Hi, my name is Zhizheng Liu (刘知æ£). I am currently a third-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at UCLA. Before that, I earned my bachelor’s degree from the SJTU-UM Joint Institute and my master’s degree from ETH Zurich.
Throughout my research journey, I have been fortunate to receive invaluable guidance and support, without which I would not be who I am today. I am especially grateful to Dr. Yikang Li, who first introduced me to research, and to my advisor Prof. Bolei Zhou, whose continuous mentorship has been instrumental in shaping my academic path.
I aim to address fundamental research problems with real-world impact. My current focus is on building world simulators for physical AI using accessible real-world data. To this end, my work involves reconstructing real-world environments, learning from these reconstructions, and transferring the knowledge to simulation. I practice slow science. Feel free to check my google scholar profile for a list of publications.
In my free time, I enjoy running, reading, and gaming.
