Gu Zhang

I am an incoming Ph.D. student in Computer Science at Institute for Interdisciplinary Information Sciences (IIIS), Tsinghua University under the supervision of Prof. Huazhe Xu.

Currently, I am an undergraduate in Artificial Intelligence Class at Shanghai Jiao Tong University (SJTU) with GPA ranking 1/88. My research interest mainly lie in robotics and machine learning, with a particular focus on robotic manipulation and multisensory learning.

During my undergraduate study, I am fortunate to be mentored by Prof. Cewu Lu and Prof. Junchi Yan. I am also a research visiting student/visitor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology and MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab under the supervision of Prof. Josh Tenenbaum and Prof. Chuang Gan.

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Publications

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clean-usnob Flexible Handover with Real-Time Robust Dynamic Grasp Trajectory Generation
Gu Zhang, Hao-shu Fang, Hongjie Fang and Cewu Lu
IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2023
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In this paper, we propose an approach for effective and robust flexible handover, which enables the robot to grasp moving objects with flexible motion trajectories with a high success rate.

clean-usnob Understanding and Generalizing Contrastive Learning from the Inverse Optimal Transport Perspective
Liangliang Shi, Gu Zhang, Haoyu Zhen, and Junchi Yan
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2023
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In this paper, we aim to understand CL with a collective point set matching perspective and formulate CL as a form of inverse optimal transport (IOT).

clean-usnob Relative Entropic Optimal Transport: a (Prior-aware) Matching Perspective to (Unbalanced) Classification
Liangliang Shi, Haoyu Zhen, Gu Zhang, and Junchi Yan
Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2023
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In this paper, we propose a new variant of optimal transport, called Relative Entropic Optimal Transport (RE-OT) and verify its effectiveness for inhancing visual learning.

clean-usnob Thin-Shell Object Manipulations With Differentiable Physics Simulations
Yian Wang*, Juntian Zheng*, Zhehuan Chen, Xian Zhou, Gu Zhang, Chao Liu, and Chuang Gan
Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL), Workshop L4SR , 2023
paper coming soon

In this paper, we introduce ThinShellLab, a fully differentiable simulation platform tailored for diverse thin-shell material interactions with varying properties.

clean-usnob ArrayBot: Reinforcement Learning for Generalizable Distributed Manipulation through Touch
Zhengrong Xue*, Han Zhang*, Jingwen Chen, Zhengmao He, Yuanchen Ju, Changyi Lin, Gu Zhang, and Huazhe Xu
Arxiv, 2023
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In this paper, we present ArrayBot, a distributed manipulation system consisting of a 16×16 array of vertically sliding pillars integrated with tactile sensors, which can simultaneously support, perceive, and manipulate the tabletop objects.

Selected Awards and Honors

  • 2023: Shanghai Scholarship (8000RMB¥)
  • 2022: National Scholarship (8000RMB¥)
  • 2022: Hanying Juhua Scholarship (15 winners, 15000RMB¥)
  • 2021: National Scholarship (8000RMB¥)
  • 2021-2022: A-level Excellent Scholarship of SJTU

Academic Performance

  • GPA: 94.47/100 (or 4.12/4.3), Rank 1/88
  • Achieved A+ in more than 30 Courses.

Design and source code from Jon Barron's website.