Ziniu(Michael) Zhang

Hi there!🤗 I am a Ph.D Student in the Khoury College of Computer Sciences at Northeastern University starting from Fall 2024. I work with Prof. Hongyang R. Zhang.

Previously, I was a visiting student in the University of Queensland advised by Prof. Yadan Luo. After that, I was a research intern in MMLAB@NTU advised by Prof. Ziwei Liu.

I am extremely grateful to all the professors, mentors and friends who have helped me on my research journey!💖

I obtained my bachelor degree in Computer Science (Honor College) from University of Electronic Science and Technology of China(UESTC) in 2024.

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Research

My research interest aligns on using language models to reason and make decision. I am passionate about using cutting-edge technology to make our lives more and more convenient.

MMInA: Benchmarking Multihop Multimodal Internet Agents
Ziniu Zhang*, Shulin Tian*, Liangyu Chen*, Ziwei Liu
(* equal contributions)
Preprint 2024
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Awards
- Silver medal in the 47th ACM-ICPC International Collegiate Programming Contest Asian Reginal (Rank: 48/511)
- Silver medal in the 8th China Collegiate Programming Contest(CCPC).
- Bronze medal in the 7th China Collegiate Programming Contest(CCPC).
- First Prize in the 23rd National Olympic in Informatics in Provinces(NOIP)(Senior group).

Service

- Volunteer in the 10th China Collegiate Programming Contest(CCPC) Final.
- Director of 2022 UESTC ACM-ICPC Training Project in Dynamic Programming.
- Member of the technical consulting group of 2021 National Olympiad in Informatics in Provinces(NOIP).

Backyard

- I'm addicted in badminton🏸 and won some medals in UESTC. My fav players are Lin Dan, Chiharu Shida and Shi Yu Qi.
- I'm also passionate about cycling🚴. I have completed routes such as the Chengdu Greenway Loop(100km), UESTC-Longquan Mount.(101km), UESTC-Dujiangyan(88km), and others. My goal is to cycle along G318 to Lhasa one day.
- I enjoy hiking ⛰️, skiing ⛷️ (alpine skiing), ice skating ⛸️, swimming 🏊 etc. Feel free to contact me if you have same interests!
- I served as the major volunteer in 31st FISU World University Games🏃.

Last update: 7/7/2024

Thanks a lot to Jon Barron for his template!