Welcome! I am a Computer Science Ph.D. student at NYU, advised by Prof. Qi Sun in the Immersive Computing Lab. My current research revolves around virtual/augmented/mixed reality, human-computer interaction, perceptual computer graphics, and machine learning, with a particular focus on AI-powered multimodal interaction experiences and human-AI co-creation systems. More broadly, I enjoy combining knowledge and insights from human perception and human-computer interaction research with machine learning tools to solve challenging real-world problems.
Prior to NYU, I obtained my M.Phil in the Multimedia Laboratory at CUHK under the supervision of Prof. Dahua Lin. Before that, I did my undergraduate studies at SJTU and École Polytechnique.
During my graduate studies, I have had the fortune to work with and learn from great minds at Intel Corporation, Vector Institute, and Télécom Paris through internships.
Outside of work, I love hiking, traveling, and photography!
Education
New York University, Sep 2022 – Dec 2025 (expected)
Doctor of Philosophy, Computer Science
The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Aug 2020 – Aug 2022
Master of Philosophy, Information Engineering
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sep 2017 – Mar 2020
Master of Engineering, Electronics and Communication Engineering
École Polytechnique, Apr 2016 – Aug 2018
Diplôme d’Ingénieur, Computer Science
Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Sep 2013 – Aug 2017
Bachelor of Engineering, Information Engineering
Work Experience
Intel Graphics Research, May 2023 – Aug 2023
Research Intern
Vector Institute, Mar 2020 – Jun 2020
Research Intern
Télécom Paris, Apr 2018 – Aug 2018
Research Intern
Publications
GazeFusion: Saliency-guided Image Generation
ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (ACM SAP 2024)
*Best Paper Award* *Best Presentation Award*
Yunxiang Zhang, Nan Wu, Connor Lin, Gordon Wetzstein, Qi Sun
Measuring and Predicting Multisensory Reaction Latency: A Probabilistic Model for Visual-Auditory Integration
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (IEEE TVCG 2024)
Xi Peng, Yunxiang Zhang, Daniel Jiménez Navarro, Ana Serrano, Karol Myszkowski, Qi Sun
May the Force Be with You: Dexterous Finger Force-Aware VR Interface
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (IEEE ISMAR 2024)
Fengze Zhang*, Yunxiang Zhang*, Xi Peng, Sky Achitoff, Paul M. Torrens, Qi Sun
Toward User-Aware Interactive Virtual Agents: Generative Multi-Modal Avatar Behaviors in VR
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (IEEE ISMAR 2024)
Bhasura Gunawardhana, Yunxiang Zhang, Qi Sun, Zhigang Deng
Accelerating Saccadic Response through Spatial and Temporal Cross-Modal Misalignments
ACM SIGGRAPH 2024
Daniel Jiménez Navarro, Xi Peng, Yunxiang Zhang, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel, Qi Sun, Ana Serrano
Toward Optimized VR/AR Ergonomics: Modeling and Predicting User Neck Muscle Contraction
ACM SIGGRAPH 2023
Yunxiang Zhang, Kenneth Chen, Qi Sun
Force-Aware Interface via Electromyography for Natural VR/AR Interaction
ACM Transactions on Graphics (ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2022)
Yunxiang Zhang, Benjamin Liang, Boyuan Chen, Paul M. Torrens, S. Farokh Atashzar, Dahua Lin, Qi Sun
Exploiting Channel Similarity for Network Pruning
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT 2023)
Chenglong Zhao, Yunxiang Zhang, Bingbing Ni
CaPC Learning: Confidential and Private Collaborative Learning
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2021)
Christopher A. Choquette-Choo*, Natalie Dullerud*, Adam Dziedzic*, Yunxiang Zhang*, Somesh Jha, Nicolas Papernot, Xiao Wang
Max-plus Operators Applied to Filter Selection and Model Pruning in Neural Networks
International Symposium on Mathematical Morphology and Its Application to Signal and Image Processing (ISMM 2019)
Yunxiang Zhang, Samy Blusseau, Santiago Velasco-Forero, Isabelle Bloch, Jesus Angulo
* Equal contributions, authors ordered alphabetically