Scholar
Yifan Xu
Google Scholar ID: Qs44LF4AAAAJ
Coinbase
Citations & Impact
Citations
1,590
H-index
9
i10-index
8
Publications
14
Co-authors
5
list available
Publications
Browse publications on Google Scholar (top-right) ↗
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published papers at ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, and ACL; Ph.D. Thesis: 'Exploring Visual Perception with Transformers and World Model Representation'; Neural Motion Simulator project presented at CVPR 2025, introducing a novel world model that accurately predicts physical states and enables zero-shot reinforcement learning.
Research Experience
- Senior ML Research Engineer at Coinbase; Co-founder of Open Path AI Foundation.
Education
- Ph.D. in Cognitive Science from UC San Diego, Advisor: Prof. Zhuowen Tu; B.S. in Computer Science and Engineering, UC San Diego.
Background
- Research Interests: Large Language Models (LLMs), Natural Language Processing, Computer Vision, Reinforcement Learning. Professional Field: Cognitive Science. Brief Introduction: Currently a Senior ML Research Engineer at Coinbase, dedicated to AI and blockchain innovation.
Miscellany
- Interests include advancing AI research; actively reviewing for multiple academic conferences such as CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, NeurIPS, and ICLR; Organizer: ML & Blockchain Summit at Coinbase (2023, 2024, 2025).
