Haichao Miao is a Staff Scientist at the Center for Applied Scientific Computing (CASC) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). His research focuses on scientific data visualization, image analysis, virtual reality, and 3D scanning. Since joining LLNL in 2021, Haichao has co-led several Lab-Directed Research and Development (LDRD) projects aimed at advancing immersive techniques for the analysis of digital twins in advanced manufacturing and developing photogrammetry capabilities. Prior to LLNL, Haichao was a Postdoctoral Research Associate at the Austrian Institute of Technology, where he co-created Adenita, a software for the design of DNA nanostructures. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science, earned in 2019 from the Vienna University of Technology. 

Ph.D., Computer Science, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

MSc., Medical Informatics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

BSc., Medical Informatics, Vienna University of Technology, Austria

• AVA: Towards Autonomous Visualization Agents through Visual Perception-Driven Decision-Making. Shusen Liu, Haichao Miao, Zhimin Li, Matthew Olson, Valerio Pascucci, Peer-Timo Bremer. EuroVis 2024.
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• Bimodal Visualization of Industrial X-Ray and Neutron Computed Tomography. Xuan Huang, Haichao Miao, Hyojin Kim, Andrew Townsend, Kyle Champley, Joseph Tringe, Valerio Pascucci, Peer-Timo Bremer.  IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics. 2023 10.1109/TVCG.2024.3382607
• AMP-IT and WISDOM: Improving 3D Manipulation for High-Precision Tasks in Virtual Reality. Francielly Rodrigues , Alexander Giovannelli , Leonardo Pavanatto , Haichao Miao , Jauvane C. de Oliveira , Doug Bowman. IEEE ISMAR 2023
• State of the Art of Molecular Visualization in Immersive Virtual Environments. David Kutak, Pere-Pau Vazquez, Tobias Isenberg, Michael Krone, Marc Baaden, Jan Byska, Barbora Kozlikova, Haichao Miao. Computer Graphics Forum.
• Tailored approach to study Legionella infection using a lattice light sheet microscope (LLSM). Xiyu Yi, Haichao Miao, Jacky Kai-yin Lo, Maher M. Elsheikh, Tek-Hyung Lee, Chenfanfu Jiang, Yuliang Zhang, Brent W. Segelke, K. Wesley Overton, Peer-Timo Bremer, Ted A. Laurence. Biomed Opt Express 7;13(8), 2022
• Unified Nanotechnology Format: One Way to Store Them All. David Kuťák, Erik Poppleton, Haichao Miao, Petr Šulc, Ivan Barišić. Molecules 27(1), 2022
• Virtual Inspection of Additively Manufactured Parts. Pavol Klacansky, Haichao Miao, Attila Gyulassy, Andrew Townsend, Kyle Champley, Joseph Tringe, Valerio Pascucci, Peer-Timo Bremer. IEEE PacificVis 2022.
• Vivern A Virtual Environment for Multiscale Visualization and Modeling of DNA Nanostructures. David Kutak, Matias Selzer, Jan Byska, Maria L Ganuza, Ivan Barisic, Barbora Kozlikova, Haichao Miao. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 10.1109/TVCG.2021.3106328
• Adenita: Interactive 3D Modeling and Visualization of DNA Nanostructures. Elisa de Llano, Haichao Miao, Yasaman Ahmadi, Amanda J. Wilson, Morgan Beeby, Ivan Viola, Ivan Barisic. Nucleic Acids Research, 48(15), 2020
• Multiscale Molecular Visualization. Haichao Miao, Tobias Klein, David Kouril, Peter Mindek, Karsten Schatz, Meister Eduard Gröller, Barbora Kozlikova, Tobias Isenberg, Ivan Viola. Journal of Molecular Biology, ISSN 0022-2836, 2018.
• Unified Nanotechnology Format: One Way to Store Them All. David Kuťák, Erik Poppleton, Haichao Miao, Petr Šulc, Ivan Barišić. Molecules 27(1), 2022
• DimSUM: Dimension and Scale Unifying Maps for Visual Abstraction of DNA Origami Structures. Haichao Miao, Elisa De Llano, Tobias Isenberg, Meister Eduard Gröller, Ivan Barisic, Ivan Viola. Computer Graphics Forum, 37(3), 2018.
• Multiscale Visualization and Scale-adaptive Modification of DNA Nanostructures. Haichao Miao, Elisa De Llano, Johannes Sorger, Yasaman Ahmadi, Tadija Kekic, Tobias Isenberg, Meister Eduard Gröller, Ivan Barisic, Ivan Viola. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 24(1), 2018.
• Placenta Maps: In Utero Placental Health Assessment of the Human Fetus. Haichao Miao, Gabriel Mistelbauer, Alexey Karimov, Amir Alansary, Alice Davidson, David F.A. Lloyd, Mellisa Damodaram, Lisa Story, Jana Hutter, Joseph V. Hajnal, Mary Rutherford, Bernhard Preim, Bernhard Kainz, Meister Eduard Gröller. IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 23(6), 1612-1623, 2017.
• Visual Quantification of the Circle of Willis: An Automated Identification and Standardized Representation. Haichao Miao, Gabriel Mistelbauer, Christian Nasel, Meister Eduard Gröller. Computer Graphics Forum, 36(6), 393-404, 2017.

• CoWRadar: Visual Quantification of the Circle of Willis in Stroke Patients. Haichao Miao, Gabriel Mistelbauer, Christian Nasel, Meister Eduard Gröller. In Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine, 1-10, 2015.

 

• Best Paper Honorable Mention at the IEEE Pacific Vis Conference 2017, Seoul, South Korea
• Best Paper Honorable Mention at the Eurographics Workshop on Visual Computing for Biology and Medicine 2015 (EG VCBM), Chester, United Kingdom