Zhekai Chen

About Me

I am an undergraduate student in the Computer Science and Technology program at Zhejiang University, expected to graduate in 2025. In 2023, I joined the National Key Lab of CAD&CG, where I conducted research on generative models under the mentorship of Professors Chunhua Shen and Hao Chen. I had the honor of working as a research intern in Professor Tong Zhang’s group at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) during the summer of 2024, gaining valuable insights into the cutting-edge developments in the field of multimodality. Currently, I am working as a research intern in Alibaba Tongyi Laboratory, under the supervision of Dr. Shiwei Zhang.

I aim to empower individuals to express creativity effortlessly, eliminating the need for specialized skills or software. My focus lies in three key areas:

1. Controllable Image & Video Generation: Enabling intuitive adjustments for users to shape their visual content seamlessly.
2. Advancing LLM/MLLM Capabilities: Bridging human intent and machine interpretation, transforming thoughts into actionable outputs.
3. Enhancing Human-Computer Interaction: Making communication with AI more natural and intuitive, utilizing physical media without complex operations.

I am seeking PhD opportunities for Fall 2025. If you are interested, please contact me.

Education

• Zhejiang University, B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology, 2021 - 2025 (expected)
• Suzhou Academy, High School, 2018 - 2021

Current Research Interests

• Generative models: including image generation and video generation, especially in the controllable generation and efficiency
• MLLM: text-image alignment and unified understanding and generation

News

• [Nov. 2024] Joined Alibaba Tongyi Laboratory as a research intern.
• [Oct. 2024] I am honored to serve as a reviewer of ICLR 2025.
• [Oct. 2024] My first-author paper was published at ECCV 2024 !!!
• [Nov. 2023] The first paper I participated in was submitted.

Publications

(* equal contribution)

Services

Conference Reviewers

• ICLR 2025, The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations

Scholarships & Awards

• 2023-2024 Ho Chi Kwan Education Scholarship (7 every year in ZJU CS Department)

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