I am a first-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at University of Virginia, where I am fortunate to be advised by Professor Yen-Ling Kuo and a recipient of the Provost Fellowship.
I received my M.S.E in Robotics from Johns Hopkins University (2023-2025), where I conducted research in SCAI under the supervision of Professor Tianmin Shu. I received my B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from University of Cincinnati (2018-2023) and B.E in Mechanical Engineering from Chongqing University (2018-2023).
My research interest lies in developing AI systems with advanced social reasoning abilities. Fundamentally, this involves equipping AI with the capacity to infer and reason about the mental states of others, such as their intentions, beliefs, and goals, akin to Theory of Mind.
Publication
SimWorld: A World Simulator for Scaling Photorealistic Multi-Agent Interactions
Author: Yan Zhuang*, Jiawei Ren*, Xiaokang Ye*, Xuhong He, Zijun Gao, Ryan Wu, Mrinaal Dogra, Cassie Zhang, Kai Kim, Bertt Wolfinger, Ziqiao Ma, Tianmin Shu, Zhiting Hu, Lianhui Qin
Conference: CVPR 2025 (demo)
A new simulator designed to overcome the limitations of realism, scalability, and versatility in current urban simulators.
Towards High-Quality CGRA Mapping with Graph Neural Networks and Reinforcement Learning
Author: Yan Zhuang, Zhihao Zhang, Dajiang Liu
Conference: ICCAD 2022
A GNN-RL based approach that improves CGRA mapping by jointly considering placement and routing.