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Yifan Zhong
Ph.D. Candidate
Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Peking University
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Biography
Hi, I'm Yifan Zhong.
I am currently a second-year Ph.D. student in the PAIR Lab at Peking University guided by Prof. Yaodong Yang.
Prior to this, I earned my bachelor's degree from Tongji University in Computer Science and Technology. Earlier in my education, I attended No. 1 experimental class at The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China.
My research interests include reinforcement learning, foundation models, generative models, and embodied AI.
Please do not hesitate to reach out to me via email at zhongyifan@stu.pku.edu.cn !
Selected Publications
* equal contribution
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DexGraspVLA: A Vision-Language-Action Framework Towards General Dexterous Grasping
Yifan Zhong*, Xuchuan Huang*, Ruochong Li, Ceyao Zhang, Yitao Liang, Yaodong Yang, Yuanpei Chen.
Under Review.
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In-Context Editing: Learning Knowledge from Self-Induced Distributions
Siyuan Qi, Bangcheng Yang, Kailin Jiang, Xiaobo Wang, Jiaqi Li, Yifan Zhong, Yaodong Yang, Zilong Zheng.
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2025.
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Panacea: Pareto Alignment via Preference Adaptation for LLMs
Yifan Zhong*, Chengdong Ma*, Xiaoyuan Zhang*, Ziran Yang, Haojun Chen, Qingfu Zhang, Siyuan Qi, Yaodong Yang.
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2024.
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Maximum Entropy Heterogeneous-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Jiarong Liu*,
Yifan Zhong*, Siyi Hu, Haobo Fu, QIANG FU, Xiaojun Chang, Yaodong Yang.
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2024. (Spotlight)
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CivRealm: A Learning and Reasoning Odyssey in Civilization for Decision-Making Agents
Siyuan Qi*, Shuo Chen*, Yexin Li*, Xiangyu Kong*, Junqi Wang*, Bangcheng Yang, Pring Wong, Yifan Zhong, Xiaoyuan Zhang, Zhaowei Zhang, Nian Liu, Yaodong Yang, Song-Chun Zhu.
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2024. (Spotlight)
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Heterogeneous-agent reinforcement learning
Yifan Zhong*, Jakub Grudzien Kuba*, Xidong Feng*, Siyi Hu, Jiaming Ji, Yaodong Yang.
Journal of Machine Learning Research (JMLR), 2024.
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Safety gymnasium: A unified safe reinforcement learning benchmark
Jiaming Ji*, Borong Zhang*, Jiayi Zhou*, Xuehai Pan, Weidong Huang, Ruiyang Sun, Yiran Geng, Yifan Zhong, Juntao Dai, Yaodong Yang.
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems Track on Datasets and Benchmarks (NeurIPS DB), 2023.
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MARLlib: A Scalable and Efficient Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning Library
Siyi Hu, Yifan Zhong, Minquan Gao, Weixun Wang, Hao Dong, Xiaodan Liang, Zhihui Li, Xiaojun Chang, Yaodong Yang.
Journal of Machine Learning Research Machine Learning Open Source Software (JMLR MLOSS), 2023.
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MyoChallenge: Learning contact-rich manipulation using a musculoskeletal hand
Yiran Geng*, Boshi An*, Yifan Zhong*, Jiaming Ji, Yuanpei Chen, Hao Dong, Yaodong Yang.
First Place in NeurIPS 2022 Challenge Track (1st in 340 submissions from 40 teams).
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Experiences
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Research Intern, Algorithm Department, PsiBot
Sep. 2024 - Present
Topic: Dexterous Manipulation, Vision-Language-Action Models, Embodied AI
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Research Intern, Multi-Agent Systems Laboratory, BIGAI
Aug. 2022 - Aug. 2024
Topic: Reinforcement Learning, Multi-Agent Systems, LLM Alignment
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Service and Teaching
- Conference Reviewer for NeurIPS (2024).
- Area Chair for DAI (2024).
- Teaching Assistant for "Large Language Models and Alignment" (2024 Fall). [Website]
- Teaching Assistant for "Multi-Agent System" (2025 Spring). [Website]
Recent Talks
- I presented a tutorial on "Vision-Language-Action Models for Robot Manipulation" (in Chinese). [Video]
Selected Honors & Awards
- Second Place, Mixed 4×50m Freestyle Relay, "Peking University Cup" Swimming Competition (2:10.09)
2025
- Third Place, Men's 100m Freestyle, "Peking University Cup" Swimming Competition (1:07.94)
2025
- Excellence Award of the Ph.D. Scholarship, Institute for AI, Peking University
2024
- Second Prize of BIGAI Research Rising Star Award
2024
- Outstanding Graduate of Shanghai
2023
- First Place in NeurIPS 2022 Challenge Track
2022
- CCF Outstanding Undergraduate Student
2022
- National Scholarship
2022, 2020
- The 46th ICPC Asia Regional Contest (Jinan Site) Silver Medal
2021
- Qidi Scholarship
2021
- First Prize of Undergraduate Outstanding Student Scholarship
2021
Sports
I am passionate about sports, especially swimming, badminton, and running. Currently, I am a member of the Peking University swimming team and the AI Department badminton team, where I train regularly. I also serve as the captain of the AI Department swimming team, where I organize and lead training sessions. If you share the same interests, feel free to reach out and connect!
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