Feel the fear and do it anyway. 知惧而行
Take the risk or lose the chance. 不负此时

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. :>
Yunong Liu

Publications

IKEA Manuals at Work

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*.

NeurIPS Datasets and Benchmarks Track 2024 / Project Page
COVID-19 Misinformation Detection

COVID-19 Misinformation Detection: Machine-Learned Solutions to the Infodemic

Yunong Liu*, Nikhil Kolluri*, Dhiraj Murthy.

(*equal contribution)
JMIR Infodemiology Vol 2, No 2 (2022) / Paper

Selected Fun Projects

EMo-Mask Project

EMo-Mask: Emotional Controllable Motion Generation

Course Project on CS348I Computer Graphics in the Era of AI (2024 Winter)

Project Page
Just Dance Everywhere Project

Just Dance Everywhere

Best Course Project on EE379K Introduction to Computer Vision Course (2022 Spring) at UT Austin

Project Page

Awards

  • 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.

Machine Learning Intern NXP Semiconductors, Tianjin, China | May 2021 - Aug 2021

Developed AI solutions for anomaly detection.

Teaching Volunteer Sri Lanka | Jul 2019 - Aug 2019

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.

My Purr-fect Companions

Mewomewo

Mewomewo

DoB: October 1, 2012

Role: The Elegant Lady

Superpowers: Tsundere Queen Cleanliness Lover Fearless Explorer

Mewomewo is the queen of the house since 2012. She acts cool but secretly loves attention. She's super brave, except when it comes to mess. You'll often see her checking if the house is clean and tidy.

Xiaopang

Xiaopang (Little Fat)

DoB: July 17, 2014

Role: The Cuddly Foodie

Superpowers: Cuddle Expert Food Lover Master of Stealth (when scared)

Xiaopang, our big bundle of love, joined us in 2014. His name means "little fat", but really, he's just extra cuddly! He loves snuggles and treats equally. He might get scared easily, but his heart is as big as his appetite.