I am a Staff Researcher at Tencent, joined via The ‘Project Up’ (青云计划) Talent Programme, and an Adjunct Faculty at National University of Singapore (NUS), Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE). I earned my PhD degree from NUS ECE, supervised by Prof. Robby T. Tan. I had my research internship in
Adobe, mentored by Prof. Connelly Barnes and Prof. Eli Shechtman. I hold an M.Sc. from NUS ECE and a B.Eng. degree from the
UESTC.
I have published papers with at top international venues. 📢 I’m hiring self-motivated interns and full-time researchers.
📜 Research
- Video World Model
- Agentic VLM, Agentic Video Generation
- AIGC: Generation & Vision
- Multimodal Learning & VLMs
🔬 Projects
arXiv 2026 | StatePlay: State-Aware Game World Models for Mechanics-Consistent Generation Zijun Lin, Zeqing Wang, Cheston Tan, Bihan Wen, Yeying Jin†‡ A state-aware game world model that jointly generates frames and internal game states (health, meters, timers) for mechanics-consistent gameplay. |
arXiv 2026 | ReactiveGWM: Steering NPC in Reactive Game World Models Zeqing Wang, Danze Chen, Zhaohu Xing, Zizhao Tong, Yinhan Zhang, Xingyi Yang†, Yeying Jin†‡ A game world model where NPCs follow high-level strategies (Offense / Defense / Control) via cross-attention, transferring zero-shot to new games without retraining. |
arXiv 2026 | SCOPE: Scalable World Model via Consistent Prediction Zizhao Tong, Yeying Jin†‡, Hongfeng Lai, Zeqing Wang, Zhaohu Xing, Kexu Cheng, Haoran Xu, Zhao Pu, Shangwen Zhu, Ruili Feng, Jian Zhao, Yan Zhang, Hao Tang, Ling Shao† An interactive world model for FPS games. |
arXiv 2026 | Incantation: Natural Language as the Action Interface for Multi-Entity Video World Models Shangwen Zhu, Qianyu Peng, Zhao Pu, Zhilei Shu, Xiangrui Ke, Zhaohu Xing, Zizhao Tong, Zeqing Wang, Xinyu Cui, Huangji Wang, Jian Zhao, Yeying Jin‡, Fan Cheng†, Ruili Feng† Natural language as the action interface for multi-entity control. |
| AI Photobooth AI Photobooth • 2025.12 370+ Generated AI Images in 1 hour · Top 3 Popular | |
| Honor of Kings (HOK) AIUGC Detective & Esports Poster HOK Flowborn Dimensional Editor • 2025.08–Present Millions+ Generated AI Posters, Camp First Page | |
| Honor of Kings (HOK) AIUGC Portrait Poster HOK Flowborn Dimensional Editor • 2025.06–Present Millions+ Generated AI Posters | |
| Honor of Kings (HOK) AIUGC Online Hero Generation HOK Creator Studio • 2024.12–Present Tens of Thousands+ Generated AI Images · 22% Save Rate | |
| Honor of Kings (HOK) AIPGC Avatars/Stickers HOK Avatar Center • 2024.07–Present 12× Launch · 98 Heroes · 2 Styles · 2 Halloween Topics |
📝 Publications
| Meng Chu*, Xuan Billy Zhang*, Kevin Qinghong Lin*, Lingdong Kong*, Jize Zhang*, Teng Tu*, Weijian Ma*, Ziqi Huang, Senqiao Yang, Wei Huang, Yeying Jin, Zhefan Rao, Jinhui Ye, Xinyu Lin, Xichen Zhang, Qisheng Hu, Shuai Yang, Leyang Shen, Wei Chow, Yifei Dong, Fengyi Wu, Quanyu Long, Bin Xia, Shaozuo Yu, Mingkang Zhu, Wenhu Zhang, Jiehui Huang, Haokun Gui, Haoxuan Che†, Long Chen†, Qifeng Chen†, Wenxuan Zhang†, Wenya Wang†, Xiaojuan Qi†, Yang Deng†, Yanwei Li†, Mike Zheng Shou†, Zhi-Qi Cheng†, See-Kiong Ng†, Ziwei Liu†, Philip Torr†, Jiaya Jia† arXiv preprint, 2026 arXiv | | |
ECCV 2026 | Yinhan Zhang*, Dingwei Tan*, Xianghao Kong, Yue Ma‡, Yeying Jin†, Anyi Rao† European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2026, Malmö, Sweden arXiv | |
ICML 2026 | Haoyu Zhao, Jiaxi Gu, Haoran Chen, Qingping Zheng, Yeying Jin, Hongyi Yang, Junqi Cheng, Yuang Zhang, Zenghui Lu, Huan Yu, Jie Jiang, Peng Shu, Zuxuan Wu†, Yu-Gang Jiang† International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2026, Seoul, South Korea arXiv | |
