Ziyu Li
Hi! Iām Ziyu Li, a senior at UIUC majoring in Mathematics. Starting in Fall 2026, I will be an incoming Computer Science PhD student at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK), advised by Prof. Shengchao Liu.
My research focuses on physics-inspired and multimodal generative AI, with applications in computer vision, bioactivity reasoning, and more.
Previously, I was fortunate to be advised by Prof. Huimin Zhao at UIUC and Prof. Chi Zhang at Westlake University.
Hobbies
I have been playing the piano for over 17 years. My favorite pianist is the legendary Martha Argerich. I am also greatly inspired by contemporary composer Andy Zhan.
Feel free to listen to me play one of my favorite piano pieces!
I like reading poetry. My favorite poet is Luo Yihe.
I reached Master rank (about the top 0.5%) on the League of Legends China server, Ionia.
You might also find me on the soccer field.
Blogs
| Jan 29, 2026 | Who am I, when I talk about myself? |
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News
| Feb 27, 2026 | I received the Distinguished Undergraduate Researcher Certificate from UIUC. |
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| Feb 16, 2026 | ArXiv insight tracker is released! I designed the research intelligence tool for trend analysis and daily frontier paper discovery in AI. |
| Apr 03, 2025 | My team won the 1st place (1/180) in the 2025 Illinois Statistics Datathon š |
| Nov 04, 2024 | My team won the 2nd place (2/51) in the 2024 Sandia National Lab Data Challenge š„ |
