Yun Zhang
Hi, I’m Yun Zhang, a first year PhD student at UCLA’s Mobility Lab, specializing in autonomous driving, computer vision, and physical intelligence. My research centers on building machines that understand and interact with the physical world, whether it’s a self-driving car navigating complex traffic or a robot moving safely among people.
At UCLA, I’ve developed perception and decision-making systems that integrate vision, motion, and spatial reasoning to improve real-world autonomy. As I begin my PhD, I aim to push the boundaries of embodied intelligence, creating agents that can perceive, plan, and adapt with human-level intuition and environmental awareness.
news
| Aug 19, 2025 | Honored to be selected as a 2025 Amazon Trainium Fellow. |
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| Apr 07, 2025 | I’m excited to share that I’ve been selected as a recipient of the 2025 RSS Pathway Fellowship Program! Grateful to RSS for this opportunity to connect with the robotics community and further explore my research interests. |
| Mar 17, 2025 | Thrilled to share that I’ve been selected to receive the prestigious Graduate Dean’s Scholar Award (GDSA) from UCLA’s Division of Graduate Education, enhancing my student financial support with awards totaling $14,500 over the next two years. |
| Jan 09, 2025 | Excited to won the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Intersection Safety Challenge as core developer. Recieving $750,000 cash prize. |
| Aug 17, 2024 | Completed the summer research program at The University of Hong Kong (HKU), where I was awarded Best Presenter and received a conditional PhD offer with Presidential Scholarship, HKU’s most competitive scholarship package for PhD applicants. |