--- title: "Zhi-Qi Cheng — author profile and papers — Elamur Research" description: "Zhi-Qi Cheng, University of Washington: 2 papers on Elamur Research (2026), h-index 24 — affiliations, topics, co-authors and who cites…" canonical: "https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhi-qi-cheng/" --- [Elamur Research](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhi-qi-cheng/) [home](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [authors](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/) / Zhi-Qi Cheng # Zhi-Qi Cheng Zhi-Qi Cheng has 2 papers in our library, in 2026, most of them on [Evaluation & benchmarks](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/), [Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/), [Vision & language](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/); often with [Alexander G. Hauptmann](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-g-hauptmann/), [Hang Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hang-wang/), [Jiayu Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiayu-li/). 2 papers in our library · 2026 [OpenAlex](https://openalex.org/A5058898461) · [ORCID](https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1720-2085) · [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q130859472) · [**h-index 24**](https://openalex.org/authors/A5058898461) · [96 works](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5058898461) · [2,074 citations](https://openalex.org/works?filter=author.id:A5058898461&sort=cited_by_count:desc) OpenAlex, 2026-10-14 [📄 2 works in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhi-qi-cheng/#papers) · [🔗 Cited 29 times in our library](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhi-qi-cheng/cited-by/) · [2 more in our library without a page yet](#also) · [⭐ Paper Stars ranking: #14125](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/paper-stars/page/142/#star-14125) The profile is the library's match of the name; two people with one name are not always told apart. Elsewhere: [Google Scholar](https://scholar.google.com/citations?view_op=search_authors&mauthors=Zhi-Qi+Cheng) · [Semantic Scholar](https://www.semanticscholar.org/search?q=Zhi-Qi+Cheng) · [dblp](https://dblp.org/search?q=Zhi-Qi+Cheng) · [ACL Anthology](https://aclanthology.org/search/?q=Zhi-Qi+Cheng) ## Affiliations [🎓**University of Washington** Seattle · United States 2024–2026 · 18 papersEmployment since 2024 · Assistant Professor, School of Engineering & Technology*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-washington/) · [🎓**University of Washington Tacoma** Tacoma · United States 2025–2026 · 12 papers*current*](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/university-of-washington-tacoma/) · [🎓**Carnegie Mellon University** Pittsburgh · United States 2018–2025 · 41 papersEducation · Ph.D. Student, computer scienceEmployment 2019–2022 · Postdoctoral Research AssociateEmployment 2023–2024 · Project Scientist & Course Instructor](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/carnegie-mellon-university/) · [🎓**Southwest Jiaotong University** Chengdu · China 2016–2020 · 12 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/southwest-jiaotong-university/) · [🎓**Shenzhen Technology University** Shenzhen · China 2024–2025 · 3 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/shenzhen-technology-university/) · [🎓**Hebei University of Economics and Business** Shijiazhuang · China 2022–2025 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/05j1kc284) · [🎓**Qufu Normal University** Qufu · China 2024–2025 · 2 papers](https://ror.org/03ceheh96) · [🎓**Northwest University** Xi'an · China 2021–2023 · 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/northwest-university/) · [🎓**City University of Hong Kong** Hong Kong · China 2016–2017 · 1 paperEducation · Ph.D. Student, computer scienceEmployment 2016–2017 · Research Assistant](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/universities/city-university-of-hong-kong/) · [🏢**Alibaba Group** Hangzhou · China 2015–2016 · 1 paperEmployment 2015–2016 · Research Scientist](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/companies/alibaba-group/) From the bylines of their papers (OpenAlex, 2026-10-14), ORCID and Wikidata; institutions on papers are matched by machine. 6 more institutions on single bylines are not listed. ## Fields, topics and concepts Of its works in our library, with the number of works on each. 📚 Shelves 8 The field of science this work belongs to (OpenAlex fields).[Computer Science · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/) · [Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · 2 works](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/computer-vision-and-pattern-recognition/) · [Artificial Intelligence · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/artificial-intelligence/) · [Arts and Humanities · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/) · [Developmental and Educational Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/developmental-and-educational-psychology/) · [Human-Computer Interaction · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/computer-science/human-computer-interaction/) · [Language and Linguistics · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/arts-and-humanities/language-and-linguistics/) · [Psychology · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/shelves/psychology/) 🧭 Topics 3 Research subjects and languages the work is about.[Evaluation & benchmarks · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/evaluation-benchmarks/) · [Reasoning · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/reasoning/) · [Vision & language · 1 work](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/topics/multimodal/) ## Works by year ### 2020s [**2026** 2 papers](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhi-qi-cheng/year/2026/) ## Papers The most cited first (OpenAlex and our library). 1. **[GoViG: Goal-Conditioned Visual Navigation Instruction Generation via Multimodal Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2026-govig-goal-conditioned-visual-navigation/)** *(2026)* The paper presents GoViG, a new task in which a model must write natural-language route directions using only two first-person images: one of the starting position and one of the destination. 2. **[Sign-Language Datasets at Scale: A Comprehensive Survey on Resources, Benchmarks, and Annotation Standards](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ni-2026-sign-language-datasets-scale-comprehensive/)** *(2026)* Automatic sign-language recognition (SLR), translation (SLT) and production (SLP) are limited less by modelling and more by data. ## All works 4 works of theirs in our library, the most cited first; 2 with a page here, the others link their original until we summarise them. 1. **[BlockGCN: Redefine Topology Awareness for Skeleton-Based Action Recognition ↗](https://doi.org/10.1109/cvpr52733.2024.00200) IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings · no summary yet**Yuxuan Zhou et al.*2024 · 186 citations* 2. **[Emotion-LLaMA: Multimodal Emotion Recognition and Reasoning with Instruction Tuning ↗](https://doi.org/10.52202/079017-3518) neural information processing systems · no summary yet**Zebang Cheng et al.*2024 · 133 citations* 3. **[GoViG: Goal-Conditioned Visual Navigation Instruction Generation via Multimodal Reasoning](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/wu-2026-govig-goal-conditioned-visual-navigation/) [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/)**Fengyi Wu, Yifei Dong, Yilong Dai, et al.*2026* 4. **[Sign-Language Datasets at Scale: A Comprehensive Survey on Resources, Benchmarks, and Annotation Standards](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/papers/ni-2026-sign-language-datasets-scale-comprehensive/) [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/)**Yiming Ni, Zhi-Qi Cheng, Jiayu Li, et al.*2026* ## Co-authors here 4 co-authors with a page, the most papers together first. - [Alexander G. Hauptmann](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/alexander-g-hauptmann/) - [Hang Wang](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/hang-wang/) - [Jiayu Li](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/jiayu-li/) - [Wei Cheng](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/wei-cheng/) ## Venues Where their works here were published, the most works first, with the editions of those that have a page. - [Annual Meeting of the Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL)](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/): [ACL 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/acl/2026/) - [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/): [Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics 2026](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/venues/findings/2026/) - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - IEEE Computer Society Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition/Proceedings - neural information processing systems ## Cited by Papers of our library cite their works 29 times (of the 149,439 papers whose bibliographies we read); [7 citing papers with a page here →](https://md.research.elamur.ai/free/en/authors/zhi-qi-cheng/cited-by/). Updated 2 November 2026