· 2006 PHD in Computer Science, University of Southern California, USA

· 2000 MSC in Computer Science, Peking University, China

· 1997 BSC in Mathematics, Xiamen University, China

Dr. Zhigang Deng is Moores Professor of Computer Science and the Director of Graduate Studies at the Computer Science Department of University of Houston. He earned Ph.D. in Computer Science at the Department of Computer Science at the University of Southern California in 2006. He also completed B.S. degree in Mathematics from Xiamen University (China), and M.S. in Computer Science from Peking University (China). Over the years, he had worked at or consulted for the Founder Group (China), AT&T Research, Tencent USA, and Qualcomm. His current research interests are in the broad areas of human-centered computing, computer graphics and animation, human computer conversation, and biomedical informatics. He is the recipient of many awards including Moores Professorship, ACM ICMI Best Paper Runner-up Award, CASA Best Paper Awards, IEEE TCCLS Best Paper Award, ACM ICMI Ten Year Technical Impact Award, UH Teaching Excellence Award, ICRA Best Medical Robotics Paper Runner-up Award, and Google Faculty Research Award. His research has been funded by NSF, NIH, NASA, DOD, Texas NHARP, QNRP, and various industry sources (Google, Honda, Electronic Arts, Nokia, etc). Besides serving as the conference/program co-chair for CASA 2014, SCA 2015, MIG 2022, PG 2023, and CGI 2024, he has been an Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Computer Graphics Forum, etc. His research work has been incorporated into many de facto graphics/animation packages (including Maya, and Houdini) and used in many game studios (e.g., Electronic Arts). He is an ACM Distinguished member and an IEEE Senior Member.

• ACM Distinguished Member
• IEEE Senior Member
• Google Faculty Research Award
• University of Houston John and Rebecca Moores Professorship
• University of Houston Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (Full Prof Level)
• ACM ICMI Ten Year Technical Impact Award