{"id":148,"date":"2014-08-28T22:11:41","date_gmt":"2014-08-28T15:11:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cp.eng.chula.ac.th\/en\/about\/faculty\/pizzanu-kanongchaiyos\/"},"modified":"2026-08-26T16:12:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-26T09:12:50","slug":"pizzanuk","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.cp.eng.chula.ac.th\/en\/about\/faculty\/pizzanuk\/","title":{"rendered":"Pizzanu Kanongchaiyos"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"float: right;\">Update: 2025-02-27 14:39:36<br>\n(generated by CPMIS)<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cp.eng.chula.ac.th\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/777515965_968411596342925_6289023457969502254_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"320\" height=\"320\"><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"personalimg\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<style>\n.personalinfo {\n    width: 100%;\n}\n\n.personaltable {\n    width: 100%;\n}\n\n.personalrow {\n    display: flex;\n    width: 100%;\n    align-items: stretch;\n    background: #F4F4F4;\n}\n\n.personalcell {\n    flex: 1;\n    padding: 8px 10px;\n    box-sizing: border-box;\n    min-width: 0;\n}\n\n.personalcell.personallabel {\n    flex: 0 0 280px;\n    width: 280px;\n    background: #7b4055;\n    color: #ffffff;\n    font-weight: bold;\n    box-sizing: border-box;\n}\n\n.personalcell p:first-child {\n    margin-top: 0;\n}\n\n.personalcell p:last-child {\n    margin-bottom: 0;\n}\n\n.personalcell a {\n    word-break: break-word;\n}\n\n\/* \u0e21\u0e37\u0e2d\u0e16\u0e37\u0e2d *\/\n@media (max-width: 700px) {\n    .personalrow {\n        display: block;\n    }\n\n    .personalcell.personallabel {\n        width: 100%;\n    }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n\n<div class=\"personalinfo\">\n<div class=\"personaltable\">\n\n\n<!-- NAME -->\n<div class=\"personalrow\">\n    <div class=\"personalcell personallabel\">\n        <strong>Name <\/strong>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"personalcell\">\n        <p>Assoc. Prof. Pizzanu Kanongchaiyos, Ph.D.<\/p>\n\n        <p>\n            Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering<br>\n            Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand\n        <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- RESEARCH PROFILE -->\n<div class=\"personalrow\">\n    <div class=\"personalcell personallabel\">\n        <strong>Research Profile <\/strong>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"personalcell\">\n        <p>\n            Assoc. Prof. Pizzanu Kanongchaiyos is a researcher in Computer\n            Graphics and Visual Computing, with more than two decades of research\n            experience spanning geometric modeling, computer animation, 3D\n            visualization, computer vision, and AI-driven visual computing.\n            <br><br>\n            His research focuses on developing computational methods for\n            understanding, representing, reconstructing, simulating, and visualizing\n            complex geometric and visual information. His work lies at the intersection\n            of Computer Graphics, Computational Geometry, Computer Vision,\n            Artificial Intelligence, and Scientific Visualization, with an emphasis on\n            geometry-aware and topology-aware approaches to intelligent 3D computing.\n        <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- CURRENT RESEARCH -->\n<div class=\"personalrow\">\n    <div class=\"personalcell personallabel\">\n        <strong>His current research directions include <\/strong>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"personalcell\">\n        <p>\n            &#8211; Computer Graphics and Visual Computing<br>\n            &#8211; Geometric and Topological Modeling<br>\n            &#8211; 3D Reconstruction and Differentiable Geometry<br>\n            &#8211; Topology-Aware 3D Computing<br>\n            &#8211; Computer Animation and Motion Modeling<br>\n            &#8211; Computer Vision and AI for Visual Understanding<br>\n            &#8211; 3D Visualization and Scientific Visualization<br>\n            &#8211; Digital Twins and Intelligent 3D Systems<br>\n            &#8211; AI-assisted Graphics and Visual Computing<br>\n            &#8211; Interactive Graphics, XR, and Emerging Visualization Technologies\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p>\n            A particular research theme is the integration of geometric structure,\n            topological information, and learning-based methods into modern graphics\n            and vision pipelines. This direction extends classical computational\n            geometry and computer graphics toward contemporary differentiable,\n            data-driven, and AI-enabled 3D computing.\n        <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- RESEARCH PHILOSOPHY -->\n<div class=\"personalrow\">\n    <div class=\"personalcell personallabel\">\n        <strong>Research Philosophy <\/strong>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"personalcell\">\n        <p>\n            The research aims to bridge the gap between geometric foundations and\n            intelligent visual computing: developing algorithms that do not merely\n            generate visually plausible results, but also preserve and reason about\n            the underlying shape, structure, topology, motion, and semantics of\n            visual information.\n        <\/p>\n\n        <p>\n            This perspective supports applications ranging from 3D content creation\n            and computer animation to scientific visualization, computer vision,\n            digital twins, and AI-based visual systems.\n        <\/p>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<!-- EDUCATION -->\n<div class=\"personalrow\">\n    <div class=\"personalcell personallabel\">\n        <strong>Education<\/strong>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"personalcell\">\n        Ph.D. (Information Science, University of Tokyo, Japan)<br>\n        M.S. (Information Science, University of Tokyo, Japan)<br>\n        \u0e27\u0e17.\u0e1a. 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Prof. Pizzanu Kanongchaiyos, Ph.D. Associate Professor, Department of Computer Engineering Faculty of Engineering, Chulalongkorn University, Thailand Research Profile Assoc. 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