Yunxiang Zhang
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PhD in Computer Science, 2026
Welcome! I'm a final-year Computer Science Ph.D. student at NYU Tandon, advised by Prof. Qi Sun in the Immersive Computing Lab. My current research revolves around virtual/augmented reality, computer graphics, human-AI interaction, and generative AI, 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 research with deep 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've had the fortune to work with and learn from great minds at Meta Reality Labs, Adobe Research, Intel Visual Compute & Graphics Lab, Vector Institute, and Télécom Paris through internships.
Outside of work, I enjoy movies, hiking, traveling, and photography!
Education
New York University, Sep 2022 – May 2026
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
Meta Reality Labs, August 2025 – January 2026
Research Intern
Adobe Research, April 2025 – July 2025
Research Intern
Intel Visual Compute & Graphics Lab, May 2023 – August 2023
Research Intern
Vector Institute, March 2020 – June 2020
Research Intern
Télécom Paris, April 2018 – August 2018
Research Intern
Publications
Perceptual Impact of Peak Luminance and Contrast in Direct View HDR Display
Kenneth Chen*, Yunxiang Zhang*, Qi Sun, Alexandre Chapiro
IS&T Human Vision and Electronic Imaging (HVEI 2026)
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Perceptually Guided 3DGS Streaming and Rendering for Mixed Reality
Yunxiang Zhang*, Sai Harsha Mupparaju*, Kenneth Chen, Jenna Kang, Xinyu Zhang, Maito Omori, Kazuyuki Arimatsu, Qi Sun
IEEE/CVF Winter Conference on Applications of Computer Vision (WACV 2026)
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Image-GS: Content-Adaptive Image Representation via 2D Gaussians
Yunxiang Zhang*, Bingxuan Li*, Alexandr Kuznetsov, Akshay Jindal, Stavros Diolatzis, Kenneth Chen, Anton Sochenov, Anton Kaplanyan, Qi Sun
ACM SIGGRAPH 2025
Two Minute Papers LearnOpenCV
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Physically Grounded Monocular Depth via Nanophotonic Wavefront Prompting
Bingxuan Li*, Jiahao Wu*, Yuan Xu*, Zezheng Zhu, Yunxiang Zhang, Kenneth Chen, Yanqi Liang, Nanfang Yu†, Qi Sun†
ACM SIGGRAPH 2025 Emerging Technologies
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Novel View Synthesis for 3D Computer-Generated Holograms Using Deep Neural Fields
Kenneth Chen, Anzhou Wen, Yunxiang Zhang, Praneeth Chakravarthula, Qi Sun
Optics Express 2025
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GazeFusion: Saliency-guided Image Generation
Yunxiang Zhang, Nan Wu, Connor Lin, Gordon Wetzstein, Qi Sun
ACM Transactions on Applied Perception (ACM SAP 2024)
Best Paper Award Best Presentation Award
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Measuring and Predicting Multisensory Reaction Latency: A Probabilistic Model for Visual-Auditory Integration
Xi Peng, Yunxiang Zhang, Daniel Jiménez Navarro, Ana Serrano, Karol Myszkowski, Qi Sun
IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (IEEE ISMAR 2024)
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May the Force Be with You: Dexterous Finger Force-Aware VR Interface
Fengze Zhang*, Yunxiang Zhang*, Xi Peng, Sky Achitoff, Paul M. Torrens, Qi Sun
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (IEEE ISMAR 2024)
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Toward User-Aware Interactive Virtual Agents: Generative Multi-Modal Avatar Behaviors in VR
Bhasura Gunawardhana, Yunxiang Zhang, Qi Sun, Zhigang Deng
IEEE International Symposium on Mixed and Augmented Reality (IEEE ISMAR 2024)
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Accelerating Saccadic Response through Spatial and Temporal Cross-Modal Misalignments
Daniel Jiménez Navarro, Xi Peng, Yunxiang Zhang, Karol Myszkowski, Hans-Peter Seidel, Qi Sun, Ana Serrano
ACM SIGGRAPH 2024
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Toward Optimized VR/AR Ergonomics: Modeling and Predicting User Neck Muscle Contraction
Yunxiang Zhang, Kenneth Chen, Qi Sun
ACM SIGGRAPH 2023
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Force-Aware Interface via Electromyography for Natural VR/AR Interaction
Yunxiang Zhang, Benjamin Liang, Boyuan Chen, Paul M. Torrens, S. Farokh Atashzar, Dahua Lin, Qi Sun
ACM Transactions on Graphics (ACM SIGGRAPH Asia 2022)
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Exploiting Channel Similarity for Network Pruning
Chenglong Zhao, Yunxiang Zhang, Bingbing Ni
IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (IEEE TCSVT 2023)
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CaPC Learning: Confidential and Private Collaborative Learning
Christopher A. Choquette-Choo*, Natalie Dullerud*, Adam Dziedzic*, Yunxiang Zhang*, Somesh Jha, Nicolas Papernot, Xiao Wang
International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2021)
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Max-plus Operators Applied to Filter Selection and Model Pruning in Neural Networks
Yunxiang Zhang, Samy Blusseau, Santiago Velasco-Forero, Isabelle Bloch, Jesus Angulo
International Symposium on Mathematical Morphology and Its Application to Signal and Image Processing (ISMM 2019)
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* Equal contributions
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