Zikun Deng 邓紫坤

Tenure-Track Associate Professor, Software Engineering

South China University of Technology

Biography

I’m a Tenure-Track Associate Professor in the School of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology. I received my B.Eng. degree from the School of Intelligent Systems Engineering, Sun Yat-sen University in 2018, and Ph.D. degree from the State Key Lab of CAD & CG, Zhejiang University in 2023. I was a ZJUIDG group member supervised by Prof. Yingcai Wu. I have published over 10 papers in top-tier journals, including IEEE TVCG, IEEE ITS, and CVMJ. My current research interests are in Visual Analytic, Data Visualization, Data Mining, and their application in Smart City, Digital Twins, and Industry 4.0.

Interests

Visual Analytics
Data Visualization
Smart City
Digital Twins
Industry 4.0

Education

Ph.D., Computer Science, 2023

Zhejiang University
B.Eng., Transportation Engineering, 2018

Sun Yat-sen University

Experience

Tenure-Track Associate Professor

School of Software Engineering, South China University of Technology

Aug 2023 – Present Guangzhou, China

Algorithm Engineer

Zhejiang Lab

Apr 2019 – Apr 2021 Hangzhou, China

Ph.D. Student

State Key Lab of CAD & CG, Zhejiang University

Sep 2018 – Jun 2023 Hangzhou, China

Algorithm Engineer

Urban Computing Lab, JD Finance

Apr 2018 – Sep 2018 Beijing, China

Research Intern

State Key Lab of CAD & CG, Zhejiang University

Jul 2017 – Apr 2018 Hangzhou, China

Undergraduate Student

Sun Yat-sen University

Aug 2014 – Jun 2018 Guangzhou, China

Featured Publications

Zikun Deng, Jiabao Huang, Chenxi Ruan, Jialing Li, Shaowu Gao, Yi Cai

February 2025 IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics

Volume-Based Space-Time Cube for Large-Scale Continuous Spatial Time Series

A technique called VolumeSTCube, that incorporates a data transformation framework, volume visualization techniques, and tailored spatiotemporal interactions to visualize large-scale ST series in a spacetime cube effectively.

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Zikun Deng, Yuanbang Liu, Mingrui Zhu, Da Xiang, Haiyue Yu, Zicheng Su, Qinglong Lu, Tobias Schreck, Yi Cai

February 2025 IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics

TraSculptor: Visual Analytics for Enhanced Decision-Making in Road Traffic Planning

A technique called TraSculptor, which allows experts to flexibly interact with the road network’s structure and attributes and intuitively compare multiple states during the iterative planning process

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Zikun Deng, Shifu Chen, Tobias Schreck, Dazhen Deng, Tan Tang, Mingliang Xu, Di Weng, Yingcai Wu

August 2023 IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. of IEEE VIS 2023)

Visualizing Large-Scale Spatial Time Series with GeoChron

A technique called GeoChron, which leverages the evolution pattern notion to meaningfully organize large-scale ST series into spatiotemporal partitions and visualize large-scale ST series in a pattern-aware and narrative-preserving way.

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Zikun Deng, Shifu Chen, Xiao Xie, Guodao Sun, Mingliang Xu, Di Weng, Yingcai Wu

April 2023 IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Early Access)

Multilevel Visual Analysis of Aggregate Geo-Networks

A new multiple-network-on-one-map technique for multilevel analysis of multiple geo-networks.

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Zikun Deng, Di Weng, Shuhan Liu, Yuan Tian, Mingliang Xu, Yingcai Wu

November 2022 Computational Visual Media, 9 (1): 3-39, 2023

A survey of urban visual analytics: Advances and future directions

A comprehensive survey of urban visual analytics.

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Zikun Deng, Di Weng, Xiao Xie, Jie Bao, Yu Zheng, Mingliang Xu, Wei Chen, Yingcai Wu

January 2022 IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 28 (1): 1051-1061, 2022

Compass: Towards Better Causal Analysis of Urban Time Series

A novel visual analytics approach for in-depth analyses of the dynamic causality in urban time series.

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Zikun Deng, Di Weng, Yuxuan Liang, Jie Bao, Yu Zheng, Tobias Schreck, Mingliang Xu, Yingcai Wu

July 2021 IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 28(6): 2486-2499, 2022

Visual Cascade Analytics of Large-scale Spatiotemporal Data

A visual analytics system that combines an inference model with interactive visualizations and empowers analysts to infer and interpret the latent cascading patterns in the spatiotemporal context

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All Publications

Zikun Deng, Jiabao Huang, Chenxi Ruan, Jialing Li, Shaowu Gao, Yi Cai (2025). Volume-Based Space-Time Cube for Large-Scale Continuous Spatial Time Series. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics.

