My name is Yanming Yang. I am an incoming Ph.D. student at the AGI Lab, Westlake University, where I currently work as a Research Assistant with Professor Chi Zhang.

Research Interests

My research focuses on 3D Reconstruction and World Models.

News

• Aug 2026📝 Released GS²CI — preprint and code.
• Apr 2026🏆 WorldForge selected as a CVPR 2026 Highlight.
• Mar 2026📝 Released DyWeight — preprint and code.
• Feb 2026🎉 Three papers accepted to CVPR 2026 — Fast3Dcache, WorldForge and FlowDirector.
• Nov 2025📝 Released Fast3Dcache — preprint and project page.
• Sep 2025📝 Released WorldForge — preprint and project page.
• Jun 2025📝 Released FlowDirector — preprint, code and demo.

Publications

* denotes equal contribution; † denotes corresponding author

GS²CI: Robust Gaussian Splatting for Snapshot Compressive Imaging via Large Vision Model Priors

arXiv 2026

Yanming Yang, Chenxi Song, Ping Wang, Xin Yuan, Chi Zhang†

Paper Code

Fast3Dcache: Training-free 3D Geometry Synthesis Acceleration

CVPR 2026

Mengyu Yang, Yanming Yang, Chenyi Xu, Chenxi Song, Yufan Zuo, Tong Zhao, Ruibo Li, Chi Zhang†

Project Paper Code

WorldForge: Unlocking Emergent 3D/4D Generation in Video Diffusion Model via Training-Free Guidance

CVPR 2026 (Highlight)

Chenxi Song, Yanming Yang, Tong Zhao, Ruibo Li, Chi Zhang†

Project Paper Code

FlowDirector: Training-Free Flow Steering for Precise Text-to-Video Editing

CVPR 2026

Guangzhao Li, Yanming Yang, Chenxi Song, Chi Zhang†

Project Paper Code Demo

DyWeight: Dynamic Gradient Weighting for Few-Step Diffusion Sampling

arXiv 2026

Tong Zhao*, Mingkun Lei*, Liangyu Yuan*, Yanming Yang, Chenxi Song, Yang Wang, Beier Zhu, Chi Zhang†

Paper Code

L3D: Enhancing 2D Talking Portraits Synthesis Learning with Pitch information using 3D Blendshapes Priors

UCL M.Sc. Thesis

Yanming Yang, Ifat Yasin†

Education

M.Sc. in Computer Graphics, Vision and Imaging

University College London
Tutor: Prof. Lourdes Agapito

2023 – 2024

B.Eng. in Communication Engineering

University of Electronic Science and Technology of China

2019 – 2023

Experience

Research Assistant

AGI Lab, Westlake University
Advisor: Prof. Chi Zhang

Oct 2024 – Aug 2026

Projects

VR First Aid Training in Subway Station

Unity 3D · Oculus Quest 2

Developed an immersive multiplayer VR training game for first aid using Meta's Oculus Quest 2 and UCL's Ubiq social VR platform on Unity 3D.

Code

Services

• Conference ReviewerCVPR · ECCV · NeurIPS · ACL · BMVC