Yunong Liu
MSCS Student at Stanford University
I am a Master's student in Computer Science at Stanford University, advised by Jiajun Wu.
I am working closely with Weiyu Liu, Cristobal Eyzaguirre, Manling Li and Juan Carlos Niebles on grounding 4D assembly instructions in internet videos.
I received my BEng in Electronics and Computer Science from the University of Edinburgh, where I ranked 2nd in the first 2 years. During my time there, I was fortunate to work with Bonnie Webber and Xixian Liao on natural language processing research. Professor Webber is a role model for me, inspiring me with her unwavering passion and dedication to the field.
I also spent a wonderful semester and summer at the University of Texas at Austin for my exchange program and summer research internship, where I worked with Dhiraj Murthy on misinformation detection.
🎭 Fun fact: I have a twin sister who works in a completely different field - museology! It's fascinating how we've taken such divergent paths in our careers.
I am actively looking for a PhD position starting from Fall 2025. :>
Publications
IKEA Manuals at Work: 4D Grounding of Assembly Instructions on Internet Videos
Yunong Liu, Cristobal Eyzaguirre, Manling Li, Shubh Khanna, Juan Carlos Niebles, Vineeth Ravi, Saumitra Mishra, Weiyu Liu*, Jiajun Wu*.
COVID-19 Misinformation Detection: Machine-Learned Solutions to the Infodemic
Yunong Liu*, Nikhil Kolluri*, Dhiraj Murthy.
(*equal contribution)Selected Fun Projects
EMo-Mask: Emotional Controllable Motion Generation
Course Project on CS348I Computer Graphics in the Era of AI (2024 Winter)
Project Page
Just Dance Everywhere
Best Course Project on EE379K Introduction to Computer Vision Course (2022 Spring) at UT Austin
Project PageAwards
- UT Austin Cockrell School of Engineering Fellowship (Declined), Apr 2023
- Turing Scheme Funding, January 2022
- Leadership in Student Opportunities Edinburgh Award, July 2021
- 1st Year Class Medal, awarded to the top overall student in 1st year Electronics and Electrical Engineering Discipline at University of Edinburgh, July 2020
Work Experience
Research Assistant - NLP Project University of Edinburgh, UK | July 2022 - Jan 2023
Explored discourse relations and information status under Prof. Bonnie Webber and Prof. Lori Levin. Processed linguistic datasets, designed annotation UI, and expanded PDTB-3 and ISNotes annotations.
Contributed to a publication in EACL 2024.
Demonstrator InfBase, University of Edinburgh, UK | Sep 2022 - Jan 2023
Provide tutoring for year-1 and year-2 students in various Computer Science courses.
Deep Learning Intern Zhineng Technology, Beijing, China | Aug 2021 - Sep 2021
Optimized wind farm performance using neural networks.
Developed AI solutions for anomaly detection.
Taught English at public primary schools.
Other Experience
3rd Year E&EE Programme Representative: Collected weekly feedback from 3rd year E&EE students throughout the academic year.
Edinburgh Global Buddies Program: Provided support for freshmen.
Sri Lanka Wildlife Conservation Society (SLWCS) Volunteer: Alleviated the contradiction between local people and elephants.
