CV
Siyuan Qian's Curriculum Vitae.
Contact Information
| Name | Siyuan Qian |
| Professional Title | Ph.D. Student |
| qiansiyuan@stu.pku.edu.cn |
Professional Summary
Ph.D. student at Peking University HMI Lab, advised by Prof. Shanghang Zhang. Research focuses on Embodied AI, exploring VLA, World Model, and VLM for real-world robotic scenarios such as mobile manipulation.
Experience
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2025 - present Beijing, China
Research Intern
Zhijian Dynamics (Startup)
Advancing VLA deployment in real mobile manipulation scenarios, optimizing whole-body control and mobile-manipulation coupling, incorporating World Model for long-horizon task modeling.
- Deployed and operated Galaxea R1 Lite and Franka Emika Panda robots end-to-end
- Integrated multimodal perception (vision, spatial structure, proprioception) for robust 3D perception
- Designed 3D-printed robot components for rapid structural iteration
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2024 - 2025 Beijing, China
Research Intern, Embodied Multimodal LLM Research Center
Beijing Academy of Artificial Intelligence (BAAI)
Contributed to open-source projects RoboBrain 1.0 & 2.0, co-proposed end-to-end VLA mobile manipulation framework AC-DiT achieving SOTA on multiple benchmarks.
- Co-built RoboBrain 1.0 & 2.0, enhancing LLM/VLM spatial understanding and temporal modeling
- Co-proposed AC-DiT end-to-end VLA framework, achieving SOTA on multiple benchmarks
- Managed hardware debugging and real-robot data collection for Mobile ALOHA and composite mobile manipulators
- Built mobile manipulation datasets and benchmarks across multiple simulators
- Led construction of 100+ object and 10+ scene digital assets across simulators
Education
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2022 - 2027 Beijing, China
Ph.D.
Peking University
Computer Applied Technology, School of Computer Science
- Research: Multimodal perception fusion and adaptive action decision-making in embodied intelligence scenarios
- Focus: Embodied AI (VLA / World Model / VLM)
- Advisor: Prof. Shanghang Zhang
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2018 - 2022 Beijing, China
B.Eng.
Beihang University (BUAA)
Electronic Information Engineering
- Highest Honor for undergraduate students in Information category (top 0.3%)
- Highest Honor for undergraduate students in School of EIE (top 3%)
- Outstanding Graduate (top 10%)
Research
Open_Source
Skills
Research & Deployment (Expert): End-to-end research-to-deployment on real robot systems, covering data collection, cleaning, model training, evaluation, and deployment
Frameworks & Tools (Expert): PyTorch, ROS/ROS2, Robot Simulators, 3D Printing, VR Teleoperation
Robot Platforms (Expert): Mobile ALOHA, Galaxea R1 Lite, Franka Emika Panda, Composite Mobile Manipulators
Research Areas (Expert): Embodied AI, VLA, World Models, VLM, Mobile Manipulation, Multi-agent Systems
Patents
Software_Copyrights
Awards
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2022 Highest Honor for Undergraduate Students in Information Category
Beihang University
Top 0.3% among all undergraduates in the Information category
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2022 Highest Honor for Undergraduate Students in School of EIE
Beihang University
Top 3% in the School of Electronic Information Engineering
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2022 Outstanding Graduate
Beihang University
Top 10% in the major
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2021 Grand Prize in Academic Competition Scholarship
Beihang University
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2021 First-class Academic Excellence Scholarship
Beihang University
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2021 First-class Innovation and Entrepreneurship Scholarship
Beihang University
Languages
Chinese : Native speaker
English : Fluent
Interests
Embodied AI: VLA, World Models, VLM, Mobile Manipulation, Multi-agent Systems
Hobbies: Badminton, Photography