Dr. Ying-Qing Xu is currently a lead researcher in the Visual Computing Group, Microsoft Research Asia (MSRA, Beijing China) where he has worked since January 1999. Ying-Qing received his Sc. B from the Department of Mathematics of Jilin University (China), and his PhD from the Institute of Computing Technology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. He has co-authored over 40 papers in computer graphics, and has had over 16 granted and more pending US patents. His research interests are in computer graphics, and include, in particular, statistical learning based digital facial cartoon generation, computer animation, user interface deign, photorealistic and non-photorealistic rendering, sketching based rendering, and texture synthesis.

He is an Adjunct Professor in the Animation School of the Beijing Film Academy, the Animation School of the Communication University of China, the Computer Software College of Sun Yat-Sen University, and the Computer Science College of Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, and Institute of Software, Chinese Academy of Sciences. He is the co-director of the Microsoft Digital Cartoon and Animation Laboratory of the Beijing Film Academy. He is a member of ACM, and a senior member of IEEE.