ACM MM 2026 | Haoyu Zhao, Zihao Zhang, Jiaxi Gu, Haoran Chen, Qingping Zheng, Pin Tang, Yeying Jin, Yuang Zhang, Junqi Cheng, Zenghui Lu, Peng Shu, Zuxuan Wu†, Yu-Gang Jiang† ACM Multimedia (ACM'MM), 2026, Rio, Brazil arXiv | |
| Yinhan Zhang*, Yue Ma*, Bingyuan Wang, Kunyu Feng, Yeying Jin‡, Qifeng Chen, Anyi Rao, Zeyu Wang† arXiv preprint, 2026 arXiv | | |
| Nanxiang Jiang, Zhaoxin Fan†, Baisen Wang, Daiheng Gao, Junhang Cheng, Jifeng Guo, Yalan Qin, Yeying Jin‡, Hongwei Zheng, Faguo Wu†, Wenjun Wu International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2026, Seoul, South Korea arXiv | | |
| Nanxiang Jiang, Zhaoxin Fan†, Enhan Kang, Daiheng Gao, Yun Zhou, Yanxia Chang, Zheng Zhu, Yeying Jin, Wenjun Wu Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Findings, 2026, Denver, USA arXiv | | |
| Xiaoran Sun*, Liyan Wang*, Yeying Jin‡, Kin-man Lam, Zhixun Su†, Yang Yang, Jinshan Pan, Cong Wang‡ Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) Findings, 2026, Denver, USA arXiv | | |
ECCV 2026 | Chenghao Qian, Nedko Savov, Lingdong Kong, Yeying Jin, Rui Song, Wenjing Li, Zhun Zhong, Jiaqi Ma, Gustav Markkula, Luc Van Gool European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2026, Malmö, Sweden arXiv | |
| Wei Zhang*, Yeying Jin*, Xin Li, Yan Zhang, Xiaofeng Cong, Cong Wang, Fengcai Qiao, Zhichao Lian† Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2026, Singapore arXiv | | |
TCSVT 2025 | Siyuan Wang*, Jiawei Liu*, Wei Wang†, Yeying Jin, Jinsong Du, Zhi Han IEEE Transactions on Circuits and Systems for Video Technology (TCSVT), 2025 arXiv | |
| Sixiang Chen*, Jianyu Lai*, Jialin Gao*, Tian Ye, Haoyu Chen, Hengyu Shi, Shitong Shao, Yunlong Lin, Song Fei, Zhaohu Xing, Yeying Jin, Junfeng Luo, Xiaoming Wei, Lei Zhu† The International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2026, Rio, Brazil arXiv | | |
| Zhiying Li*, Yeying Jin*, Fan Shen, Zhi Liu, Weibin Chen, Pengju Zhang, Xiaomei Zhang, Boyu Chen, Michael Shen, Kejian Wu, Zhaoxin Fan†, Jin Dong† Pattern Recognition (PR), 2025 arXiv | bibtex | link | |
| Yinghao Chen, Yeying Jin†‡, Xiang Chen, Yanyan Wei†, Ziyang Yan, Yaowen Fu Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2026, Denver, USA arXiv | |
| Sixiang Chen, Tian Ye, Yunlong Lin, Yeying Jin, Yijun Yang, Haoyu Chen, Jianyu Lai, Song Fei, Zhaohu Xing, Fugee Tsung, Lei Zhu† International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025, Hawaii, USA paper | bibtex | |
| Qirui Yang*, Fangpu Zhang*, Yeying Jin, Qihua Cheng, Pengtao Jiang, Huanjing Yue†, Jingyu Yang† ACM Multimedia (ACM'MM), 2025, Dublin, Ireland arXiv | | |
| Yunlong Lin*, Zixu Lin*, Haoyu Chen*, Panwang Pan*, Chenxin Li, Sixiang Chen, Yeying Jin, Wenbo Li†, Xinghao Ding† Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2025, Nashville, USA arXiv | | |
| Chenghao Qian, Xin Li, Yeying Jin†, Shangquan Sun, Yilian Zhong, et al. (Organizer & Corresponding Author) Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2026, Denver, USA arXiv | |
| Xin Li, Yeying Jin†, Suhang Yao, et al. (Organizer & Corresponding Author) Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2026, Denver, USA arXiv | | |
| Xin Li, Yeying Jin†, Xin Jin, et al. (Organizer & Corresponding Author) Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2025, Nashville, USA arXiv | | |
| Yeying Jin, Xin Li, Jiadong Wang, Yan Zhang, Malu Zhang European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2024, Milan, Italy arXiv | | |
