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Education, research experience, internships, publications, and selected honors.
Basics
| Name | Yi LIU |
| Label | Master's Student |
| liuyi61@tongji.edu.cn | |
| Phone | (+86) 183-2641-8258 |
| Url | https://ly403.github.io/ |
| Summary | Yi Liu is a master's student at ADMIS Lab, Tongji University, advised by Associate Professor Wengen Li. His research focuses on efficient and controllable diffusion and flow matching models for image restoration, image and video generation, and digital-human motion generation. |
Education
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2024.09 - 2027.03 Shanghai, China
M.Eng.
Tongji University
Computer Science and Technology, School of Computer Science and Technology
- Average score: 93.88/100
- Advisor: Associate Professor Wengen Li
- Expected graduation: March 2027
- National Scholarship for Graduate Students
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2021.09 - 2023.03 Shanghai, China
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2020.09 - 2024.07 Shanghai, China
B.Eng.
Tongji University
Computer Science and Technology, College of Electronics and Information Engineering
- Cumulative GPA: 4.65/5.0 (91.49/100)
- Admitted to the master's program by recommendation (examination waived)
Work
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2026.05 - Present Shanghai, China
Research Intern
ByteDance, GenAI & Ads Infra
Efficient generative models and inference acceleration.
- Research on generation efficiency and hardware-aware acceleration.
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2025.06 - 2026.05 Hangzhou, China
Research Intern
Alibaba Cloud, Tongyi Lab (Multimodal Interaction)
Long-horizon co-speech motion generation for 3D digital humans.
- Proposed PASPA, a blockwise flow matching model that summarizes history into a persistent state and models current motion with blockwise attention.
- Developed long-sequence generation with a fixed-size history state; first-author paper at NeurIPS 2026.
Publications
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2026.05.20 Disentangling Generation and Regression in Stochastic Interpolants for Controllable Image Restoration
arXiv:2605.21381
Yi Liu, Jia Ma, Wengen Li, Jihong Guan, Shuigeng Zhou, and Yichao Zhang.
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2026.01.31 SADER: Structure-Aware Diffusion Framework with DEterministic Resampling for Multi-Temporal Remote Sensing Cloud Removal
arXiv:2602.00536
Yifan Zhang, Qian Chen, Yi Liu, Wengen Li, and Jihong Guan. Yi Liu is a co-first author.
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2026 Past as State, Present as Attention: Persistent-State Blockwise Flow Matching for Long-Horizon Co-Speech Motion Generation
NeurIPS 2026
Yi Liu, Xiangyue Zhang, Jianfang Li, Jia Ma, Yisheng He, and Jianqiang Ren.
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2025.06 Effective Cloud Removal for Remote Sensing Images by an Improved Mean-Reverting Denoising Model with Elucidated Design Space
CVPR 2025, pp. 17851–17861
Yi Liu, Wengen Li, Jihong Guan, Shuigeng Zhou, and Yichao Zhang.
Projects
- 2025.07 - 2026.03
Controllable Image Restoration via Disentangled Stochastic Interpolants
Project Leader, ADMIS Lab, Tongji University; advised by Associate Professor Wengen Li.
- Proposed DiSI, which separates regression and generation components in stochastic interpolants to reconcile efficient reconstruction with realistic generation.
- Developed a single model with inference-time control over the reconstruction–generation trade-off across deraining, denoising, super-resolution, and inpainting.
- 2023.10 - 2024.11
Effective Cloud Removal by an Improved Mean-Reverting Denoising Model
Project Leader, ADMIS Lab, Tongji University; advised by Associate Professor Wengen Li.
- Proposed EMRDM, a modular mean-reverting diffusion framework that directly transforms cloudy images into cloud-free images.
- Designed a unified network for mono-temporal and multi-temporal inputs; first-author paper at CVPR 2025, with a released implementation.
- 2024.02 - 2024.06
Efficient Reconstruction for Snapshot Compressive Imaging
Visiting Student, SCI Lab, Westlake University; mentored by Professor Xin Yuan.
- Adapted efficient architectures, including linear attention and state space models, for lower-cost snapshot compressive imaging reconstruction.
- Reviewed more than 50 papers and presented a technical report at group meetings.
- 2023.03 - 2023.09
SenseAir: AI-Driven Compressed Air System Management Platform
Core Team Member, Tongji University.
- Developed a digital-twin platform for compressed-air system operation, maintenance, and optimization.
- First inventor of a granted patent, with a registered software copyright.
Awards
- 2025.12
National Scholarship for Graduate Students
Ministry of Education of China
- 2023.09
Gold Prize, Internet+ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (Shanghai Regional)
Internet+ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
- 2023.08
Third Prize, National University Student Contest on Energy Saving and Emission Reduction
National University Student Contest on Energy Saving and Emission Reduction
- 2023.03
First Prize, Undergraduate Group of Asia and Pacific Mathematical Contest in Modeling
Asia and Pacific Mathematical Contest in Modeling
- 2022.08
Second Prize, Embedded System Design Invitational Contest (Intel Cup)
National Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest
- 2020–2024
Second and Third Prizes, Outstanding Undergraduate Student Scholarship
Tongji University
Skills
| Programming and Tools | |
| Python | |
| PyTorch / PyTorch Lightning | |
| C/C++ | |
| Linux / Git | |
| LaTeX |
Languages
| Chinese | |
| Native speaker |
| English | |
| IELTS 7.0 (Reading 8.5, Listening 7.5, Speaking 6.0, Writing 6.5); CET-6 557 |
Interests
| Efficient and Controllable Generative Models | |
| Diffusion models | |
| Flow matching | |
| Few-step sampling | |
| Conditional control |
| Visual Generation and Restoration | |
| Image restoration | |
| Image and video generation | |
| Digital-human motion generation | |
| Temporally coherent long-sequence modeling |
| Efficient Architectures and Implementation | |
| Lightweight architectures | |
| Linear attention and state space models | |
| Hardware-aware acceleration |
Volunteer
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2021.09 - 2023.01 Shanghai, China
Volunteer
Volunteer Work Department of Youth League Committee in Tongji University
1) Served as a dedicated long-term volunteer in the Volunteer Work Department, facilitating package deliveries across various campuses within Tongji University by following the department head's instructions. 2) Engaged in short-term volunteering opportunities during school events, with a specific focus on charity activities for education. 3) Assisted school staff during school events to provide valuable support.
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2020.09 - 2022.01 Shanghai, China
Volunteer
Tongji Association Center
1) Assumed the role of meeting secretary, diligently documenting meeting proceedings weekly following departmental requirements at the Tongji Association Center. Collaborated closely with co-workers to ensure accurate recording of meetings. 2) Actively contributed to the organization of various club activities, including the Club Gala and Club Carnival at Tongji University. Collaborated effectively to assist clubs in planning and executing successful events.
References
| Associate Professor Wengen Li | |
| Professor Wengen Li is the supervisor of Yi Liu. He is an associate professor at the College of Computer Science and Technology, Tongji University. His research interests include Multimodal Intelligence and Spatial Temporal Data Analysis. |