World Mind Lab
Within the mind lies the entire physical world
News
- Sep 2026: Our Simate team topped the RoboDojo Leaderboard, taking first place!
- Mar 2026: The World Mind Lab is launched at HKUST!
Research Overview
Our lab focuses on Physical World Modeling, with the goal of enabling artificial intelligence (AI) systems to understand and interact with the physical world. We pursue this goal by modeling physical interactions, predicting future dynamics, and developing capable AI agents. Our research integrates embodied AI, generative modeling, and 3D vision, with applications in robotics, world simulation, and 3D reconstruction.
The specific research directions involve the following major areas:
- World Models: 3D world models and multimodal world models across vision, language, tactile, etc.
- Robotics: Vision-language-action (VLA) systems and world action models for robotic control.
- Physical Agent: Agentic perception and execution, and Recursive Self-Improvement (RSI).
Team Members
Principal Investigator
PhD Students
Interns
Visitors
Alumni
- Yifeng Liu Master at MIT
- Caden Wong (Intern Student) Undergrad at MIT
- Ishita Goluguri (Intern Student) Undergrad and Master at MIT NVIDIA
- Christina Wong (Intern Student) Undergrad at Harvard University
- Yifan Liu (Intern Student) Undergrad at Tsinghua University PhD at Stanford University
- Muyu Xu (Visiting Student) PhD at NTU
- Tianling Xu (Intern Student) Undergrad at SUSTech
- Zhengyang Lin (Intern Student) Undergrad and Master at NUS
- Ceylon Li Undergrad at University of Cambridge
- Felix Moeller (Intern Student) Master at ETH Zurich QuantCo
- Weihan Xu Master at Duke University PhD at UW Seattle
- Kan Jen Cheng Undergrad at UC Berkeley PhD at University of Maryland
- Yuelei Li (Intern Student) Undergrad at UCSD Master at Caltech
- Benhao Huang (Intern Student) Undergrad at SJTU Master at CMU
- Freeman Cheng (Intern Student) Undergrad at UToronto PhD at UC Merced
- Yu Chi (Intern Student) Master at TUM PhD at TUM
Collaboration
Openings
Current Openings
- 6-8 Openings for 27 Spring/Fall PhD:. Application deadline is Dec 2026/Jun 2027.
- 2-3 Openings for Postdoc candidates:. Application is all year round.
- Intern Students / Visiting Scholars:. Application is all year round.
Note
Visiting students and scholars are welcome, please note that funding support depends on the specific projects and is not guaranteed.
Material
Interested candidates could send me an email with your resume and full transcript.
Due to the high volume of emails, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, but please be assured I'll review all the applications carefully.
