Zichao Zeng

Zichao Zeng

Ph.D. Candidate

University College London

About Me

I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. at University College London (UCL). My research focuses on Augmented Reality (AR) for Pedestrian Navigation, specifically improving pedestrian experiences in AR navigation through Computer Vision (CV) methods. This work is funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)/Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), in collaboration with Ordnance Survey (OS), and supported by the UCL International Scholar Doctoral Training Award (ISAD). The research is supervised by Prof. Jan Boehm (UCL), Dr. James Haworth (UCL), and Dr. Stefano Cavazzi (OS), and is part of the 3DIMPact and SpaceTimeLab research groups.

Research Interests

Computer VisionAugmented RealityPedestrian NavigationHuman-Computer Interaction

Skills

PythonC#RMatlabUnityGitDockerLinuxHTMLCSSJSMarkdownLaTeX

Education

Ph.D. in Augmented Reality and Computer Vision

University College London (UCL), 2023-Present

Research focus: Computer Vision Enhancing AR-based Pedestrian Navigation

M.Sc. in Geospatial Science

University College London (UCL), 2021-2022

Distinction with Top Graduate Award

Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant

University College London, Sep 2023-Present

Providing teaching support for core modules including Robot Vision and Navigation, Applied Building Information Modelling, Spatial Analysis of Energy Data, and Consumer Behaviour and Market Demand

Guest Teacher

University College London, Mar 2024-Dec 2024

Delivering specialised lectures in Spatial-Temporal Data Analysis and Data Mining, Spatial Analysis of Energy Data, and Machine Learning and Predictive Data Analytics

MSc Supervisor

University College London, Apr 2024-Oct 2024

Supervising postgraduate research projects in Geospatial Science and Spatio-temporal Analytics with Big Data Mining applications

Co-Founder

Maozhua Network, May 2023-May 2024

Co-founded a startup company specialising in Large Language Model applications, overseeing technical architecture and product development

Service

Peer Reviewer

Serving as a peer reviewer for journals and conferences, including BMVC 2024, Machine Vision and Applications, The Visual Computer, and The Journal of Supercomputing

Workshop Organiser

Organising international academic workshops on Deep Learning for Urban Analytics (GIScience 2023), Computer Vision Applications of AI (SGAI AI-2024), and Machine Vision for Earth Observation and Environment Monitoring (BMVC 2024)

Conference Volunteer

Volunteer at the 30th International Conference on Geoinformatics (2023), supporting event organisation and coordination