Zhuangzhuang Gu

PhD Student, Computer Science and Engineering, University of South Carolina

E-mail: ZG5@email.sc.edu

I’m now a PhD student in the Computer Science and Engineering department at the University of South Carolina. My research interests include Wireless Sensing, Deep Learning, Computer Vision. I am hired as Research Assistant in Syrex lab of Dr. Sanjib Sur.

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Education

  • University of South Carolina (2022 — present)
    • Ph.D. in Computer Science
    • Department: Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing
    • Advisor: Prof. Sanjib Sur
  • University of South Carolina (2022 — 2024)
    • M.S. in Computer Science
    • Department: Molinaroli College of Engineering and Computing
    • Advisor: Prof. Sanjib Sur
  • Xi’an University of Posts and Telecommunication (2016 — 2020)
    • B.E. in Network Engineering
    • Department: School of Computer Science & Technology

Experience

  • Wireless Sensing Research Intern, Robert Bosch LLC, 5/2026 — present
    • Designed intelligent wireless sensing solutions with a focus on AI/ML and embedded proof-of-concept prototypes.
    • Conducted performance analysis and feasibility studies through simulations, experiments, and analytical modeling.
  • Graduate Research Assistant, SyReX lab, University of South Carolina, 2022 — present
    • Developed software tools for multi-sensor data collection, enabling automated processing and integration of diverse sources.
    • Designed and implemented machine learning models to analyze collected data and generate research insights.
  • Software Development Engineer, ChinaUnicom Software Research Institution, 2020 — 2021

Publications

  1. mmBox: Harnessing Millimeter-Wave Signals for Reliable Vehicle and Pedestrians Detection, Zhuangzhuang Gu, Hem Regmi, Sanjib Sur, ACM Transactions on Internet of Things, 2024
  2. Diffusion-Based CT Image Segmentation for Intracerebral Hemorrhage, Lili Wang, Pingping Cai, Zhuangzhuang Gu, Srihari Nelakuditi, Yan Tong, 2025 IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2025
  3. A Novel Approach of Monitoring Stroke Recovery: Contactless Sensor for Gait Speed and Fugl-Meyer Action Duration Estimation, Z. Gu, R. Titus, H. Regmi, R. Tavasoli, S. Sur, S. Sen, 2025
  4. Gait Speed Estimation from Millimeter-Wave Wireless Sensing, Zhuangzhuang Gu, Hem Regmi, Sanjib Sur, 2024
  5. The Algebraic Frequency Equation of a Taut String Damped at a Fraction Location: Solution Structures and Properties, Xiaodong Zhang, Chunxia Tang, Gang Zheng, Mengli Wang, Ceshi Sun, Wei Liao, Zhuangzhuang Gu, 2024
  6. Ultrasonic-Based Stress Identification of a Reinforced Concrete Beam via USR-Net, Zheng Gang, Yu Jigang, Gu Zhuangzhuang, Zhang Benniu, 2024
  7. Poster: mmBox: mmWave Bounding Box for Vehicle and Pedestrian Detection Under Outdoor Environment, Gu Zhuangzhuang, Regmi Hem, Sur Sanjib, 2023
  8. mmWaveNet: Indoor Point Cloud Generation from Millimeter-Wave Devices, Zhuangzhuang Gu, Sanjib Sur, 2023
  9. 基于 DenseNet 的人脸表情识别方法研究(Research on Human Facial Expression Recognition Method Based on DenseNet), GU Zhuangzhuang, XU Xuebin, LU Longbin, DOU Yangguang, 2023
  10. A Tuberculosis Detection Method Using Attention and Sparse R-CNN, Xuebin Xu, Jiada Zhang, Xiaorui Cheng, Longbin Lu, Yuqing Zhao, Zongyu Xu, Zhuangzhuang Gu, 2022
  11. Traffic Sign Recognition Method Based on Deep Residual Network, Jiada Zhang, Xuebin Xu, Xinglin Hou, Zhuangzhuang Gu, Yuqing Zhao, Yuhao Liu, Guohua Zhang, Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, vol. 127, p. 103, 2020
  12. Classification and Recognition of Fruit Machine Vision Based on ELM Research in Smart Agriculture, Yuqing Zhao, Xuebin Xu, Xinglin Hou, Zhuangzhuang Gu, Jiada Zhang, Yuhao Liu, Guohua Zhang, Basic & Clinical Pharmacology & Toxicology, vol. 127, p. 102, 2020
  13. Forest Fire Monitoring System Based on Deep Neural Network, Zhuangzhuang Gu, 2020
  14. A RSA algorithm simulation method using C language, Zhenyu Wang, Siting Wu, Zhuangzhuang Gu, 2019
  15. 智能家居实施方案研究, 顾状状, 党颖, 胡成杭, 常佳琛, 郭旭, 2018

Research Funding

  1. Principal Investigator, 2025 SBIR Ignite Phase I, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), Award No. 80NSSC26C0065, 2025

Honor and Rewards

  • The second place award of 2025 Discover USC Medical Scholar, 05/2025
  • NSF Student Travel Grant for 2023 CPS-IoT Week, 05/2023
  • Excellence Award of the “Shuwei Cup” mathematical modeling competition, 06/2020
  • Awarded of Excellent Graduate of Xi’an University of Posts& Telecommunications, 05/2020
  • Awarded the honor of Top Ten Student of Xi’an University of Posts& Telecommunications, 05/2020
  • China National Scholarship, 10/2019
  • Excellent Student of Xi’an University of Posts& Telecommunication, 10/2019
  • The award of Top Ten Student in School of Computer Science & Technology Department, 05/2019
  • The National Encouragement Scholarship, 12/2018
  • The award of Individual Academic Progressing of Xi’an University of Posts& Telecommunications, 12/2018
  • The award of Excellent Class Leader in Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunication, 12/2018
  • The prize of Excellence in the 8th Creativity Cup Webpage Designing Contest, 05/2018
  • The prize of Excellence of the 3 rd ACM-ICPC Contest, 03/2018
  • The award of Excellent Class Leader in Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, 12/2017
  • The Second-class Scholarship in Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, 12/2017
  • The prize of Excellent Summer Social Practice Report of Xi’an University of Posts & Telecommunications, 10/2017
  • The First Prize of National Physical Academic Competition, 06/2017

Patents

  • Contactless and Camera-Free Gait Assessment, Sanjib Sur, Zhuangzhuang Gu, Provisional Patent Application, 63/784349, filed April 7, 2025 (Patent Pending)
  • Remote Near Infrared Palmprint Fusion Recognition Equipment, Zhuangzhuang Gu, et al., Utility Model Patent, Patent No.: ZL201922308891.8, Granted 2019