Liu DAI 「戴浏」

Hi, thank you for stopping by :)

I am a senior undergrad at Department of Computer Science, Tongji University.

Currently I'm a research intern at UC San Diego, advised by Prof. Hao Su. Prior to that, I was fortunate to work with Prof. He Wang at Peking University and Prof. Weiwei Guo at Tongji-MIT City Science Lab (CSL@Shanghai).

My research interests lie in Data-Driven Embodied AI in the complex and open world, with a focus on:

  • Generate diverse, interactive and information-rich 3D environments in large scale to support robot learning, especially leveraging generative and foundation models.
  • Develop data-driven and generalizable robot perception and planning algorithms which demonstrate high robustness when being transferred from simulation to the real world.


  • I'm actively looking for a Ph.D. position starting 2024 fall. Please feel free to drop me an email if you're interested in what I do.

    Email  |  Google Scholar |  Github  |  Curriculum Vitae

    PORTRAIT
    News
    • 05/2023       I received the Pursuit of Excellence Scholarship with 50000¥ (≈7000$), which is the highest honor among all members of Tongji University!

    • 02/2023       One paper is accepted to CVPR 2023!

    • 02/2023       I will join Prof. Hao Su's Lab at UC San Diego as a research intern from this summer!

    • 12/2022       I am awarded with this year's SenseTime Scholarship with 20000¥ (≈3000$), which is an academic scholarship that selects 30 undergrads from all over China!

    • 11/2022       I am awarded with this year's Undergraduate Academic Star of Tongji, the highest honor for undergrads at Tongji University!

    Selected Publication

    * : equivalent contribution, : corresponding author

    3D-Aware Object Goal Navigation via Simultaneous Exploration and Identification
    Jiazhao Zhang*, Liu Dai*, Fanpeng Meng, Qingnan Fan, Xuelin Chen, Kai Xu, He Wang

    CVPR 2023

    [PDF] [Code] [Website]
    GAMMA: Graspability-Aware Mobile MAnipulation Policy Learning based on Online Grasping Pose Fusion
    Jiazhao Zhang*, Nandiraju Gireesh*, Jilong Wang, Xiaomeng Fang, Chaoyi Xu, Weiguang Chen,
    Liu Dai, He Wang


    Preprint (Submitted to ICRA 2024)

    [PDF] [Code] [Website]


    Research Experience
    • University of California, San Diego
      Apr. 2023 - Present
      Advised by Prof. Hao Su

      Position : Research Intern

      Project

      • 3D Scene Generation for Embodied Tasks

         —> On-Going Project.

    UCSD
    • Center on Frontiers of Computing Studies, Peking University
      Mar. 2022 - Present
      Advised by Prof. He Wang

      Position : Research Intern

      Project

      • Active 3D Scene Understanding and Navigation
        Collaborated with Jiazhao Zhang & Fanpeng Meng

         —> One paper accepted to CVPR 2023


      • Mobile Manipulation in Real World

         —> One paper submitted to ICRA 2024

    PKU
    • City Science Lab@Shanghai, Tongji - MIT Media Lab
      Sept. 2021 - Mar. 2022
      Advised by Prof. Weiwei Guo

      Position : Research Intern

      Project

      • SAR Data Interpretation with Deep Learning in the Open-World

         —> One paper accepted to IGARSS 2022 as Oral presentation.

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    Selected Honors
    • Pursuit of Excellence Scholarship, Tongji University
      2023

      • Highest Honor for All Members of Tongji University (10/43106, among faculty, students & admin staff).
      • 50000¥ (≈7000$).

    • SenseTime Scholarship
      2022

      • Nationwide Selected 30 Undergraduates in the field of AI.
      • 20000¥ (≈3000$).

    • Undergraduate Academic Star of Tongji
      2022

      • Highest Honor for Undergraduate Students at Tongji University (15/18536).
      • Rank 1st among All Recipients.

    Selected Awards
    • National First Prize in Challenge Cup Competition: Research Track
      2021 Fall

      • Most Influential Research Competition among University Students in China.
      • Best Record in College History.
      • Team Leader.

    • National Silver Award in Challenge Cup Competition: Entrepreneurship Track
      2023 Spring

      • Best Record in College History.
      • Team Leader.

    • Gold Award of Shanghai in Internet + Competition
      2022 Summer

      • Team Leader.

    • University Champion in FLTRP Cup National English Public Speaking Contest
      2020 Fall

    Teaching & Talks
    • Teaching Assistant for Opensource Hardware and Programming (55010501)
      Course delivered by Prof. Xiaohua Sun
      2021 Fall

    • Talk : An Introduction to LLM-Driven Mobile Manipulation
      Delivered at EPIC Lab, Peking University
      2023 Spring
      [Slides]

    • Talk : A Tutorial of Embodied Navigation Tasks
      Delivered at EPIC Lab, Peking University
      2022 Summer
      [Slides]

    • Talk : An Introduction to Open-World Object Detection
      Delivered at EPIC Lab, Peking University
      2022 Spring
      [Slides]

    Misc
    • I'm also an amateur photographer focusing on Documentary Photography and Fine-Art Photography.
      I believe Photography is far more than a tool of recording. It's actually a very expression of our feeling &thinking about this world in silence. I admire works from Vivian Maier, Alex Webb and Alec Soth.


    Thanks to Jon Barron for website template