Biography

I am an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and Technology, Xidian University. I recevied the Ph.D. degree in Computer Science from City University of Hong Kong. I obtained the B.Eng. and M.Sc. in Information and Communication Engineering from Zhejiang University. I also spent time interning at Adobe Research and CASIA.

My research interests lie in the areas of computer vision, computer graphics, and human-computer interaction. Specifically, I focus on enabling computers to understand and reason about multimedia data (e.g., images, videos, and vectors) in both spatial and temporal domains. I am particularly excited about leveraging these capabilities for generative AI applications, including controllable content synthesis/editing, document analysis, and user-centric design tools.

Selected Publications

  • Under the Shadow: Exploiting Opacity Variation for Fine-grained Shadow Detection
    Xiaotian Qiao, Ke Xu, Xianglong Yang, Ruijie Dong, Xiaofang Xia, Jiangtao Cui
    The Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2025
    PDF Project

    Less is More: Efficient Image Vectorization with Adaptive Parameterization
    Kaibo Zhao, Liang Bao, Yufei Li, Xu Su, Ke Zhang, Xiaotian Qiao
    IEEE Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2025
    PDF Project

    HDLayout: Hierarchical and Directional Layout Planning for Arbitrary Shaped Visual Text Generation
    Tonghui Feng, Chunsheng Yan, Qianru Wang, Jiangtao Cui, Xiaotian Qiao
    The Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025
    PDF Project

    CollageNoter: Real-Time and Adaptive Collage Layout Design for Screenshot-Based E-Note-Taking
    Qiuyun Zhang, Bin Guo, Lina Yao, Xiaotian Qiao, Ying Zhang, Zhiwen Yu
    The Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025
    PDF Project

  • Teaching

    Honors