Yifan Wu

Boston University M.S., Boston University (2024)

Hi! I am currently an intern at Tencent, Hunyuan on video world model research. Previously, I interned at Timi Studio Group, where I also focused on AIGC exploration. I obtained my Master's degree from Boston University, where I was supervised by Prof. Janusz Konrad and Prof. Brian Kulis. I received my B.Eng. degree with honors from Yangzhou University, under the supervision of Prof. Wei Jiang. I served as a research assistant at the CGVU Lab at The University of Hong Kong, supervised by Prof. Taku Komura. My research interests lie in video generation, graphics, and world models. I have previously worked on physical simulation, 3D reconstruction, and animation. Seeking Ph.D. opportunities starting Fall 2027.

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Education
  • Boston University

    Boston University

    M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering Sep. 2022 - Jan. 2024

  • Yangzhou University

    Yangzhou University

    B.ENG. in Electrical Engineering Sep.2018 - Jun. 2022

Honors & Awards
  • Tencent Project Up Scholarship Candidate 2026
  • MIT-Interdisciplinary Quantum Information Science and Engineering 2024
  • President's Excellence Scholarship 2020
  • National College Students Mathematical Contest in Modeling, second place 2021
  • 2023 ECE Master's Community Award 2023
News

  • Industry Product Infinite Canvas for short dramas, code will be released after security check by company

  • BitDance project demo released, code and paper coming soon~

  • one paper accepted to ICCV 2025

  • one paper accepted to SIGGRAPH Aisa 2024 TOG

Experience
Tencent (Hunyuan)
Tencent (Hunyuan)

Intern

Feb. 2026 - Current

Tencent (Timi Studio Group)
Tencent (Timi Studio Group)

Intern

May.2025 - Jan. 2026

The University of Hong Kong
The University of Hong Kong

Research Assistant

Feb. 2024 - Mar. 2025

SoftBank
SoftBank

Intern

Feb. 2024 - Mar. 2025

ScaleAI
ScaleAI

Intern

Dec. 2023 - Feb. 2024

Chinese Academy of Sciences
Chinese Academy of Sciences

Research Assistant

Sep. 2021 - Nov. 2021

Collaboration
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Selected Publications (view all )
ID-Anchor:Identity-Preserving Character Animation via Tuning-Free Attention Masking for Multi-Person Scenes

Yifan Wu, Zhongfei Qin, Yuke Lou, Dafei Qin, Wenjia Wang, Zhiyang Dou, Peixu Xin, Songnan Li, Bo Hu, Taku Komura

Paper Submitted

[Project Page] [Paper] [Code]

ID-Anchor:Identity-Preserving Character Animation via Tuning-Free Attention Masking for Multi-Person Scenes

Yifan Wu, Zhongfei Qin, Yuke Lou, Dafei Qin, Wenjia Wang, Zhiyang Dou, Peixu Xin, Songnan Li, Bo Hu, Taku Komura

Paper Submitted

[Project Page] [Paper] [Code]

EmbodMocap:In-the-Wild 4D Human-Scene Reconstruction for Embodied Agents

Wenjia Wang, Liang Pan, Huaijin Pi, Yuke Lou, Xuqian Ren, Yifan Wu, Zhongyingcheng Liao, Lei Yang, Taku Komura

Paper Submitted

[Project Page]

EmbodMocap:In-the-Wild 4D Human-Scene Reconstruction for Embodied Agents

Wenjia Wang, Liang Pan, Huaijin Pi, Yuke Lou, Xuqian Ren, Yifan Wu, Zhongyingcheng Liao, Lei Yang, Taku Komura

Paper Submitted

[Project Page]

4World:Hybrid World Model with Explicit 3D Memory and Generative Dynamics

Yuke Lou, Wenjia Wang, Bocheng Li, Yifan Wu, Zongyuan Yang, Baolin Liu, Taku Komura

Paper Submitted

[Project Page] [Paper] [Code]

4World:Hybrid World Model with Explicit 3D Memory and Generative Dynamics

Yuke Lou, Wenjia Wang, Bocheng Li, Yifan Wu, Zongyuan Yang, Baolin Liu, Taku Komura

Paper Submitted

[Project Page] [Paper] [Code]

SIMS:Simulating Human-Scene Interactions with Real World Script Planning

Wenjia Wang, Liang Pan, Zhiyang Dou, Jidong Mei, Zhouyingcheng Liao, Yuke Lou, Yifan Wu, Jingbo Wang, Lei Yang, Taku Komura

ICCV 2025

[Paper] [Project Page] [Code]

SIMS:Simulating Human-Scene Interactions with Real World Script Planning

Wenjia Wang, Liang Pan, Zhiyang Dou, Jidong Mei, Zhouyingcheng Liao, Yuke Lou, Yifan Wu, Jingbo Wang, Lei Yang, Taku Komura

ICCV 2025

[Paper] [Project Page] [Code]

CBIL:Collective Behavior Imitation Learning for Fish from Real Videos

Yifan Wu, Zhiyang Dou, Yuko Ishiwaka, Shun Ogawa, Yuke Lou, Wenping Wang, Lingjie Liu, Taku Komura

SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 TOG (ACM Transactions on Graphics) 2024

[Paper] [Project Page] [Code] [presentation]

CBIL:Collective Behavior Imitation Learning for Fish from Real Videos

Yifan Wu, Zhiyang Dou, Yuko Ishiwaka, Shun Ogawa, Yuke Lou, Wenping Wang, Lingjie Liu, Taku Komura

SIGGRAPH Asia 2024 TOG (ACM Transactions on Graphics) 2024

[Paper] [Project Page] [Code] [presentation]

FBINeRF:Feature-Based Integrated Recurrent Network for Pinhole and Fisheye Neural Radiance Fields

Yifan Wu, Tianyi Cheng, Peixu Xin, Janusz Konrad

Course Project N/A

[Paper] [Project Page]

FBINeRF:Feature-Based Integrated Recurrent Network for Pinhole and Fisheye Neural Radiance Fields

Yifan Wu, Tianyi Cheng, Peixu Xin, Janusz Konrad

Course Project N/A

[Paper] [Project Page]

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