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 how world models can benefit autonomous systems.
Interests: World Models; Autonomous Driving; Machine Learning in Robotics;
Bio: I graduated as a BSc of Computer Science from University of Leeds (UoL). 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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National Second Prize, 2021 China-US Young Maker Competition (CUYMC)
Successful Participant, 2021 Mathematical Contest in Modeling
Publications
Jack Shi, Wawan Solihin, Yufeng Weng, Houhao Liang, Yimin Zhao, Leong Poh, Justin Yeoh
Automation in Construction, Vol. 191, 2026
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article{Shi2026BIMFoundation,
author = {Jack Shi and Wawan Solihin and Yufeng Weng and Houhao Liang and Yimin Zhao and Leong Poh and Justin Yeoh},
title = {Toward Generalizable Foundation Models for 3D BIM Geometry Using a Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture},
booktitle = {Automation in Construction, Vol. 191},
year = {2026},
}
Jack Shi, Wawan Solihin, Yufeng Weng, Yimin Zhao, Leong Poh, Justin Yeoh
Automation in Construction, Vol. 190, 2026
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article{Shi2026BIMClassification,
author = {Jack Shi and Wawan Solihin and Yufeng Weng and Yimin Zhao and Leong Poh and Justin Yeoh},
title = {Self-Supervised Learning for BIM Element Classification Using a Joint Embedding Predictive Architecture},
booktitle = {Automation in Construction, Vol. 190},
year = {2026},
}
Shuo Sun, Yimin Zhao, Christina Lee, Jiawei Sun, Chengran Yuan, Zefan Huang, Dongen Li, Justin Yeoh, Alok Prakash, Thomas Malone, Marcelo Ang Jr
Neural Information Processing Systems -- NeurIPS 2025, 2025
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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 Ang Jr},
title = {AGI-Elo: How Far Are We From Mastering A Task?},
booktitle = {Neural Information Processing Systems -- NeurIPS 2025},
year = {2025},
}
Chengran Yuan, Zijian Lu, Zhanqi Zhang, Yimin Zhao, Zefan Huang, Shuo Sun, Jiawei Sun, Jiahui Li, Christina Lee, Dongen Li, Marcelo Ang Jr
arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.18609, 2025
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article{Yuan2025PIE,
author = {Chengran Yuan and Zijian Lu and Zhanqi Zhang and Yimin Zhao and Zefan Huang and Shuo Sun and Jiawei Sun and Jiahui Li and Christina Lee and Dongen Li and Marcelo Ang Jr},
title = {PIE: Perception and Interaction Enhanced End-to-End Motion Planning for Autonomous Driving},
booktitle = {arXiv preprint arXiv:2509.18609},
year = {2025},
}
Yimin Zhao, Jin Gu
Medical Image Computing and Computer Assisted Intervention -- MICCAI 2024, 2024
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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},
}
Haohong Wang, Shenghao Gao, Yimin Zhao, Maojia Song, Heng Wang, Damien Rompapas
2022 IEEE 5th International Conference on Electronics Technology (ICET), 2022
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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
Yimin Zhao, Guorong Zhang, Zeren Zhong
ME5418 Machine Learning in Robotics Final Project, 2024
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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},
}
Yimin Zhao, Zhenbiao Huang, Yanqiao Huang, Ruiyang Chen, Yifei Mo
ME5413 Autonomous Mobile Robotics Final Project, 2024
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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},
}
Yimin Zhao, Yi Lin, Pengyu Wang, Xiangge Liu
ME5423 Topics in Robotics Final Project, 2024
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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},
}
Yimin Zhao, Yunzhu Liu, Yang Xiao, Lingfeng Ren, Chenghao Zhao, Junhong Lou
XJCO2121 Data Mining Module Project, 2022
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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},
}
Yimin Zhao, Zhengkun Shi, Zheng Wang
Mathematical Contest in Modeling, 2021
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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},
}Homepage Template
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