CS PhD Student / Embodied AI
Hanxin Zhang
hz273 [at] leicester [dot] ac [dot] uk
I am a second-year CS PhD student at the University of Leicester (UoL), UK, advised by Dr Daniel Zhou Hao and Professor Hongbiao Dong FREng, affiliated with DANiLab in the School of Computing and Mathematical Sciences.
Previously, I completed both my bachelor's and master's studies at the University of Science and Technology Beijing (USTB), receiving a bachelor's degree in Business and a master's degree in Computer Technology. During my undergraduate studies, I was also a professional Chinese University Basketball Association (CUBA) player on the USTB basketball team.
Besides research, I enjoy playing games (Soulslike), gym training, and cooking. I am also interested in physics and history. 科研之外，我喜欢玩魂游、健身和做饭。我还对物理和历史感兴趣。
Research
I am interested in robotic brains, including vision-language-action (VLA) models, world model (WM), world action models (WAM), and human-robot interaction (HRI), toward advancing embodied intelligence.