Hongtao Zheng
PhD Student (2025 -)
Research Centre for Fire Safety Engineering
Department of Building Environment and Energy Engineering
Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong
Email: hongtao.zheng@connect.polyu.hk
Office: ZS 808
Biography
Hongtao Zheng is currently a PhD student at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University. He received his Bachelor’s Degree from Hangzhou City University (2023). He is currently focused on the intersection of generative AI and fire-related research, Smart Firefighting and Highly Autonomous Firefighting Robots, and he also has a strong interest in the impact of global wildfires on climate and ecosystems.
Background of Education
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B.Eng. in School of Information and Electrical Engineering, Hangzhou City University (2023)
Research Areas
Smart Firefighting and Highly Autonomous Firefighting Robots, Fire Research Based on Generative AI, Fire Big Data Analysis.
Prizes and Awards
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National Scholarship (国家奖学金, 2022)
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Presidential Scholarship（求是荣誉奖章，2023）
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National First Prize，National College Student Intelligent Car Competition (第十七届全国大学生智能汽车竞赛航天物流组全国一等奖，2022)
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First Prize，Zhejiang Province College Student Physics Innovation (Theory) Competition（浙江省大学生物理创新(理论)竞赛一等奖，2021）
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First Prize， Zhejiang Province College Student Intelligent Robot Creative Competition（浙江省大学生智能机器人创意竞赛一等奖，2020）
Publications
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Hongtao Zheng，Xinyan Huang. Photorealistic Fire Scene Video Generation via Multimodal Large Language Model and Pre-trained Video Diffusion Model [J]. Computational Visual Media Journal, 2025.
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Meng Wang, Qian Zuo, Hongtao Zheng, Xinyan Huang. FireJet: A coupled visual perception system for water-jet guidance in industrial firefighting robots[J]. Journal of Loss Prevention in the Process Industries, 2026.
（Last updated on 3/09/2026)