👋 About Me

I am currently pursuing my Ph.D. at the Institute of Computing Technology , Chinese Academy of Sciences , advised by Prof. Zhaoqi Wang. Concurrently, I serve as a Research Intern at AMAP , Alibaba , where I work closely with Xiangxiang Chu. I am deeply grateful for the opportunity to collaborate with exceptional researchers including Prof. Shuo Li, Prof. Yujun Cai, and Prof. Yiwei Wang, as well as Prof. Zhengzhong Tu, Prof. Manling Li, and Prof. LiangLin. Their mentorship and insights have profoundly shaped my academic journey.

My research interest includes Vision-Language Model (VLM), Large Language Model (LLM), Embodied Agents, Multimodal AI, and 3D Vision. I have published 18+ papers ) at the top international AI conferences such as NeurIPS, ICLR, ICCV, AAAI.

I will be graduating with my Ph.D. in June 2026 at the age of 26 and am now exploring PostDoc opportunities starting Fall 2026. If you are interested in my profile, feel free to contact with me via email (📧 yuanzhenlong21b[at]ict[dot]ac[dot]cn) or WeChat (📧 YZL20000224).

📚 Research Interests

• Foundation Models & Pre-training 🔥🔥
  • Vision-Language Models (VLMs) / Vision-Language Action (VLA) / Spatial Intelligence
• Model Enhancement & Post-training 🔥🔥
  • Reasoning & Alignment / Tool-Augmented RL / NLP-Enhanced Training
• Model Interpretation 🔥🔥
  • Mechanistic Interpretability / Factuality, Truthfulness, and Social Good
• Real-World Applications🔥🔥
  • Embodied Agents / AI for Science / Biomedical Engineering

🔥 Main News

• 2025.10:  🎉🎉 We propose Video-STAR, which is now available on ArXiv!
• 2025.08:  🎉🎉 Our work AutoDrive-R² was reported by AutoDrive Heart (自动驾驶之心)
• 2025.08:  🎉🎉 We propose AutoDrive-R², which is now available on ArXiv!
• 2025.06:  🎉🎉 We propose DVP-MVS++, which is now available on ArXiv!
• 2025.05:  🎉🎉 Our work SED-MVS has been Accepted by TCSVT 2025.
• 2024.12:  🎉🎉 We propose SED-MVS, which is now available on ArXiv!
• 2024.12:  🎉🎉 Our work DVP-MVS has been Accepted by AAAI 2025.
• 2024.12:  🎉🎉 Our work MSP-MVS has been Accepted by AAAI 2025.
• 2024.08:  🎉🎉 We propose DVP-MVS, which is now available on ArXiv!
• 2024.08:  🎉🎉 We propose MSP-MVS, which is now available on ArXiv!
• 2024.05:  🎉🎉 Our work TSAR-MVS has been Accepted by PR 2024.
• 2024.01:  🎉🎉 We propose TSAR-MVS, which is now available on ArXiv!
• 2023.12:  🎉🎉 Our work SD-MVS has been Accepted by AAAI 2024.
• 2023.09:  🎉🎉 We propose SD-MVS, which is now available on ArXiv!

📝 Main Publications

Multimodal LLMs Post-Training

Preprint

Video-STAR: Reinforcing Zero-shot Video Understanding with Tools

Yuan, Z., Qu X., Qian, C., Chen, R., Tang, J., Sun L., Chu X., Zhang D., Wang Y., Cai Y., Li S.

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Preprint

AutoDrive-R²: Incentivizing Reasoning and Self-Reflection Capacity for VLA Model in Autonomous Driving

Yuan, Z., Tang, J., Luo, J., Chen, R., Qian, C., Sun, L., Cai Y., Zhang D., Li, S

[Paper]

3D Vision

TCSVT

DVP-MVS++: Synergize Depth-Normal-Edge and Harmonized Visibility Prior for Multi-View Stereo

Yuan, Z., Zhang, D., Li, Z., Qian, C., Chen, J., Chen, Y., Chen K., Mao T., Li Z, Jiang H., Wang, Z

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT) (Under Review), 2025.

[Paper]

TCSVT

SED-MVS: Segmentation-Driven and Edge-Aligned Deformation Multi-View Stereo with Depth Restoration and Occlusion Constraint

Yuan, Z., Yang, Z., Cai, Y., Wu, K., Liu, M., Zhang, D., Jiang H, Li Z., Wang, Z.

IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT), 2025.

[Paper]

AAAI

DVP-MVS: Synergize Depth-Edge and Visibility Prior for Multi-View Stereo

Yuan, Z., Luo, J., Shen, F., Li, Z., Liu, C., Mao, T., Wang, Z.

AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025.

