Zilin Wang

Hi there! I am a PhD Candidate in Computer Science & Engineering at the University of Michigan, advised by Prof. Stella X. Yu. Prior to my PhD, I earned my B.S. in CSE from the Ohio State University, Summa Cum Laude.

My current research focuses on representation learning, large multi-modal models, and physical AI. I aim to build autonomous agents that can perceive, reason, and act in multimodal, sensory-rich physical environments.

Email / Google Scholar / Github / X / LinkedIn

Research

I also collaborate across disciplines on real-world applications of AI. See my interdisciplinary collaborations for more.

Teaching

UM EECS 498: Applied Agentic Software Engineering

[FA 2026] Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) with Prof. Marcus Darden.

UM EECS 598: Action & Perception

[FA 2026] Guest lecture on Visual Representations of Images and Videos.
[WN 2023] Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) with Prof. Stella X. Yu.

UM EECS 542: Advanced Topics in Computer Vision

[WN 2026] Guest lecture on Vision Foundation Models.
[FA 2025] Guest lecture on Vision Foundation Models.
[FA 2024] Guest lecture on Vision Foundation Models.
[FA 2023] Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) with Prof. Stella X. Yu and Prof. JJ Park.

UM EECS 442: Computer Vision

[WN 2025] Graduate Student Instructor (GSI) with Prof. Stella X. Yu.

UM SI 670: Applied Machine Learning

[FA 2021] Instructional Aide (IA) with Prof. Kevyn Collins-Thompson.

Academic Service & Outreach

Journal Reviewer: TPAMI
Workshop Reviewer: Meta-Agents @ NeurIPS 2026, VLM4RWD @ NeurIPS 2026
Workshop Committee: POETS @ CVPR 2025
Reviewer, Michigan AI Lab PhD Admission, 2025-2026
Poster Session Co-Chair, Michigan AI Symposium, 2024
Coordinator, Michigan Friday Night AI, 2023-2024

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