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PhD student, Nankai University

Yuming Chen (陈宇铭) is a PhD student at Nankai University, advised by Prof. Ming-Ming Cheng and Prof. Qi-Bin Hou.
His research interests span Computer Vision and Deep Learning, with a particular focus on developing AI models that enable agents to better perceive the world.
Specific directions: Vision Foundation Models & Object Detection & Vison-Language Model.

News

  • 2025/02 -- One paper got accepted by TPAMI 2025.
  • 2025/02 -- One paper got accepted by ICLR 2025.
  • 2024/06 -- One paper got accepted by TPAMI 2024.
  • 2024/02 -- Two paper got accepted by CVPR 2024.

Publications (click to sort: as core contributor / by date)

* Equal contribution. # Corresponding author. Representative papers are highlighted.

Re-Aligning Language to Visual Objects with an Agentic Workflow
Yuming Chen, Jiangyan Feng, Haodong Zhang, Lijun Gong, Feng Zhu, Rui Zhao, Qibin Hou#, Ming-Ming Cheng, Yibing Song#.
ICLR (THCPL-A), 2025    
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YOLO-MS: rethinking multi-scale representation learning for real-time object detection
Yuming Chen, Xinbin Yuan, Jiabao Wang, Ruiqi Wu, Xiang Li, Qibin Hou#, Ming-Ming Cheng.
TPAMI (SCI-I), 2025    
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Zone Evaluation: Revealing Spatial Bias in Object Detection
Zhaohui Zheng, Yuming Chen, Qibin Hou, Xiang Li, Ping Wang, Ming-Ming Cheng.
TPAMI (SCI-I), 2024    
project / paper / bibtex
TeMO: Towards Text-Driven 3D Stylization for Multi-Object Meshes
Xuying Zhang, Bo-Wen Yin, Yuming Chen, Zheng Lin, Yunheng Li, Qibin Hou, Ming-Ming Cheng
CVPR (CCF-A), 2024    
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CrossKD: Cross-head knowledge distillation for object detection
Jiabao Wang*, Yuming Chen*, Zhaohui Zheng, Xiang Li, Ming-Ming Cheng, Qibin Hou#
CVPR (CCF-A), 2024    
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Experience

Sensetime
2023/10 - 2024/05
Shanghai, China

Huawei Cooperation Project | Project Leader

Developed a YOLO-MS based real-time algorithm for rapid and precise focus tracking. Deployed in the “Feng Chi Shan Pai” system of Huawei Mate 70 and P70. Recipient of the “2024 Outstanding Technical Cooperation Project” award from Huawei.

Sensetime
2023/10 - 2024/05
Shanghai, China

Research Intern

Collaborated with outstanding researchers including Lijun Gong, Jiangyan Feng, and Haodong Zhang. Contributed to the development of Real-LOD, an agentic workflow designed to enhance visual-language alignment for language-based object detection.

Education

2022/09 - Present, I am a Ph.D student at College of Computer Science, Nankai University, under the supervision of Prof. Ming-Ming Cheng and Prof. Qi-Bin Hou.

2018/09 - 2022/07, I was an undergraduate student at School of Information Science & Engineering, Lanzhou University.

Contact

You are very welcome to contact me regarding my research, offer some startup ideas, or just say hi.
I typically respond within a few days. Busy these days, maybe take some time to reply.
I can be contacted directly at chenyuming [at] mail.nankai.edu.cn.