Yimin Zhao

I am a PhD student doing robotics research @ National University of Singapore (NUS). I am a part of the Beadz (Built Environment, Automation, and Digitalization) Lab, supervised by Prof. Yeoh Ker-Wei, Justin. I am interested in applying machine learning in autonomous systems.

Interests: Machine Learning in Robotics; Autonomous Systems; World Models;

Bio: I graduated as a BSc of Computer Science from University of Leeds (UoL). During that time, I focused on the researches of applying machine learning methods on EEG analysis to control robot and solve mental health issues. After that, I took a MSc of Robotics in NUS, and researched on autonomous driving supervised by Prof. Marcelo H. Ang Jr. @ Advanced Robotics Centre. I am excited to study Human-AI Collaboration at SMART (Singapore-MIT Alliance for Research and Technology) as a visiting student!

Please do not hesitate to contact me for any inquiries!

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Awards
National Second Prize, 2021 China-US Young Maker Competition (CUYMC)
Successful Participant, 2021 Mathematical Contest in Modeling

Publications

AGI-Elo: How Far Are We From Mastering A Task?
Shuo Sun, Yimin Zhao, Christina Lee, Jiawei Sun, Chengran Yuan, Zefan Huang, Dongen Li, Justin Yeoh, Alok Prakash, Thomas Malone, Marcelo Jr
Neural Information Processing Systems -- NeurIPS 2025, 2025
Project Page / Paper / Code /

inproceedings{Sun2025AGIELO, 
	author = {Shuo Sun and Yimin Zhao and Christina Lee and Jiawei Sun and Chengran Yuan and Zefan Huang and Dongen Li and Justin Yeoh and Alok Prakash and Thomas Malone and Marcelo Jr}, 
	title = {AGI-Elo: How Far Are We From Mastering A Task?}, 
	booktitle = {Neural Information Processing Systems -- NeurIPS 2025}, 
	year = {2025}, 
}

Feature Fusion Based on~Mutual-Cross-Attention Mechanism for~EEG Emotion Recognition
Yimin Zhao, Jin Gu
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2024, 2024
Project Page / Paper / Code /

inproceedings{Zhao2024MCA, 
	author = {Yimin Zhao and Jin Gu}, 
	title = {Feature Fusion Based on~Mutual-Cross-Attention Mechanism for~EEG Emotion Recognition}, 
	booktitle = {Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2024}, 
	year = {2024}, 
}

The Mind Commands You: Combining Brain-Computer Interactions with Augmented Reality to Control Internet of Things (IoT) Tools, and Robotic Platforms
Haohong Wang, Shenghao Gao, Yimin Zhao, Maojia Song, Heng Wang, Damien Rompapas
2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Electronics Technology (ICET), 2022
Project Page / Paper /

inproceedings{Wang2022Rolling, 
	author = {Haohong Wang and Shenghao Gao and Yimin Zhao and Maojia Song and Heng Wang and Damien Rompapas}, 
	title = {The Mind Commands You: Combining Brain-Computer Interactions with Augmented Reality to Control Internet of Things (IoT) Tools, and Robotic Platforms}, 
	booktitle = {2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Electronics Technology (ICET)}, 
	year = {2022}, 
}

University Projects

Autonomous Parking Simulation Based on MPC-SAC
Yimin Zhao, Guorong Zhang, Zeren Zhong
ME5418 Machine Learning in Robotics Final Project, 2024
Project Page / Paper / Video / Code /

autonomousparking{Zhao2024Parking, 
	author = {Yimin Zhao and Guorong Zhang and Zeren Zhong}, 
	title = {Autonomous Parking Simulation Based on MPC-SAC}, 
	booktitle = {ME5418 Machine Learning in Robotics Final Project}, 
	year = {2024}, 
}

Autonomous Vehicle SLAM, Perception, and Navigation
Yimin Zhao, Zhenbiao Huang, Yanqiao Huang, Ruiyang Chen, Yifei Mo
ME5413 Autonomous Mobile Robotics Final Project, 2024
Project Page / Paper / Video / Code / Slides /

autonomousdriving{Zhao2024Autonomous, 
	author = {Yimin Zhao and Zhenbiao Huang and Yanqiao Huang and Ruiyang Chen and Yifei Mo}, 
	title = {Autonomous Vehicle SLAM, Perception, and Navigation}, 
	booktitle = {ME5413 Autonomous Mobile Robotics Final Project}, 
	year = {2024}, 
}

Soft Robot RL-Control based on Elastica Simulator
Yimin Zhao, Yi Lin, Pengyu Wang, Xiangge Liu
ME5423 Topics in Robotics Final Project, 2024
Project Page / Paper / Video / Code /

softrl{Zhao2024SoftRL, 
	author = {Yimin Zhao and Yi Lin and Pengyu Wang and Xiangge Liu}, 
	title = {Soft Robot RL-Control based on Elastica Simulator}, 
	booktitle = {ME5423 Topics in Robotics Final Project}, 
	year = {2024}, 
}

Classification of French Dialects Based on Weka
Yimin Zhao, Yunzhu Liu, Yang Xiao, Lingfeng Ren, Chenghao Zhao, Junhong Lou
XJCO2121 Data Mining Module Project, 2022
Project Page / Paper /

datamining{Zhao2022Mining, 
	author = {Yimin Zhao and Yunzhu Liu and Yang Xiao and Lingfeng Ren and Chenghao Zhao and Junhong Lou}, 
	title = {Classification of French Dialects Based on Weka}, 
	booktitle = {XJCO2121 Data Mining Module Project}, 
	year = {2022}, 
}

Functioning Fungi: A model based on climate and interaction trait
Yimin Zhao, Zhengkun Shi, Zheng Wang
Mathematical Contest in Modeling, 2021
Project Page / Paper /

mathematicalmodeling{Zhao2021Modeling, 
	author = {Yimin Zhao and Zhengkun Shi and Zheng Wang}, 
	title = {Functioning Fungi: A model based on climate and interaction trait}, 
	booktitle = {Mathematical Contest in Modeling}, 
	year = {2021}, 
}

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