Yichen Zhang

Iā€™m Yichen Zhang, a Computer Engineering graduate student at New York University, passionate about building intelligent systems that bridge vision, language, and action. My research focuses on making AI systems more capable of understanding and interacting with the world through multimodal learning.

šŸ”¬ Research Interests

Vision-Language Models (VLM/VLA)

Exploring multimodal understanding and how AI systems can reason about both visual and linguistic information. Currently working on fine-tuning large vision-language models for real-world applications.

Reinforcement Learning

Developing efficient learning algorithms for autonomous decision-making in complex environments. Interested in sample-efficient methods and policy optimization.

Robotics & Embodied AI

Building intelligent systems that can perceive, understand, and interact with the physical world through Vision-Language-Action frameworks.

šŸŽ“ Education

New York University ā€” 2024 - Present
M.S. in Computer Engineering
Focus: Artificial Intelligence, Deep Learning, Large Language Models
Relevant Coursework: Computer Vision, Natural Language Processing, Reinforcement Learning

Beijing Jiaotong University ā€” 2021 - 2023
B.S. in Communication Engineering
Focus: Signal Processing, Machine Learning Fundamentals

šŸ’¼ Current Work

  • FastVLM Research: Fine-tuning vision-language models on H100 GPUs for enhanced multimodal reasoning capabilities
  • VariantAI Platform: Developing a genome-scale model integration platform for biological data analysis
  • VLA Systems: Exploring Vision-Language-Action architectures for robotic manipulation tasks

šŸ› ļø Technical Skills

Programming Languages: Python, TypeScript, Java, C++
ML/DL Frameworks: PyTorch, TensorFlow, Hugging Face Transformers, JAX
Tools & Technologies: Git, Docker, CUDA, ROS, Linux
Cloud & Compute: AWS, GCP, SLURM, Multi-GPU Training

šŸ“ Publications & Projects

Check out my Projects page for detailed information about my research and applied work.

šŸ“« Contact

Iā€™m always interested in discussing research opportunities, collaborations, or just chatting about AI and robotics!

Email: jarviszhang.ai@gmail.com
GitHub: @JarvisZhang24
Twitter: @JarvisZhang24

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Last updated: October 2025