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Zikun Deng, Yuanbang Liu, Mingrui Zhu, Da Xiang, Haiyue Yu, Zicheng Su, Qinglong Lu, Tobias Schreck, Yi Cai (2025). TraSculptor: Visual Analytics for Enhanced Decision-Making in Road Traffic Planning. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics.

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Zikun Deng, Haoming Chen, Qinglong Lu, Zicheng Su, Tobias Schreck, Jie Bao, Yi Cai (2025). Visual comparative analytics of multimodal transportation. Visual Informatics.

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Lu Ying, Aoyu Wu, Haotian Li, Zikun Deng, Ji Lan, Jiang Wu, Yong Wang, Huamin Qu, Dazhen Deng, Yingcai Wu (2024). VAID: Indexing View Designs in Visual Analytics System. ACM CHI 2024.

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Zhengxuan Lin, Chao Wang, Bin Shao, Zikun Deng, Yongheng Wang, Yingcai Wu (2024). A Visual Analytic Approach for Discovering Urban Community based on Line Graph. Journal of Computer-Aided Design & Computer Graphics.

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Zikun Deng, Shifu Chen, Tobias Schreck, Dazhen Deng, Tan Tang, Mingliang Xu, Di Weng, Yingcai Wu (2023). Visualizing Large-Scale Spatial Time Series with GeoChron. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Proc. of IEEE VIS 2023).

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Zikun Deng, Shifu Chen, Xiao Xie, Guodao Sun, Mingliang Xu, Di Weng, Yingcai Wu (2023). Multilevel Visual Analysis of Aggregate Geo-Networks. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics (Early Access).

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Zikun Deng, Di Weng, Shuhan Liu, Yuan Tian, Mingliang Xu, Yingcai Wu (2022). A survey of urban visual analytics: Advances and future directions. Computational Visual Media, 9 (1): 3-39, 2023.

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Shuhan Liu, Di Weng, Yuan Tian, Zikun Deng, Haoran Xu, Xiangyu Zhu, Honglei Yin, Xianyuan Zhan, Yingcai Wu (2022). ECoalVis: Visual Analysis of Control Strategies in Coal-fired Power Plants. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 29(1): 1091-1101, 2023.

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Zikun Deng, Di Weng, Yingcai Wu (2022). You are experienced: Interactive tour planning with crowdsourcing tour data from web. Journal of Visualization, 26: 385–401, 2023.

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Yifang Wang, Hongye Liang, Xinhuan Shu, Jiachen Wang, Ke Xu, Zikun Deng, Cameron Campbell, Bijia Chen, Yingcai Wu, Huamin Qu (2022). Interactive Visual Exploration of Longitudinal Historical Career Mobility Data. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 28 (10): 3441-3455, 2022.

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Zikun Deng, Di Weng, Xiao Xie, Jie Bao, Yu Zheng, Mingliang Xu, Wei Chen, Yingcai Wu (2022). Compass: Towards Better Causal Analysis of Urban Time Series. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 28 (1): 1051-1061, 2022.

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Zikun Deng, Di Weng, Yuxuan Liang, Jie Bao, Yu Zheng, Tobias Schreck, Mingliang Xu, Yingcai Wu (2021). Visual Cascade Analytics of Large-scale Spatiotemporal Data. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 28(6): 2486-2499, 2022.

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Di Weng, Chengbo Zheng, Zikun Deng, Mingze Ma, Jie Bao, Yu Zheng, Mingliang Xu, Yingcai Wu (2021). Towards Better Bus Networks: A Visual Analytics Approach. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 27 (2): 817-827, 2021.

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Yingcai Wu, Di Weng, Zikun Deng, Jie Bao, Mingliang Xu, Zhangye Wang, Yu Zheng, Zhiyu Ding, Wei Chen (2020). Towards Better Detection and Analysis of Massive Spatiotemporal Co-Occurrence Patterns. IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 22 (6): 3387-3402, 2021.

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Zikun Deng, Di Weng, Jiahui Chen, Ren Liu, Zhibin Wang, Jie Bao, Yu Zheng, Yingcai Wu (2020). AirVis: Visual Analytics of Air Pollution Propagation. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 26 (1): 800-810, 2020.

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Di Weng, Ran Chen, Zikun Deng, Feiran Wu, Jingmin Chen, Yingcai Wu (2018). SRVis: Towards Better Spatial Integration in Ranking Visualization. IEEE Transaction on Visualization and Computer Graphics, 25 (1): 459-469, 2019.

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