Professor Zhigang Zhu
Herbert G. Kayser Professor of Computer Science
Faculty of Computer Science and Computer Engineering @ CUNY City College , Computer Science PhD Program @ CUNY Graduate Center, and M.S. Program in Cognitive Neuroscience @ CUNY Graduate Center
Director, The CUNY Computational Vision and Convergence Laboratory (CCVCL) – formerly The City College Visual Computing Lab
Co-Director, Master’s Program in Data Science and Engineering, Grove School of Engineering
Education (bio-sketch)
- Ph.D. (CS, with honor ), Tsinghua University, 1997 (Ph.D. Thesis)
- M.E (CS), Tsinghua University, 1991
- B.E. (CS, with honor), Tsinghua University, 1988
Teaching
Office Hours: Every Thursday 2:00 pm – 4:00 pm except holidays, [Online meeting Zoom Link] (email zzhu dot ccny dot cuny dot edu for the passcode)
Courses Taught Now and in the Past
Research Projects
A List of Current and Past Projects
Academic Experience
- 08/2012-now, Herbert G. Kayser Chair Professor of Computer Science, City College of New York, CUNY
- 01/2007- now, Professor, Department of Computer Science, City College of New York, CUNY
- 09/2002-01/2007, Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science, City College of New York, CUNY
- 12/2000 – 08/2002, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Computer Science (now Manning College of Information & Computer Sciences), University of Massachusetts Amherst
- 09/1998 – 11/2000, Senior Post Doctoral Research Associate, Department of Computer Science, UMass Amherst
- 09/1997 – 09/1999, Director, Information Processing and Application Division, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
- 07/1996 – 2002 Associate Professor, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
- 04/1991 – 06/1996, Lecturer/Assistant Professor, Department of Computer Science and Technology, Tsinghua University
Honors and Awards
- President’s Award for Excellence, The City College of New York, May 2013 (award letter).
- Named Herbert G. Kayser Chair Professor of Computer Science in 2012
- Recipient of Certificate of Recognition “Salute to Scholars” Award, CUNY , 2004-now
- Ph.D. thesis selected into the Hundred National Excellent Doctorate Theses in China, 1999
- Recipient of the C. C. Lin Applied Mathematics Scholarship, first prize winner, Tsinghua University, 1997
- Recipient of the “Outstanding Young Teacher of the Year”, Beijing, 1997
- Science and Technology Achievement Award, second class prize, Ministry of Electronics Industry China, 1996
Contact Information
Room: NAC 8 / 211
Department of Computer Sciences
The City College of New York
138th Street at Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
Tel: (212) 650-8799
Fax:(212) 650-6248
Email: zzhu dot ccny dot cuny dot edu