| Songtao Jiang, Yan Zhang, Yeying Jin, Zhihang Tang, Yangyang Wu, Yang Feng, Jian Wu, Zuozhu Liu† Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), 2025, Vienna, Austria arXiv | bibtex | |
| Songtao Jiang*, Chenyi Zhou*, Yan Zhang, Yeying Jin, Zuozhu Liu† Association for Computational Linguistics (ACL), 2025, Vienna, Austria arXiv | bibtex | |
| Songtao Jiang, Yan Zhang, Ruizhe Chen, Tianxiang Hu, Yeying Jin, Qinglin He, Yang Feng, Jian Wu, Zuozhu Liu† International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), 2025, Montreal, Canada arXiv | bibtex | |
| Songtao Jiang*, Yan Zhang*, Chenyi Zhou, Yeying Jin, Yang Feng, Jian Wu, Zuozhu Liu† ADHIP Best Paper Award, 2024, Jiaxing, China arXiv | | |
| Songtao Jiang*, Tuo Zheng*, Yan Zhang, Yeying Jin, Li Yuan, Zuozhu Liu† EMNLP Findings, 2024, Miami, Florida arXiv | | |
| Tingting Chen*, Beibei Lin*, Yeying Jin*, Wending Yan, Wei Ye, Yuan Yuan, Robby T. Tan European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2024, Milan, Italy paper | bibtex | |
| Xin Li*, Bingchen Li*, Yeying Jin, Cuiling Lan, Hanxin Zhu, Yulin Ren, Zhibo Chen† European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2024, Milan, Italy arXiv | | |
| Beibei Lin*, Yeying Jin*, Wending Yan, Wei Ye, Yuan Yuan, Robby T. Tan Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025, Philadelphia, USA arXiv | | |
| Bingchen Li*, Xin Li*, Hanxin Zhu, Yeying Jin, Ruoyu Feng, Zhizheng Zhang, Zhibo Chen† Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), 2024, Seattle, USA arXiv | | |
| Yeying Jin, Wei Ye, Wenhan Yang, Yuan Yuan, Robby T. Tan Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2024, Vancouver, Canada arXiv | First diffusion-based shadow removal performs robustly on hard, soft and self shadows. | |
| Beibei Lin*, Yeying Jin*, Wending Yan, Wei Ye, Yuan Yuan, Shunli Zhang, Robby T. Tan Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2024, Vancouver, Canada arXiv | bibtex | poster | |
| Yeying Jin, Wenhan Yang, Robby T. Tan European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV), 2022, Tel Aviv, Israel arXiv | Night image enhancement by enhancing low-light regions and suppressing light-effects regions. | |
| Yeying Jin, Aashish Sharma, Robby T. Tan International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2021, Montreal, Canada arXiv | First unsupervised hard and soft shadow removal. | |
| Yeying Jin*, Beibei Lin*, Wending Yan, Yuan Yuan, Wei Ye, Robby T. Tan ACM Multimedia (ACM'MM), 2023, Ottawa, Canada arXiv | First learning-based network handling nighttime haze and glow using APSF. | |
| Yeying Jin, Ruoteng Li, Wenhan Yang, Robby T. Tan Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2023, Washington DC, USA arXiv | First reflectance layer estimation that performs robustly even in the presence of shadows and specularities. | |
| Yeying Jin, Wending Yan, Wenhan Yang, Robby T. Tan Asian Conference on Computer Vision (ACCV), 2022, Macau, China arXiv | Dense and/or non-uniform fog removal. |
💬 Organizer
🎤 Invited Talks
| Host | Topic | Date & Venue |
|---|---|---|
| Runway (invited by Robin Kahlow) | Game World Model | 06.26.2026 Singapore |
| CVPR 机器之心 | Invited Talk (w/ Ziwei Liu NTU, Mike Zheng Shou NUS, Ruoshi Liu UMD) | 06.06.2026 Denver, USA |
| CVPR 2026 URVIS (invited by Zongwei Wu) | World Model | 06.04.2026 Denver, USA |
| CVPR 2026 AGENTIC (invited by Jinjin Gu) | Game World Model | 06.03.2026 Denver, USA |
| CVPR 2026 AIGENS (invited by Marcos V. Conde) | Game World Model for Video Generation | 06.03.2026 Denver, USA |
| CVPR 2026 NTIRE (invited by Zongwei Wu) | Game World Model | 06.03.2026 Denver, USA |