[Paper] [Code]

AAAI

MSP-MVS: Multi-granularity segmentation prior guided multi-view stereo

Yuan, Z., Liu, C., Shen, F., Li, Z., Luo, J., Mao, T., Wang, Z.

AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025.

[Paper] [Code]

AAAI

SD-MVS: Segmentation-driven deformation multi-view stereo with spherical refinement and em optimization

Yuan, Z., Cao, J., Li, Z., Jiang, H., Wang, Z.

AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2024.

[Paper] [Code]

PR

TSAR-MVS: Textureless-aware segmentation and correlative refinement guided multi-view stereo

Yuan, Z., Cao, J., Wang, Z., Li, Z..

Pattern Recognition (PR), 2024.

[Paper] [Code]

📖 All Publications

• Preprint Video-STAR: Reinforcing Zero-shot Video Understanding with Tools. Z Yuan, X Qu, C Qian, et al.
• Preprint AutoDrive-R2: Incentivizing Reasoning and Self-Reflection Capacity for VLA Model in Autonomous Driving. Z Yuan, J Tang, J Luo, et al.
• Preprint Pure Vision Language Action (VLA) Models: A Comprehensive Survey. D Zhang, J Sun, C Hu, X Wu, Z Yuan, et al.
• Preprint AT-Drive: Exploiting Adversarial Transfer for End-to-end Autonomous Driving. D Zhang, Z Yuan, K Huang, et al.
• Preprint ADDI: A Simplified E2E Autonomous Driving Model with Distinct Experts and Implicit Interactions. D Zhang, Z Yuan, Chen Y., et al.
• Preprint EMPOWER: Evolutionary Medical Prompt Optimization With Reinforcement Learning. Y Chen, Y He, J Yang, D Zhang, Z Yuan, et al.
• Preprint DVP-MVS++: Synergize Depth-Normal-Edge and Harmonized Visibility Prior for Multi-View Stereo. Z Yuan, D Zhang, Z Li, et al.
• NIPS 2025 InstructHOI: Context-Aware Instruction for Multi-Modal Reasoning in Human-Object Interaction Detection. J Luo, W Ren , Q Zheng, Y Zhang, Z Yuan, et al.
• IEEE TCSVT 2025 Learning multi-view stereo with geometry-aware prior. K Chen, Z Yuan, H Xiao, T Mao, et al.
• HCII 2025 MR-IntelliAssist: A World Cognition Agent Enabling Adaptive Human-AI Symbiosis in Industry 4.0., C Liu, Z Yuan, Y Wang, Y Yin, et al.
• IEEE TCSVT 2025 SED-MVS: Segmentation-Driven and Edge-Aligned Deformation Multi-View Stereo with Depth Restoration and Occlusion Constraint., Z Yuan, Z Yang, Y Cai, et al.
• AAAI 2025 Dual-level precision edges guided multi-view stereo with accurate planarization., K Chen, Z Yuan, T Mao, et al.
• AAAI 2025 Mapexpert: Online hd map construction with simple and efficient sparse map element expert., D Zhang, D Chen, P Zhi, Y Chen, Z Yuan, et al.
• AAAI 2025 DVP-MVS: Synergize depth-edge and visibility prior for multi-view stereo., Z Yuan, J Luo, F Shen, et al.
• AAAI 2025 MSP-MVS: Multi-granularity segmentation prior guided multi-view stereo., Z Yuan, C Liu, F Shen, et al.
• Preprint Light4gs: Lightweight compact 4d gaussian splatting generation via context model., M Liu, Q Yang, H Huang, W Huang, Z Yuan, et al.
• Preprint Adaptive label correction for robust medical image segmentation with noisy labels., C Qian, K Han, J Ding, L Liu, C Lyu, Z Yuan, et al.
• Preprint Dyncim: Dynamic curriculum for imbalanced multimodal learning., C Qian, K Han, J Wang, Z Yuan, et al.
• PR 2025 Nerf-based polarimetric multi-view stereo., J Cao, Z Yuan, T Mao, et al.
• PR 2024 Tsar-mvs: Textureless-aware segmentation and correlative refinement guided multi-view stereo., Z Yuan, J Cao, Z Wang, et al.
• AAAI 2024 Sd-mvs: Segmentation-driven deformation multi-view stereo with spherical refinement and em optimization., Z Yuan, J Cao, Z Li, et al.

🏆 Awards and Service

• 2024.12 Lenovo Enterprise Scholarship (Top 3%)
• 2025.10 ICT National Scholarships (Top 5%)
• Conference Reviewers: NeurIPS, ICML, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, AAAI
• Journal Reviewers: IJCV, TIP, TMM, TNNLS, TCSVT, PR