CV

CV of Pengyao Niu, PhD student at ARTE Group, LAMP Lab, UCAS.

Contact Information

Name Pengyao Niu
Professional Title PhD Student
Email 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

  • 2025 -

    Beijing, China

    PhD Student Researcher
    ARTE Group, LAMP Laboratory, UCAS
    Conducting research on world models, spatial intelligence, and multimodal physical scene understanding.
  • 2023 - 2025

    Nanjing, China

    Undergraduate Researcher
    LAMP Laboratory, Southeast University
    Worked on liquid-crystal metasurface modeling and computational hyperspectral imaging.
  • 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

  • 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).
  • 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

  • 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.
  • Miniature UAV Swarm Exploration via Depth Image Processing

    National-level undergraduate innovation (SRTP) project on autonomous exploration algorithms.

    • Team order: 2.
  • Micro-UAV Exploration Algorithm via Image Recognition

    University-level SRTP project on vision-based exploration.

    • Team order: 2.
  • 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.
  • MPM Simulation and 3DGS Rendering for Dexterous Hands

    Winter research project at AIR, Tsinghua University.

    • Advisor: Hao Zhao. Team order: 1.

Publications

Awards

  • 2024
    First Prize, National Finals, China Robot and Artificial Intelligence Competition
    China Robot and Artificial Intelligence Competition
  • 2024
    First Prize, National Inter-Honors-College Student Research and Innovation Competition
    National Honors College Research and Innovation Competition
  • 2024
    Third Prize, Ubiquitous Intelligent Sensing Technology Innovation Application Competition
    Ubiquitous Intelligent Sensing Competition
  • 2024
    First Prize, Provincial Selection, China Robot and Artificial Intelligence Competition
    China Robot and Artificial Intelligence Competition
  • 2025
    Second Prize, Provincial Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling
    CUMCM
  • 2024
    Future Technology Taihu Scholarship
    Southeast University
  • 2024
    Zhishan Student Award
    Southeast University
  • 2025
    Third Prize, First E9 Honors College Academic Exchange Conference
    Beijing Institute of Technology

Patents

Skills

Research Areas (Advanced): Computational Imaging, Liquid-Crystal Metasurfaces, World Models, Spatial Intelligence, 3D Gaussian Splatting
Methods and Tools (Advanced): MPM Simulation, Neural Rendering, Python, PyTorch, Computer Vision

Languages

Chinese : Native
English : Professional working proficiency