Zhiwu Huang

I am a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) affiliated with the Vision, Learning, and Control (VLC) group in the School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton.

I specialize in computer vision and machine learning in the context of artificial general intelligence. My research focuses on improving machine learning by understanding human learning processes and exploring how AI can support and enhance both human life and the physical world. Central to our research team’s mission is the development of happy and green AI—artificial intelligence that is emotionally aligned, human-centered, and environmentally sustainable. Our work advances artificial machine intelligence with generative capabilities in perception, emotion, and action across computers, devices, and robots, with applications spanning healthcare, the arts, and education.

PhD Students

• Xudong Wu (Collaborated Student at Southampton, Main Supervisor), June 2025 - Present, with Jagmohan Chauhan, Zhanxing Zhu
• Michalis Kontos (Collaborated Student at Southampton, Second Supervisor), Feburary 2024 - March 2025, with Jagmohan Chauhan
• Tengjiao Sun (Collaborated Student at Southampton, Second Supervisor), January 2024 - Present, with Hansung Kim
• Harvey Mannering (Collaborated Student at Southampton, Main Supervisor), January 2024 - Present, with Adam Prugel-Bennett
• Elliot Stein (Collaborated Student at Southampton), March 2023 - September 2023, with Christine Evers, Jonathon Hare , Chris Freeman
• Han Xue (Collaborated Visiting Student at SMU Singapore, Main Supervisor for SMU Visit in 2022), April 2022 - October 2023, with Qianru Sun , Li Song , Wenjun Zhang
• Yabin Wang (Collaborated Visiting Student at SMU Singapore and Southampton, Main Supervisor for Both Visits), January 2022 - December 2022, November 2023 - November 2024, with Xiaopeng Hong , Zhou Su, Adam Prugel-Bennett
• Yuan Tian (Collaborated Student at ETH Zurich, Second Supervior, Thesis ), Feburary 2020 - Feburary 2023, with Olga Fink
• Anton Obukhov (Collaborated Student at ETH Zurich), Feburary 2020 - July 2021, with Dengxin Dai , Stamatios Georgoulis , Luc Van Gool
• Qin Wang (Collaborated Student at ETH Zurich), Feburary 2020 - December 2021, with Wen Li , Dengxin Dai , Olga Fink
• Mohamad Shahbazi (Collaborated Student at ETH Zurich), November 2019 - July 2021, with Danda Pani Paudel , Ajad Chhatkuli , Luc Van Gool
• Dario Fuoli (Collaborated Student at ETH Zurich), June 2019 - July 2021, with Radu Timofte , Danda Pani Paudel , Martin Danelljan , Luc Van Gool
• Jiqing Wu (Collaborated Student at ETH Zurich, Second Supervior, Thesis ), November 2016 - March 2020, with Luc Van Gool

Master Students

• Yixuan Yin (Student at University of Southampton), June 2025 - Present
• Chaolong Huang (Student at University of Southampton), June 2025 - Present
• Xuanlu Zhao (Student at University of Southampton), June 2025 - Present
• Mingkai Zhou (Student at University of Southampton), February 2024 - September 2024
• Qiuyu Li (Student at University of Southampton), February 2024 - September 2024
• Ziheng Chen (Student at Jiangnan University, Remote Collaboration), October 2021 - July 2022, with Xiao-Jun Wu
• Han-Yao Choong (Student at ETH Zurich), October 2021 - June 2022, with Suryansh Kumar , Luc Van Gool
• Chuqiao Li (Student at ETH Zurich), March 2021 - July 2022, with Danda Pani Paudel , Mohamad Shahbazi , Luc Van Gool
• Ritika Chakraborty (Student at ETH Zurich), October 2020 - Feburary 2021, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Samuele Serafino (Student at ETH Zurich), August 2020 - December 2020, with Suryansh Kumar , Luc Van Gool
• Rhea Sukthanker (Student at ETH Zurich), March 2020 - June 2021, with Suryansh Kumar , Luc Van Gool
• Stefano D'Apolito (Student at ETH Zurich), March 2020 - November 2020, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Erik Endsjo Goron (Student at ETH Zurich), March 2020 - June 2020, with Suryansh Kumar , Luc Van Gool
• Yan Wu (Student at ETH Zurich), October 2019 - December 2020, with Suryansh Kumar , Luc Van Gool
• Siwei Zhang (Student at ETH Zurich), October 2019 - March 2020, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Filip Janicki (Student at ETH Zurich), Feburary 2019 - August 2019, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Marc Yanlong Zhang (Student at ETH Zurich), Feburary 2019 - April 2020, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Sevim Caliskan (Student at ETH Zurich), Feburary 2019 - November 2019, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Aoming Liu (Student at ETH Zurich), January 2019 - June 2020, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Yuhang Lu (Student at ETH Zurich), January 2019 - June 2019, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• GuanJu Li (Student at ETH Zurich), January 2019 - September 2019, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Ramya Sivanesan (Student at ETH Zurich), October 2018 - March 2019, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Yichuan Wang (Student at ETH Zurich), September 2018 - Feburary 2019, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Lauren Alisha Fernandes (Student at ETH Zurich), January 2018 - July 2018, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Andrawes Al Bahou (Student at ETH Zurich), September 2017 - Feburary 2018, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Bernhard Kratzwald (Student at ETH Zurich), May 2017 - October 2017, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Jonathan Gan (Student at ETH Zurich), Feburary 2017 - September 2017, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool
• Dinesh Acharya (Student at ETH Zurich), Feburary 2017 - May 2018, with Danda Pani Paudel , Luc Van Gool

Part III Students

• Pratik Chakrabarty (Student at University of Southampton), Oct 2025 - May 2026
• Chenrui Yuan (Student at University of Southampton), Oct 2025 - May 2026
• Jingyi Zhong (Student at University of Southampton), Oct 2025 - May 2026
• Ethan Latimer (Student at University of Southampton), June 2024 - May 2025
• Nabil Al-Shanteer (Student at University of Southampton), June 2024 - May 2025
• Anthony Cheung (Student at University of Southampton), June 2024 - May 2025
• Joshua Willson (Student at University of Southampton), June 2023 - May 2024
• Renee Gregorio-de Souza (Student at University of Southampton), June 2023 - May 2024
• Finley Wood (Student at University of Southampton), June 2023 - May 2024