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

Teaching

TCSS 455; TCSS 458; TCSS 590; Independent research supervision

University of Washington

  • TCSS 455
    Introduction to Machine Learning
    Autumn ’25 · Tue/Thu 1:30–3:30 PM · CP 106
    Instructor: Zhi‑Qi Cheng · Office hours: Tue 3:45–4:45 PM (MH 221.6) · Syllabus
  • TCSS 458
    Computer Graphics
    Winter ’25 · Mon/Wed 3:40–5:40 PM · CP 325
    Instructor: Zhi‑Qi Cheng · Office hours: Wed 5:45–6:30 PM (MH 221.6) · Syllabus
  • TCSS 590
    Vision‑Language Models
    Spring ’25 · Mon/Wed 3:40–5:40 PM · JOY 215
    Instructor: Zhi‑Qi Cheng · Graduate seminar (Vision‑Language Models) · Syllabus
  • Independent research supervision — TCSS 499 / 600 / 702 (ongoing)

Carnegie Mellon University

  • 11‑775
    Large‑Scale Multimedia Analysis
    Fall ’23 · Mon/Wed 5:00–6:20 PM · GHC 4307
    Instructor: Zhi‑Qi Cheng (with Prof. Alexander G. Hauptmann) · Syllabus
  • 11‑775
    Large‑Scale Multimedia Analysis
    Spring ’24 · Mon/Wed 5:00–6:20 PM · GHC 4102
    Instructor: Zhi‑Qi Cheng (with Prof. Alexander G. Hauptmann) · Syllabus