CV
CV of Pengyao Niu, PhD student at ARTE Group, LAMP Lab, UCAS.
Contact Information
| Name | Pengyao Niu |
| Professional Title | PhD Student |
| 213222106@seu.edu.cn |
Professional Summary
PhD student in the ARTE Group of LAMP Laboratory at the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, working on physics-based visual understanding, liquid-crystal metasurfaces, and computational imaging.
Experience
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2025 - Beijing, China
PhD Student Researcher
ARTE Group, LAMP Laboratory, UCAS
Conducting research on world models, spatial intelligence, and multimodal physical scene understanding.
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2023 - 2025 Nanjing, China
Undergraduate Researcher
LAMP Laboratory, Southeast University
Worked on liquid-crystal metasurface modeling and computational hyperspectral imaging.
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2024 - 2025 Beijing, China
Visiting Research Intern
AIR, Tsinghua University (Winter Program)
Project on MPM simulation and 3D Gaussian Splatting for dexterous-hand visual-tactile simulation.
Education
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2025 - Beijing, China
PhD
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS)
Computer Vision and Intelligent Perception
- ARTE Group of LAMP Lab (http://lamp.ucas.ac.cn/, https://arte-lab.github.io/).
- Advisor: Prof. Tong Zhang (https://people.ucas.ac.cn/~0081363).
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2022 - 2026 Nanjing, China
Bachelor
Southeast University, Wu Jianxiong Honors College
Undergraduate Honors Program
- Advisor: Prof. Haining Yang (https://scholar.google.com/citations?hl=zh-CN&user=Rg1cCs8AAAAJ).
Projects
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Integrated Hyperspectral Sensing System Based on Liquid-Crystal Metasurfaces
Principal investigator of a key undergraduate innovation project; developed a high-performance modeling and analysis pipeline for liquid-crystal metasurfaces.
- Southeast University “Young Scientist” key-field cultivation project (one of 10 university-wide projects).
- Advisor: Prof. Haining Yang. Team order: 1.
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Miniature UAV Swarm Exploration via Depth Image Processing
National-level undergraduate innovation (SRTP) project on autonomous exploration algorithms.
- Team order: 2.
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Micro-UAV Exploration Algorithm via Image Recognition
University-level SRTP project on vision-based exploration.
- Team order: 2.
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Computational Spectral Sensing and Instrument Development with Liquid-Crystal Metasurfaces
College-level SRTP project on computational imaging hardware and methods.
- Advisor: Prof. Haining Yang. Team order: 1.
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MPM Simulation and 3DGS Rendering for Dexterous Hands
Winter research project at AIR, Tsinghua University.
- Advisor: Hao Zhao. Team order: 1.
Publications
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2025 Advanced modelling of liquid crystal metasurface devices for miniature spectrometers
Optics Letters
First author.
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2025 Accurate Modelling of Liquid Crystal Metasurfaces for Spectrum Modulation
Frontiers in Optics + Laser Science (FiO+LS)
First author.
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2025 GaussTac: Unified Neural Rendering and Tactile Simulation for Dexterous Hands
gDT-IV 2025 (ICCV Workshop)
Co-first author.
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2025 Liquid Crystal Metasurface Enabled Hyperspectral Single-pixel Imaging
Research Square preprint
Submitted to Light: Science and Applications.
Awards
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2024 First Prize, National Finals, China Robot and Artificial Intelligence Competition
China Robot and Artificial Intelligence Competition
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2024 First Prize, National Inter-Honors-College Student Research and Innovation Competition
National Honors College Research and Innovation Competition
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2024 Third Prize, Ubiquitous Intelligent Sensing Technology Innovation Application Competition
Ubiquitous Intelligent Sensing Competition
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2024 First Prize, Provincial Selection, China Robot and Artificial Intelligence Competition
China Robot and Artificial Intelligence Competition
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2025 Second Prize, Provincial Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling
CUMCM
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2024 Future Technology Taihu Scholarship
Southeast University
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2024 Zhishan Student Award
Southeast University
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2025 Third Prize, First E9 Honors College Academic Exchange Conference
Beijing Institute of Technology