👋 About Me
I am a PhD student in the Computer Vision Lab at the University of Virginia, advised by Prof. Zezhou Cheng. I received my bachelor’s degree in Artificial Intelligence from Shanghai Jiao Tong University in 2023.
My research interests lie in 3D computer vision, particularly 3D understanding, reconstruction, and generation. I am also interested in their applications in physical AI, including autonomous driving and robotics.
📝 Selected Publications
Click3R: Interactive Stereo 3D Reconstruction with Sparse Correspondence Clicks
Hao Gu*, Jin Yao*, Zezhou Cheng
Paper (coming soon) | Project Page (coming soon) | Code (coming soon)
VLGA: Vision-Language-Geometry-Action Models for Autonomous Driving
Jin Yao, Dhruva Dixith Kurra, Tom Lampo, Zezhou Cheng, Danhua Guo, Burhan Yaman
Open Vocabulary Monocular 3D Object Detection
Jin Yao, Hao Gu, Xuweiyi Chen, Jiayun Wang, Zezhou Cheng
arXiv | Project Page | Code stars…
LabelAny3D: Label Any Object 3D in the Wild
Jin Yao*, Radowan Mahmud Redoy*, Sebastian Elbaum, Matthew B. Dwyer, Zezhou Cheng
Paper | Project Page | Code stars…
💻 Experiences
Uber
Research Intern, 2026.05 - 2026.08
Vision-Language-Action Models and World Action Models for autonomous driving
📚 Teaching
- Teaching assistant, Computer Vision (CS 4501), University of Virginia, Spring 2026
- Teaching assistant, 3D Computer Vision (CS 6501), University of Virginia, Fall 2025
- Teaching assistant, Computer Vision (CS 4501), University of Virginia, Spring 2025
🗂️ Academic Service
- Reviewer for 3DV 2026, TMLR, AAAI 2026, IJCAI 2026