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Zhigang Deng

TitleProfessor
InstitutionUniversity of Houston
DepartmentComputer Science
Address219 Phillip G. Hoffman Hall (PGH)
Houston TX 77004
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    Zhigang Deng, University of Houston Moores Professor of computer science, was named a Distinguished Member of the Association for Computing Machinery. ACM named 63 Distinguished Members in 2021 for outstanding contributions to the field. All inductees are longstanding ACM members and were selected by their peers for a range of accomplishments that advance computing as a science and a profession.

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    R21HD075048     (DENG, ZHIGANG)Apr 1, 2013 - Mar 31, 2017
    NIH
    Feasibility Study of Avatar Customization and Relatedness on Physical Activity
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Pham TT, Brecheisen J, Wu CC, Nguyen H, Deng Z, Adjeroh D, Doretto G, Choudhary A, Le N. ItpCtrl-AI: End-to-end interpretable and controllable artificial intelligence by modeling radiologists' intentions. Artif Intell Med. 2025 Feb; 160:103054. PMID: 39689443; PMCID: PMC11757032.
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    2. Awasthi A, Le N, Deng Z, Agrawal R, Wu CC, Van Nguyen H. Bridging human and machine intelligence: Reverse-engineering radiologist intentions for clinical trust and adoption. Comput Struct Biotechnol J. 2024 Dec; 24:711-723. PMID: 39660015; PMCID: PMC11629193.
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    3. Anabtawi M, Shabir D, Padhan J, Al-Ansari A, Aboumarzouk OM, Deng Z, Navkar NV. A holographic telementoring system depicting surgical instrument movements for real-time guidance in open surgeries. Comput Methods Programs Biomed. 2024 Nov; 256:108396. PMID: 39213900.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
    4. Shabir D, Anbatawi M, Padhan J, Balakrishnan S, Al-Ansari A, Abinahed J, Tsiamyrtzis P, Yaacoub E, Mohammed A, Deng Z, Navkar NV. Evaluation of user-interfaces for controlling movements of virtual minimally invasive surgical instruments. Int J Med Robot. 2022 Oct; 18(5):e2414. PMID: 35486635.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    5. Shabir D, Abdurahiman N, Padhan J, Anbatawi M, Trinh M, Balakrishnan S, Al-Ansari A, Yaacoub E, Deng Z, Erbad A, Mohammed A, Navkar NV. Preliminary design and evaluation of a remote tele-mentoring system for minimally invasive surgery. Surg Endosc. 2022 May; 36(5):3663-3674. PMID: 35246742; PMCID: PMC9001542.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    6. Baysden E, Mendoza N, Callender C, Deng Z, Thompson D. Teen reactions to a self-representational avatar: A qualitative exploration. J Sport Health Sci. 2022 Mar; 11(2):157-163. PMID: 34293497; PMCID: PMC9068574.
      Citations: 3     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    7. Shabir D, Abdurahiman N, Padhan J, Trinh M, Balakrishnan S, Kurer M, Ali O, Al-Ansari A, Yaacoub E, Deng Z, Erbad A, Mohammed A, Navkar NV. Towards development of a tele-mentoring framework for minimally invasive surgeries. Int J Med Robot. 2021 Oct; 17(5):e2305. PMID: 34256415.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    8. Thompson DI, Cantu D, Callender C, Liu Y, Rajendran M, Rajendran M, Zhang Y, Deng Z. Photorealistic Avatar and Teen Physical Activity: Feasibility and Preliminary Efficacy. Games Health J. 2018 Apr; 7(2):143-150. PMID: 29406774; PMCID: PMC5905941.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Thompson D, Cantu D, Rajendran M, Rajendran M, Bhargava T, Zhang Y, Chen C, Liu Y, Deng Z. Development of A Teen-Focused Exergame. Games Health J. 2016 Oct; 5(5):342-356. PMID: 27680385; PMCID: PMC5073236.
      Citations: 6     Fields:    
    10. Le BH, Zhu M, Deng Z. Marker optimization for facial motion acquisition and deformation. IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph. 2013 Nov; 19(11):1859-71. PMID: 24029906.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    11. Navkar NV, Deng Z, Shah DJ, Tsekos NV. A framework for integrating real-time MRI with robot control: application to simulated transapical cardiac interventions. IEEE Trans Biomed Eng. 2013 Apr; 60(4):1023-33. PMID: 23221795.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    12. Le BH, Ma X, Deng Z. Live Speech Driven Head-and-Eye Motion Generators. IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph. 2012 Nov; 18(11):1902-14. PMID: 22392712.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    13. Ma X, Deng Z. A Statistical Quality Model for Data-Driven Speech Animation. IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph. 2012 Nov; 18(11):1915-27. PMID: 22350203.
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    14. Li Q, Deng Z. A surface-based 3-D dendritic spine detection approach from confocal microscopy images. IEEE Trans Image Process. 2012 Mar; 21(3):1223-30. PMID: 21896386.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:HumansCells
    15. Yeniaras E, Deng Z, Syed MA, Davies MG, Tsekos NV. A novel virtual reality environment for preoperative planning and simulation of image guided intracardiac surgeries with robotic manipulators. Stud Health Technol Inform. 2011; 163:716-22. PMID: 21335887.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    16. Yeniaras E, Navkar NV, Sonmez AE, Shah DJ, Deng Z, Tsekos NV. MR-based real time path planning for cardiac operations with transapical access. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2011; 14(Pt 1):25-32. PMID: 22003596.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    17. Li Q, Deng Z, Zhang Y, Zhou X, Nägerl UV, Wong ST. A global spatial similarity optimization scheme to track large numbers of dendritic spines in time-lapse confocal microscopy. IEEE Trans Med Imaging. 2011 Mar; 30(3):632-41. PMID: 21047709.
      Citations: 2     Fields:    Translation:HumansAnimalsCells
    18. Le BH, Deng Z, Xia J, Chang YB, Zhou X. An interactive geometric technique for upper and lower teeth segmentation. Med Image Comput Comput Assist Interv. 2009; 12(Pt 2):968-75. PMID: 20426205.
      Citations: 4     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    19. Li Q, Deng Z. Orthogonal-blendshape-based editing system for facial motion capture data. IEEE Comput Graph Appl. 2008; 28(6):76-82. PMID: 19004687.
      Citations: 1     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    20. Deng Z, Neumann U, Lewis JP, Kim TY, Bulut M, Narayanan S. Expressive facial animation synthesis by learning speech coarticulation and expression spaces. IEEE Trans Vis Comput Graph. 2006; 12(6):1523-34. PMID: 17073374.
      Citations:    Fields:    Translation:Humans
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