USA},
     doi = {10.1117/12.3000082},
   }