Weipeng Deng

Weipeng Deng

Weipeng Deng
PhD Candidate, HKU

I am a PhD student studying how digital transformation reshapes everyday travel behavior and the built environment. My research acknowledges the complexity of urban functioning as an interconnected system, with particular attention to the interactions between adaptive commercial systems, equitable foodscapes, and sustainable built environments. I am especially interested in developing scalable, cost-effective, and reproducible analytical tools to support urban research and practice.

If you are interested in collaborating, feel free to reach out via the contact links.

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Weipeng Deng

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2026
HKU × Qiyao Institute: Cultural & Sports Facilities & Venue Planning Research（港大 × 啟鑰研究院：文體設施與場地規劃研究） Jan 23
2025
Paper about LLM4GKID accepted by IEEE TCSS Dec 28
Received an Best Presentation Awards from ILUTM-9 Dec 16
Received Gold Medal at the 50th International Exhibition of Inventions of Geneva (IEIG) May 12

Education

  • The University of Hong Kong
    PhD in Urban Planning & Design 2022 - Present
  • National University of Singapore
    Visiting PhD in Urban Analytics Lab 2025 - 2026
  • The University of Melbourne
    Master in Urban Planning 2019 - 2021
  • South China Normal University
    Bsc in Human Geography and Urban-rural Planning 2014 - 2018

Honors & Awards

  • Best Student Presentation Award ILUTM-9 · 2025 Silver
  • International Award for Planning Excellence Royal Town Planning Institute · 2025 Distinction
  • Invention Award 50th International Exhibition of Inventions Geneva · 2025 Gold
  • CSDI Award Development Bureau of Hong Kong SAR Goverment · 2023 Merit

Experience

  • The University of Hong Kong
    Senior Research Assistant 2022 - present
  • Chinese Society for Urban Studies
    Decision Consulting Expert 2025 - 2027
  • School of Geography, SCNU
    External Supervisor 2024 - 2027
  • The University of Hong Kong
    Research Assistant 2021 - 2022

Projects

Selected Publications

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Best Student Presentation Award (Silver)

LLM4GKID: A Multimodal Large Language Model-driven Framework for Ghost Kitchen Identification

Weipeng Deng, Yihong Tang, Chaofan Wang, Tianren Yang

IEEE TCSS · 2026

Adaptive Commercial Systems Equitable Foodscapes

A scalable and cost-efficent tool for ghost kitchen identification integrated multi-source data, large language model and supervised fusion

PDF Code Project

Evaluating age-friendly public transportation: a novel smart card data approach analyzing travel time differences between older and younger travelers after controlling for confounding effects

Shuyu Lei, Mingzhi Zhou, Weipeng Deng, Yihong Tang, Jiangping Zhou

Transportation Research Part A: Policy and Practice · 2025

Adaptive Commercial Systems
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RouteKG: A Knowledge Graph-Based Framework for Route Prediction on Road Networks

Yihng Tang, Zhan Zhao, Weipeng Deng, Shuyu Lei, Yuebing Liang, Zhenliang Ma

IEEE TITS · 2025

Adaptive Commercial Systems

Knowledge graph completion framework for short-term route prediction using spatial relations, tree-based generation, and rank refinement.

PDF Code
Qian Xuesen Urban Studies Gold Medal Nomination

Spatial eco-socio-economic trade-offs inform differentiated management strategies in mega-urban agglomerations

Yuhan Xu, Chen Chen, Weipeng Deng, Linli Dai, Tianren Yang

npj Urban Sustainability · 2025

Sustainable Built Environments

Analysis on GBA's spatial clustering and production frontiers to quantify trade-offs between ecosystem services and socio-economic well-being.

PDF Code Project