Portrait of Yifan Chen

Department of Automation, Tsinghua University

Yifan Chen 陈奕帆

Undergraduate student | Statistics minor | GPA 3.99 / 4.0, Rank 2 / 170

I am an undergraduate student in the Department of Automation at Tsinghua University. My current interests center on embodied intelligence, world models, world action models, visual-language-action systems, robotic foundation models, humanoid robotics, and whole-body control.

About Me

I am a member of Tsinghua's class of 2024 in Automation, with a minor in Statistics. I enjoy problems where perception, control, and learning meet: how embodied agents build usable representations, how world/action models support planning, and how humanoid systems can turn multimodal inputs into robust whole-body behavior.

My project experience spans discrete vision tokenizers, embodied benchmarks, active learning for compositional robotic tasks, tactile representation for robot control, deep-learning course projects, and quadruped control.

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Education

THU
Aug 2024 - Jun 2027 expected

Tsinghua University

Undergraduate student, Department of Automation. Minor in Statistics.

  • GPA: 3.99 / 4.0, ranked 2 / 170.
  • Core coursework includes Calculus, Linear Algebra, Introduction to Artificial Intelligence, Data Structures, and Discrete Mathematics.
  • Statistics minor coursework includes Elementary Probability, Statistical Inference, Multivariate Statistical Analysis, and Statistical Computing.

Research Projects

Nov 2025 - Apr 2026

OptVQ: Preventing Local Pitfalls in Discrete Vision Tokenizer for Full Codebook Utilization

Explores Sinkhorn optimal transport to mitigate codebook collapse in VQ-VAE style discrete vision tokenizers.

Vision TokenizerVQ-VAEOptimal Transport
Feb 2026 - Jun 2026

Critical Interval Embodiment Benchmark

Builds an embodied-intelligence benchmark focused on critical intervals in agent behavior.

BenchmarkEmbodied AIEvaluation
Apr 2026 - Present

Robocoach Active Learning

Investigates active learning for compositional robotic tasks, with an emphasis on efficient data collection and feedback-driven policy improvement.

Active LearningRobot LearningCompositional Tasks
Mar 2026 - Present

Cross-Domain Tactile Representation and Hierarchical Residual Control

Studies tactile representation and control for robotic whole-body locomotion and manipulation, using tactile-skin hardware to enrich the control modality.

Tactile RepresentationWhole-Body ControlRobotics

Selected Projects

Solving Image Recognition Problems with Deep Learning

Mar 2025 - Apr 2025 | Excellent course project, Introduction to AI

A deep-learning project for image recognition tasks.

GitHub

Excel File Processing Program

May 2025 - Jun 2025 | Excellent course project, Introduction to AI

A practical tool for processing Excel files and automating spreadsheet workflows.

GitHub

Cyberdog Controller

May 2025 - Jun 2025 | Robot dog competition

Control algorithms for a quadruped robot competition.

GitHub

Selected Awards

Leadership & Service

  • Member, Tsinghua Vulcan Team, Zhuiguang Program Phase IV.
  • Technical committee member, General AI Personalized Education Program.
  • Class monitor and innovation committee member of Class 46.
  • Three-Star Volunteer, Tsinghua Bauhinia Volunteer Program.
  • Officer, Student Rights Department, Department of Automation Student Union.
  • Head, Hardware Department, Department of Automation Student Science Association.
  • Member, Tsinghua Youth League ideological and political practice group.
  • Captain, Department of Automation ice hockey team, 1st Tsinghua Ice and Snow Sports Games.
  • Vice leader, "Zhiqi Huxing" summer social-practice team; program planner for the department student festival class play.

Research Interests

World Models World Action Models Visual-Language-Action Models Robotic Foundation Models Humanoid Robotics Whole-Body Control Embodied AI
Last updated: July 2026