Zhi-Qi Cheng, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Computer Science & Systems

Multimodal Generative AI · Embodied Intelligence · Intelligent Transportation

Ex‑CMU, Google, Microsoft · Intel Ph.D. Fellowship · IBM Outstanding Student Scholarship

  • 📧 Email: zhiqics@uw.edu
  • ☎︎ Phone:  412‑623‑9121
  • 📍 Office: Milgard Hall 221.6

Honors & Awards

Pulitzer Prize 2022; Intel Ph.D. Fellowship 2017; IBM Outstanding Student Scholarship 2017–19

Pulitzer Prize for Public Service 2022

Technical expert for The Washington Post public‑service investigation; contributions included crowd analytics and audio‑visual forensics.

Intel Ph.D. Fellowship 2017

Recognized for excellence in AI & semiconductor research.

IBM Outstanding Student Scholarship 2017–2019

Awarded by IBM to outstanding Chinese students studying overseas.

CVPR Anti‑UAV Workshop Best Paper 2025

“Securing the Skies: A Comprehensive Survey on Anti‑UAV Methods, Benchmarking, and Future Directions.”

ICCV Outstanding Reviewer 2023

Recognized as an Outstanding Reviewer for ICCV 2023.

Huawei Scholarship 2018

Recognized for research potential at the intersection of AI and communications.

Scales Figure Scholarship 2016 & 2018

Merit award for excellence in image processing and applied vision.

Tang Li Xin Scholarship 2017

Top 0.1 % of Chinese university students.

ACM SCF Best Student Paper 2016

Best student paper award at the ACM China Sichuan Chapter.

ICPC Asian Regional Silver Medal 2013

Team Silver in the ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest, Asian region.

“Star of Self-Improvement” Nominee 2014

National top 0.01 % honor.