WHEN YOUR STUDENT MOVES FASTER THAN YOU EXPECT 😅

I have to admit, I am quite proud of my fast-track PhD student, Samantha Soo Chin Yee.

She is only in her second semester, but her research has already produced a publishable result in IEEE Access, a Web of Science Q2 journal.

Sometimes she works so fast that I find myself thinking, “Why are you moving this quickly? Slow down a little.” 😅

But that is Samantha. Very hardworking, consistent, and always eager to move to the next stage.

Our paper, “Optimizing Point Cloud to Wireframe for 3-D City Models in CityJSON,” focuses on transforming unstructured point cloud data into lightweight and structured wireframe models that can be used within CityJSON.

The study systematically evaluates different combinations of algorithms for plane detection, clustering, boundary extraction, and edge detection. Instead of simply testing one method, we compared a large number of algorithmic combinations to understand which approaches work best for different geometries. The results also show an important point. Methods that work well for sharp-edged objects may not necessarily perform equally well for curved geometries.

For someone who is still very early in her PhD journey, getting this level of work published is a very encouraging start.

Congratulations, Samantha. Keep the momentum going.

Again, she’s a fast track PhD. But maybe… slow down just a little bit. Your supervisor needs time to catch up too. 😂

📖 Read the paper here:

https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2026.3713177

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