Bangzheng Li
Scholar

Bangzheng Li

Google Scholar ID: UcegV-cAAAAJ
University of California, Davis
Natural Language Processing
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
802
 
H-index
11
 
i10-index
11
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
3
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Publications: Latent Visual Reasoning, QLIP: A Dynamic Quadtree Vision Prior Enhances MLLM Performance Without Retraining, BLINK: Multimodal Large Language Models Can See but Not Perceive, etc.; Awards: Best Demo Paper for COVID-19 Literature Knowledge Graph Construction and Drug Repurposing Report Generation at NAACL 2021.
Research Experience
  • Fall 2025: Student Researcher at Google, Advisors: Chen Qu, Jianmo Ni; Summer 2025: Research Intern at AMD GenAI, Advisors: Ximeng Sun, Zicheng Liu.
Education
  • Bachelor's Degree: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Advisor: Dr. Jiawei Han; Doctoral Degree: UC Davis, Advisor: Dr. Muhao Chen.
Background
  • Research Interests: Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs), with a focus on understanding and reasoning across text and vision; Professional Field: Computer Science; Brief Introduction: PhD candidate in Computer Science at UC Davis, previously at the University of Southern California.
Miscellany
  • Actively seeking full-time opportunities; Expected to graduate in Summer 2026.