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Perceive
Build multimodal spatial understanding from vision, language, geometry, and embodied interaction signals.
- 3D Scene Representation
- Multimodal Perception
- Spatial Understanding
About Me
Hi there! I am Jiayao Li, an undergraduate student majoring in Computer Science and Technology (Elite Class) at Guohao College, Tongji University, with a GPA of 4.66/5 (equivalent to 93.2/100).
I have been granted eligibility for recommended graduate admission for the 2027 cohort and plan to apply for direct Ph.D. programs. My research interests lie in Embodied AI & Robotics, Physical-World AI & Simulation, and 3D Perception & Spatial Understanding.
I am particularly interested in how embodied agents can acquire high-quality interaction data, generalize under distribution shifts, diagnose failures, and improve through closed-loop feedback in real-world environments.
Research Interests
I study embodied agents through a closed loop of spatial perception, long-horizon reasoning, and feedback-driven improvement.
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Reason
Study how embodied agents plan, decide, and generalize over long horizons in physical-world tasks.
- Robot Learning
- Task Planning
- Long-horizon Decision-making
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Improve
Diagnose failures and close the feedback loop so agents can adapt under distribution shifts.
- Failure Diagnosis
- Closed-loop Feedback
- Robust Generalization
Selected Projects
Here are some selected projects. Click any card that interests you to view more details.
Scene understanding
TwInS: Scene Parsing + Geometric Vision
Cross-task learning for segmentation, stereo, and optical flow.
View details 3D perceptionViPOcc: Single-View 3D Occupancy
Monocular spatial perception with depth and semantic priors.
View details RoboticsDynamic Robot Navigation
LiDAR pedestrian detection and RL-based navigation in dynamic scenes.
View details Embodied AIVision-and-Language Navigation Study
Long-horizon navigation, grounding, memory, and closed-loop correction.
View detailsSelected Honors
- 2024-2025 Qidi Scholarship, Tongji University (School-wide, top 1.2%)
- 2024-2025 Guo Xie Birong Scholarship, Tongji University (School-wide, First-Class, top 1.7%)
- 2023-2024 & 2024-2025 Social Activity Scholarship, Tongji University (School-wide)
- 2023-2024 & 2024-2025 Outstanding Student Cadre, Tongji University (School-wide)
- [2026.05] Outstanding Winner & INFORMS Award (Top Prize, 0.12%), Mathematical Contest in Modeling
- [2026.01] Second Prize, National Artificial Intelligence Application Scenario Innovation Challenge
- [2025.12] Second Prize, The 7th Global Campus Artificial Intelligence Algorithm Elite Competition
News
- Received the Outstanding Winner & INFORMS Award in the 2026 MCM/ICM.
- Submitted a research manuscript on LLM reliability in library recommendation and code migration.
- Began Vision-and-Language Navigation (VLN) study, exploring cross-modal grounding, memory compression, and closed-loop error correction in long-horizon navigation tasks.
- Started working on an empirical study of LLM trustworthiness and reliability.
- Submitted a research manuscript on TwInS: Two-Stream Interactive Joint Learning of Scene Parsing and Geometric Vision Tasks.
- Started working on the TwInS project, focusing on scene parsing, stereo matching, optical flow, and cross-task representation learning.
- Conducted research training in medical image processing under faculty supervision.
- Entered Tongji University as an undergraduate student.