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Ad astra abyssosque!
I'm a final-year undergraduate student from ACM Honor Class, Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU). I am currently a visiting student at Carnegie Mellon University at LeCAR Lab, adviced by Prof. Guanya Shi. Since Sept. 2023, I have been part of the APEX Data & Knowledge Management Lab at SJTU, advised by Prof. Weinan Zhang and Prof. Yong Yu.
My research focus lies in the intersection of learning (ML, RL, IL) and Robotics, aiming to excavate the potential of versatility, agility and intelligence of legged robots like humanoids and quadrupeds.
I'm always dreaming of building sport robots that can compete with humans.

News

  • 2024/12: One paper is submitted to L4DC 2025.
  • 2024/06: I start my internship at LeCAR Lab at CMU.

Publications

Arxiv
BAS Teaser

Bridging Adaptivity and Safety: Learning Agile Collision-Free Locomotion Across Varied Physics

Yichao Zhong, Chong Zhang, Tairan He, Guanya Shi
Arxiv, in submission

Paper Website
Arxiv
DMSurvey Teaser

Diffusion Models for Reinforcement Learning: A Survey

Zhengbang Zhu, Hanye Zhao, Haoran He, Yichao Zhong, Shenyu Zhang, Haoquan Guo, Tingting Chen, Weinan Zhang
Arxiv, in submission

Paper Project Repo

Selected Projects

ICMSSP2024
KMD Teaser

Kinematic Motion Diffusion: Towards Semantic-adaptive Motion Synthesis via Kinematic Guidance

Leizhi Li*, Jincheng Yang*, Yichao Zhong*, Junxian Guo*
Course Project of AI3604 Computer Vision, 2023 Fall, SJTU
Accepted by International Conference on Multimedia Systems and Signal Processing (ICMSSP), 2024

Project
RL24 Teaser

Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Control of Quadrupedal Robots: An Emperical Study

Yichao Zhong
Course Project of CS3316 Reinforcement Learning, 2024 Spring, SJTU

Paper Demo Code
Compiler Teaser

A Handbuilt Java Implemented Mx* Language Compiler from sketch

Yichao Zhong
Course Project of CS2966 Compiler Course Design, 2022 Fall, SJTU

Code
FoN Teaser

FoN: Focusing on Numbers to Master Efficient Reasoning for LLM

Yichao Zhong, Yongshan Chen
Course Project of CS2916 Large Language Models, 2024 Spring, SJTU

Code and Paper

Education

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Carnegie Mellon University

Robotics Institute
Student Intern, 2024/06 - 2024/12 (Expected)
Advisor(s): Prof. Guanya Shi

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Shanghai Jiao Tong University

ACM Honor Class, Zhiyuan College
Undergraduate in Computer Science, 2021/09 - 2025/06 (Expected)
Advisor(s): Prof. Weinan Zhang, Prof. Yong Yu

Experience

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LeCAR Lab

Visiting Student, 2024/06 - 2024/12 (Expected)
Advisor(s): Prof. Guanya Shi

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APEX Data & Knowledge Management Lab, RL Group, SJTU

Research Undergraduate, 2023/09 - 2025/06 (Expected)
Advisor(s): Prof. Weinan Zhang, Prof. Yong Yu

Honors & Awards

  • 2022/12: Longfor Scholarship (top 10% in ACM Honor Class)
  • 2022/02: Honorable Mention, the 2022 COMAP Mathematical Contest in Modeling(MCM)
  • 2021/12, 2022/12. 2023/12, 2024/12: Zhiyuan Honor Scholarship (top 2% in SJTU)

Miscellaneous

  • Aside my academic persuits, I also enjoy my leisure time in sports. I love playing soccer most, usually playing as midfielder in the pitch. My facorite soccer team is Real Madrid. I'm also a enthusiastic fan of Formula 1. My profile pic was shot in the 2024 Shanghai Grand Prix.
  • I used to be a Phyisics Olympiad contestant in high school, and I'm still interested in the frontier of physics and astronomy. Physics is always inspiring me on the way of exploring the unknown.
  • I love music. I'm an amateur pianist and a huge fan of Taylor Swift. I'm also interested in Vocaloid and AI Generated Music projects like So-VITS.
  • I am also a game-photography enthusiast. I love to shoot wonderful photos in games.