| From Video Generation to World Model | 05.22.2026 Singapore | |
| Singapore Vision Day (invited by Gim Hee Lee) | Game World Model World Model Panel Discussion (w/ Qi Wu U Adelaide, Angela Dai TUM, Xingang Pan NTU) | 05.16.2026 Singapore |
| From AIGC to World Model | 04.25.2026 Rio, Brazil | |
| NUS EE6934 Emerging Topics in AI and Deep Learning Guest Lecture (invited by Xinchao Wang) | From AIGC to World Model | 03.17.2026 Singapore |
| NUS CEG5304 Deep Learning Guest Lecture (invited by Yuecong Xu) | World Model and Agentic Video Generation | 11.2026 Singapore |
| AAAI (invited by Xin Li) | From Creation to Perception: Generative AI for Content Generation | 01.2026 Singapore |
| Low-level Community (invited by Xiang Chen) | AIGC-Powered Game Marketing: From Generation to Deployment | 01.2026 Singapore |
| ICCV AIGENS (invited by Marcos V. Conde) | From Creation to Perception: Generative AI for Content Generation | 10.2025 Hawaii, USA |
| Exploring SORA: Unlocking the Core of AI Video Creation [Video] | 11.2025 Singapore | |
| AI Video Gen | When Wukong meets Yayoi Kusama | 05.2025 Singapore | |
| ICLR (invited by Kevin QH. Lin) | AI × Gaming: Creative Applications of AIGC [Video] | 04.2025 Singapore |
| AI Generation: Inspiring Game Marketing and Development | 02.2025 Singapore | |
| Raindrop Clarity: Dual-Focused, Day and Night | 09.2024 | |
| Shadow Removal using Diffusion Model | 01.2024 | |
| Applications of Generative AI | 11.2023 Singapore | |
| Visibility Enhancement using Generative Model | 07.2023 | |
| NextCam Reading Group: Light-effects Suppression | 07.2023 USA | |
| Image/Video Restoration and Generation | 03.2023 | |
| Intrinsic Image Decomposition | 02.2023 | |
| Diffusion Model in Image Processing | 01.2023 | |
| Visibility Enhancement in Nighttime | 12.2022 Singapore | |
| Unsupervised Image Restoration and Generation | 11.2022 |
| Presented at | Date & Venue |
|---|---|
| 05.2024, Chongqing, China | |
| 05.2023, Singapore | |
| 01.2023, Singapore |
✍️ Blogs
🏫 Education
- 01.2020-01.2024: Ph.D. (AI and Deep Learning),
NUS, Singapore (CAP: 4.75/5.00)
- 08.2017-08.2018: M.S. (Electrical and Computer Engineering),
NUS, Singapore
- 09.2013-07.2017: B.Eng (Electrical and Computer Engineering),
UESTC, China (GPA: 3.93/4.00)
👔 Internship and Work Experience
- 11.2023-Present: Staff Researcher at
Singapore.
- 06.2023-09.2023:
Adobe Research Intern, Creative Intelligence Lab, mentored by Prof. Connelly Barnes, Prof. Eli Shechtman, worked with Yuqian Zhou, Lingzhi Zhang, Sohrab Amirghodsi, Eric Kee.
- 01.2019-01.2020: Machine Learning Researcher at
Singapore, advised by Prof. Jiashi Feng, worked on Biomedical Image Synthesis, Super-resolution, Tumor Segmentation and Classification, expo demo for “Deep Learning-Based End-to-end Automatic Contouring and Automated Radiation Therapy Treatment Planning System”.
🎖 Honors and Awards
- “Yayoi Kusama × Wukong”, ModelScope Wan 2.1 Video Generation Challenge — 2nd Place
- Knowledge Award, Excellent R&D Award, Outstanding Mentor, Outstanding Contributor
- CVPR Student Mentor, Tencent Outstanding Mentor Award
- AI Singapore (AISG) Ph.D. Fellowship (Singapore’s most prestigious Ph.D. scholarship) — Theme: Continuous Learning AI, Self-supervised Learning
💻 Professional Services
- Journal Reviewer: TPAMI, IJCV, TIP, TNNLS, TMM, TCSVT, TVCJ, NEUCOM, CVIU, etc.
- Conference Reviewer: ICML (Gold Reviewer Award), NeurIPS, ICLR, CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, AAAI, ACM MM, ACL, MICCAI, ACCV, IJCAI, IJCNN, etc.
- Teaching Assistant: EE5731 Visual Computing, EE5904 Neural Network (NUS ECE)