Xingyi Yang

Tenure-Track Assistant Professor

Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University

Presidential Young Scholar

I work on generative and multimodal systems for understanding, reconstructing, and interacting with spatial and dynamic physical worlds.

About

Hi, my name is Xingyi Yang (Adam). I am a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in the Department of Data Science and Artificial Intelligence (DSAI) at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. I am also honored to have been selected as a Presidential Young Scholar at PolyU.

I received my Ph.D. from the National University of Singapore (NUS), advised by Prof. Xinchao Wang. I also had a wonderful time as a visiting Ph.D. student at the University of Oxford, working with Prof. Philip Torr. Prior to that, I completed my Master’s at UC San Diego (UCSD) and my Bachelor’s at Southeast University (SEU).

My research spans Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Computer Vision, with a particular focus on building intelligent systems that can generate, reconstruct, reason about, and interact with dynamic physical worlds. Recent recognitions include the AAAI 2026 New Faculty Highlight, a NeurIPS 2022 Best Paper Honorable Mention, and Forbes 30 Under 30 Asia.

I am looking for self-motivated PhDs, postdocs, and RAs for 2027 Spring/Fall. Please see Opening. Email: xingyi.yang@polyu.edu.hk.

Research Glimpses

OminiControl controllable generation teaser — Generative AI **Controllable Creation**

World model teaser — World Models **Physical Intelligence**

GFlow 4D world reconstruction teaser — Embodied AI **Interactive Agents**

SparseD sparse diffusion teaser — Efficient AI **Sparse Diffusion**

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