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Yichong Nie

Undergraduate researcher in Multimodal Learning, Vision-Language Models, Medical Image Analysis, and LLM Agents

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU) · BSc Information and Computing Science · Suzhou, China

Yichong Nie

About

I am an undergraduate researcher at Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University, majoring in Information and Computing Science. My work spans multimodal learning, vision-language models, medical image analysis, and LLM agents.

I am currently working on clinically deployable medical imaging models, long-context vision retrieval, and memory in agent systems. Feel free to contact me if you are interested in my work. I am always open to collaboration and exchange of ideas.

Also, I am applying for 2027 Fall PhD positions.

Research Interests

  • Multimodal Learning
  • Vision-Language Models
  • Medical Image Analysis
  • LLM Agents

News

  • 2026-10Two papers will be submitted to CVPR 2027.
  • 2026-09I'll be at MICCAI 2026 in Strasbourg. Happy to chat!
  • 2026-09Started my final year project, advised by Prof. Jimin Xiao.
  • 2026-08One paper is accepted to the MLMI workshop at MICCAI 2026.
  • 2026-07Started a summer research internship at Xi'an Jiaotong University, advised by Prof. Xiaohua Wang.
  • 2026-05Started a summer research internship at UC San Diego, advised by Prof. Pengtao Xie.
  • 2025-07Joined the Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering, Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
  • 2024-06Awarded a Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships (SURF) at XJTLU.

Selected Publications

  • Train Multimodal, Deploy Unimodal: Hierarchical Cross-Modality Knowledge Distillation for Brain Disease Diagnosis

    Yichong Nie*, Bo Peng, Xin Zhu, Rong Xu, Jian Cheng, Yakang Dai

    17th International Workshop on Machine Learning in Medical Imaging (MLMI), MICCAI 2026 · 2026

  • Early Cerebral Palsy Risk Stratification of Children and Adolescents in PVL based on Conventional MRI: Visual Scoring Validation and Deep Learning Prediction

    Co-authored clinical manuscript

    Manuscript in preparation · 2026

  • Severity Grading of Neonatal Hypoxic-Ischemic Encephalopathy Based on a 2D Swin Transformer

    Co-authored clinical manuscript

    Manuscript in preparation · 2026

Research Experience

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Final Year Project · Academy of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology, MMT Lab 09/2026 – present

Advisor: Prof. Jimin Xiao

Xi'an Jiaotong University

Summer Research Intern · School of Future Technology 07/2026 – present

Advisor: Prof. Xiaohua Wang

University of California, San Diego

Summer Research Intern · AIBuildAI 05/2026 – present

Advisor: Prof. Pengtao Xie

Suzhou Institute of Biomedical Engineering and Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Assistant · Laboratory of Artificial Intelligence in Biomedical Engineering 07/2025 – present

Advisor: Dr. Bo Peng, Dr. Jian Cheng, Dr. Yakang Dai

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Research Assistant · Academy of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology 11/2025 – 02/2026

Advisor: Prof. Jionglong Su

Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships · Academy of Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Technology 07/2024 – 06/2025

Advisor: Prof. Shengchen Li

Projects

  • Homepage Generator Agent

    Upload a resume and get a customizable personal homepage, the Homepage Generator Agent is designed for college graduates and above. Your homepage URL will be /<name>/, and the backend at /<name>/admin/ can be accessed via a unified account, where you can make edits, publish updates, and roll back changes at any time; the page content is synced with your resume PDF, so any change made on either side will be reflected on the other automatically.

  • AI Nutrition Scanner · 拍物识营养

    Public deliverable of the AIGCOIL platform: photograph a meal and get an instant nutrition breakdown.

Education

  • BSc in Information and Computing Science

    Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University (XJTLU), China 09/2023 – 07/2027

    GPA: 3.74 / 4.0

Contact

I am always eager to explore research collaborations and PhD opportunities.