Zhiyang Deng

Zhiyang Deng

Master's Student @ NUS
GenAI Research Intern @ Riot Games
B.Sc. @ Hunan University

I am currently a Master’s student in Computing at National University of Singapore (NUS). At the same time, I am working as a Generative AI Research Intern at Riot Games. Previously, I worked as a Research Assistant at Nanjing University (Suzhou Campus), supervised by Prof.Zhenyu Zhang. Before joining NUS, I received my bachelor’s degree from Hunan University, mentored by Prof.Ruihui Li.
My research interests lie in computer graphics and generative models, with a particular focus on 3D digital human reconstruction and generation.

🔥 News

  • 2026.01: 🎉 One paper has been accepted by ICASSP 2026.
  • 2025.12: 🎉 I received an internship offer from Riot Games Singapore, starting in January 2026.
  • 2025.11: One paper was submitted to CVPR 2026, where I am listed as first author and co-first author.
  • 2025.05: 🎉 I received an offer for the Master of Computing program at the National University of Singapore.
  • 2025.04: Two papers were submitted to ACM MM 2025, where I am listed as first author and co-first author.
  • 2024.11: 🎉 I officially started working as a Research Assistant at NJU(SZ). Feel free to reach out for a coffee chat!

📖 Education

National University of Singapore
Master of Computing
Aug. 2025 – Jan. 2027
  • Currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Computing.
  • Research focus: computer graphics, generative modeling, and 3D digital humans.
Hunan University
B.Sc. in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics
Sep. 2021 – Jun. 2025
  • Completed undergraduate training in mathematics and applied mathematics.
  • Built research experience in graphics and related computational methods during this period.

💼 Experience

Riot Games
Generative AI Research Intern
Jan. 2026 – Present
  • Work on generative AI research and development for image generation and editing related tasks.
  • Explore practical research problems and system-level applications of generative models.
Nanjing University (Suzhou Campus)
Research Assistant
Nov. 2024 – Dec. 2025
  • Worked on research projects related to computer graphics and 3D human modeling.
  • Contributed to experiments, implementation, and paper writing.
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Research Intern
Oct. 2024 – Apr. 2025
  • Participated in research projects as a research intern.
  • Focused on topics related to graphics and visual computing.

📝 Publications

Under Review
Grid-A-Character teaser

Grid-A-Character: Delving into Grid Condition Strategy for Unlocking Consistent and Controllable Character Generation

Zhiyang Deng, Zhuofan Xiao, Jian Yang, Zhenyu Zhang†

Project Paper Code
ICASSP 2026
HM-Avatar teaser

HM-Avatar: Towards Realistic Loose Garment Modeling with Hierarchical MLPs

Hongyu Wang*, Zhiyang Deng*, Wenzhe He, Xiaojun Chen, Ying Liu, Ruihui Li†

Project Paper Code
Under Review
TextureAvatar teaser

TextureAvatar: Texture-Enhanced 3D Gaussian Splatting for Avatar Modeling from Monocular Videos

Zhiyang Deng, Hongyu Wang, Xiaojun Chen, Ying Liu, Ruihui Li†

Project Paper Code

🎖 Honors and Awards

  • 2024.12 Hunan University 2023–2024 Individual Scholarship.
  • 2023.12 Hunan University 2022–2023 Individual Scholarship.
  • 2022.12 Hunan University 2021–2022 Individual Scholarship.