Jianfei Yang
Scholar

Jianfei Yang

Google Scholar ID: V25k08UAAAAJ
Assistant Professor, Director of MARS Lab, Nanyang Technological University
Physical AIEmbodied AIMultimodal AI
Citations & Impact
All-time
Citations
7,606
 
H-index
46
 
i10-index
97
 
Publications
20
 
Co-authors
15
list available
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • - Honors: World’s Top 2% Scientists (2022-present), Forbes Asia 30 Under 30 (Class 2024)
  • - Editorial Positions: Associate Editor for IEEE TNNLS and Neurocomputing
  • - Publications: Multiple papers accepted by NeurIPS-25, IROS-25, ICLR-25, etc.
  • - Projects: Participated in Meta Project Aria
  • - Competitions: Won first places in 10+ International AI challenges and hackathons held by IEEE, ACM, and leading industry companies
Research Experience
  • - 2021: Senior Research Engineer at BEARS, University of California, Berkeley
  • - 2021-2023: Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow at Nanyang Technological University
  • - 2024: Visiting Scientist at the University of Tokyo, working with Prof. Tatsuya Harada
  • - 2024: Visiting Professor at Harvard University, working with Prof. Vijay Janapa Reddi
Education
  • - Degree: Ph.D.
  • - University: Nanyang Technological University
  • - Advisor: Prof. Xie Lihua
  • - Year: 2020
  • - Major: Not specified
  • - Bachelor's Degree: Sun Yat-sen University
  • - Year: 2016
Background
  • - Research Interests: Physical AI, multimodal perception, embodied AI, AIoT systems, TinyML, on-device LLMs
  • - Professional Field: Perception, understanding, and interaction of robotics, IoT, and industrial systems with the physical world
  • - Introduction: Assistant Professor at Nanyang Technological University's School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, leading the Multimodal Embodied AI and Robotic Systems (MARS) Lab
Miscellany
  • - Personal Interests: Swimming, tennis, music (saxophone and guitar)
  • - Other Activities: Invited to participate in the 1st China AI Talk Show 'Burning, Genius Programmer'