Xingguang Zhong

PhD Student
Contact:
Email: zhong@nulligg.uni-bonn.de
Tel: +49 – 228 – 73 – 29 01
Office: Nussallee 15, EG, room 0.013
Address:
University of Bonn
Photogrammetry, IGG
Nussallee 15
53115 Bonn

Profiles: Google Scholar | Github

Research Interests

  • SLAM
  • Computer Vision
  • Robot Navigation

Short CV

Xingguang Zhong is a PhD student at the Photogrammetry & Robotics Lab at the University of Bonn since November 2021. He received his Master’s degree in mechatronics engineering and Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering.

Publications

2025

  • Y. Pan, X. Zhong, L. Jin, L. Wiesmann, M. Popović, J. Behley, and C. Stachniss, “PINGS: Gaussian Splatting Meets Distance Fields within a Point-Based Implicit Neural Map,” in Proc. of Robotics: Science and Systems (RSS), 2025.
    [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] 
    @inproceedings{pan2025rss,
author = {Y. Pan and X. Zhong and L. Jin and L. Wiesmann and M. Popovi\'c and J. Behley and C. Stachniss},
title = {{PINGS: Gaussian Splatting Meets Distance Fields within a Point-Based Implicit Neural Map}},
booktitle= rss,
year = 2025,
codeurl = {https://github.com/PRBonn/PINGS},
}

  • L. Jin, X. Zhong, Y. Pan, J. Behley, C. Stachniss, and M. Popović, “ActiveGS: Active Scene Reconstruction Using Gaussian Splatting,” IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), vol. 10, iss. 5, p. 4866–4873, 2025. doi:10.1109/LRA.2025.3555149
    [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] 
    @article{jin2025ral,
author = {L. Jin and X. Zhong and Y. Pan and J. Behley and C. Stachniss and M. Popovi\'c},
title = {{ActiveGS: Active Scene Reconstruction Using Gaussian Splatting}},
journal = ral,
year = {2025},
volume = {10},
number = {5},
pages = {4866--4873},
issn = {2377-3766},
doi = {10.1109/LRA.2025.3555149},
codeurl = {https://github.com/dmar-bonn/active-gs},
}

  • H. Kuang, Y. Pan, X. Zhong, L. Wiesmann, J. Behley, and C. Stachniss, “Improving Indoor Localization Accuracy by Using an Efficient Implicit Neural Map Representation,” in Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), 2025.
    [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] 
    @inproceedings{kuang2025icra,
author = {H. Kuang and Y. Pan and X. Zhong and L. Wiesmann and J. Behley and Stachniss, C.},
title = {{Improving Indoor Localization Accuracy by Using an Efficient Implicit Neural Map Representation}},
booktitle = icra,
year = {2025},
codeurl = {https://github.com/PRBonn/enm-mcl}
}

2024

  • Y. Pan, X. Zhong, L. Wiesmann, T. Posewsky, J. Behley, and C. Stachniss, “PIN-SLAM: LiDAR SLAM Using a Point-Based Implicit Neural Representation for Achieving Global Map Consistency,” IEEE Trans. on Robotics (TRO), vol. 40, p. 4045–4064, 2024. doi:10.1109/TRO.2024.3422055
    [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] 
    @article{pan2024tro,
author = {Y. Pan and X. Zhong and L. Wiesmann and T. Posewsky and J. Behley and C. Stachniss},
title = {{PIN-SLAM: LiDAR SLAM Using a Point-Based Implicit Neural Representation for Achieving Global Map Consistency}},
journal = tro,
year = {2024},
pages = {4045--4064},
volume = {40},
doi = {10.1109/TRO.2024.3422055},
codeurl = {https://github.com/PRBonn/PIN_SLAM}
}

  • X. Zhong, Y. Pan, C. Stachniss, and J. Behley, “3D LiDAR Mapping in Dynamic Environments using a 4D Implicit Neural Representation,” in Proc. of the IEEE/CVF Conf. on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2024. doi:10.1109/CVPR52733.2024.01460
    [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] [Video] 
    @inproceedings{zhong2024cvpr,
author = {X. Zhong and Y. Pan and C. Stachniss and J. Behley},
title = {{3D LiDAR Mapping in Dynamic Environments using a 4D Implicit Neural Representation}},
booktitle = cvpr,
year = 2024,
doi = {10.1109/CVPR52733.2024.01460},
codeurl = {https://github.com/PRBonn/4dNDF},
videourl = {https://youtu.be/pRNKRcTkxjs}
}

2023

  • X. Zhong, Y. Pan, J. Behley, and C. Stachniss, “SHINE-Mapping: Large-Scale 3D Mapping Using Sparse Hierarchical Implicit Neural Representations,” in Proc. of the IEEE Intl. Conf. on Robotics & Automation (ICRA), 2023.
    [BibTeX] [PDF] [Code] [Video] 
    @inproceedings{zhong2023icra,
author = {Zhong, Xingguang and Pan, Yue and Behley, Jens and Stachniss, Cyrill},
title = {{SHINE-Mapping: Large-Scale 3D Mapping Using Sparse Hierarchical Implicit Neural Representations}},
booktitle = icra,
year = 2023,
codeurl = {https://github.com/PRBonn/SHINE_mapping},
videourl = {https://youtu.be/jRqIupJgQZE}
}