Zexi "Jesse" Zhang     张泽西

I am a Master of Research (MRes) student in AI & Machine Learning at Imperial College London.

My research is centered on the intersection of Multimodal Models and Embodied Intelligence, with a particular focus on building capable humanoid robots.

I enjoy the craft of bringing ideas to life with code, especially through front-end development. I frequently share my thoughts and projects on my blog.

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News

[Sep 2025] Submitted a co-first author paper to ICRA 2026, proposing an end-to-end architecture to equip VLMs with spatial reasoning via topological maps.

Research

My research focuses on enabling intelligent agents, particularly humanoid robots, to perceive, reason, and physically interact with the world.

Experience
Imperial College London
2025.09 - Present

M.Res. in AI & Machine Learning
Advisor: Prof. Stephen James
Beijing University of Technology
2021.09 - 2025.06

B.Eng. in Artificial Intelligence
Advisor: Prof. Xiaoyan Li
High School Affiliated to Peking University
2018.09 - 2021.06

Work Experience
PonyAI Inc.
2024

Software Engineer Intern
Developed data annotation pipelines & trained models for LLMs integration.

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