Yimeng(Damon) Zhang
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Yimeng(Damon) Zhang

Google Scholar ID: eWcAggoAAAAJ
Michigan State University
Generative AIMulti-ModalityEfficient AIAI Safety
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Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
  • Published multiple papers, including 'See, Think, Act: Online Shopper Behavior Simulation with VLM Agents', 'Shop-R1: Rewarding LLMs to Simulate Human Behavior in Online Shopping via Reinforcement Learning', 'ID-Patch: Robust ID Association for Group Photo Personalization', etc., covering top conferences such as CVPR, NeurIPS, ECCV, etc.
Research Experience
  • Currently an Applied Scientist at Amazon, working on multimodal AI agents.
Education
  • Received a B.Eng. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from The University of Sheffield, UK, in 2018; an M.Sc. degree in Electrical Engineering from Columbia University, USA, in 2020; and a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Michigan State University, USA, under the supervision of Prof. Sijia Liu in 2025.
Background
  • Research Interests: Deep Learning, Generative Models (LLMs, multi-modality, diffusion models), AI Safety (adversarial attack & defense), Optimization (Zeroth-Order Optimization, Dataset/Model pruning). Professional Field: Computer Science. Brief Introduction: Aiming to enhance the efficiency of machine learning, including data optimization, model architecture, and parameter-efficient fine-tuning techniques, while ensuring model safety.