About Me

I am a senior at Xidian University, majoring in Software Engineering (Intelligent Direction). I will join the School of Computer Science at Peking University as a Ph.D. student in 2027, advised by Prof. Tong Yang.

I currently intern at 360 Group (Foundation Model). Previously, I was a research intern at EPIC Lab@SJTU and LEAP Lab@Tsinghua University.

At Xidian, I rank 1st/335 in Software Engineering and 1st/1342 in the Computer Category (2023–2024). I am proficient in English (CET-6: 591) and French (CFT-4 87/100).

Research Interests:Multimodal LLMsEfficient AILarge Language ModelsKV Cache Optimization

Experience

Peking University

Sep 2027 –

Incoming Ph.D@PKUCS

360 Group

Aug 2026 –

Intern@Zhinao

Shanghai Jiao Tong University

Aug 2025 – Apr 2026

Intern@EPIC Lab

Tsinghua University

Mar 2025 – Sep 2025

Intern@LEAP LAB

Xidian University

Sep 2023 – Jun 2027

B.E@SCST

GPA 4.0/4.0 · Rank 1/335 · National Scholarship ×3

University of California, Los Angeles

Jun 2024 - Aug 2024

Visiting Student

Zhenhai High School

Sep 2020 – Jun 2023

Innovation Class

Works

First / equal contribution * Equal contribution

Diffusion language models 3

SlowFast sampling: exploratory and accelerated stages of diffusion language-model generation

Accelerating Diffusion Large Language Models with SlowFast: The Three Golden Principles

Q. Wei, Y. Zhang, Z. Liu, P. Zeng, Y. Wang, D. Liu, L. Zhang

Adaptive slow and fast sampling guided by token certainty, convergence, and position for efficient diffusion language-model inference.

ICLR 2026 [Paper][Code]

ICE framework: in-place prompting and two-phase decoding with confidence-aware early exit

Thinking inside the Mask: In-place Prompting in Diffusion LLMs

X. Jin, Y. Wang, Y. Gao, Z. Wen, B. Qi, D. Liu, L. Zhang

In-place chain-of-thought prompting embeds reasoning in masked positions, with confidence-aware early exit for faster generation.

arXiv preprint · 2025 [Paper][Code]

Self speculative decoding compared with stepwise diffusion language-model inference

Self Speculative Decoding for Diffusion Large Language Models

Y. Gao*, Z. Ji*, Y. Wang, B. Qi, H. Xu, L. Zhang

Self-drafting and hierarchical verification accept multiple tokens per iteration to accelerate diffusion language-model decoding.

arXiv preprint · 2025 [Paper]

Audio & multimodal intelligence 2

Figure 3: Overview of AudioKV (arXiv v2)

AudioKV: KV Cache Eviction in Efficient Large Audio Language Models

Y. Wang, P. He, X. Gui, X. Liu, J. He, X. Liu, X. Hu, L. Zhang

Semantic-acoustic alignment and Spectral Score Smoothing preserve audio-critical KV-cache entries while reducing memory overhead.

ACM MM 2026 [Paper][Code] First author

Figure 1: Overview of AudioMarathon (arXiv v1)

AudioMarathon: A Comprehensive Benchmark for Long-Context Audio Understanding and Efficiency in Audio LLMs

P. He*, Z. Wen*, Y. Wang*, Y. Wang, X. Liu, J. Huang, Z. Lei, Z. Gu, X. Jin, J. Yang, K. Li, Z. Liu, W. Li, C. Wang, C. He, L. Zhang

A benchmark for long-context audio understanding and efficiency across audio language models.

arXiv preprint · 2025 [Paper][Code][Dataset]

Robotics & medical imaging 2

UltraHiT robotic ultrasound system and hierarchical Transformer framework

UltraHiT: A Hierarchical Transformer Architecture for Generalizable Internal Carotid Artery Robotic Ultrasonography

T. Wang*, H. Jiang*, Y. Wang*, Z. Sun, X. Yan, X. Li, G. Huang

A hierarchical Transformer for autonomous robotic ultrasonography that generalizes across internal-carotid-artery anatomies.

ICRA 2026 [Paper][Code][Project page] Equal contribution

VA-Adapter framework adapting an ultrasound foundation model to probe-guidance actions

VA-Adapter: Adapting Ultrasound Foundation Model to Echocardiography Probe Guidance

T. Wang, H. Jiang, Y. Wang, Z. Sun, S. Song, G. Huang

A parameter-efficient vision-action adapter for real-time echocardiography probe guidance.

MICCAI 2026 [Paper][Code]

Systems & learning resources 1

Cover of Modern Operating Systems, Fourth Edition, by Andrew S. Tanenbaum and Herbert Bos

Operating System Review

Xidian University · Course notes

An open study guide for Software Engineering students, covering Modern Operating Systems.

Learning resource · June 2025 [Read guide]

Service

2027
ICLR 2027Reviewer
2025 - 2026
Xidian Inspur Club President · Club Management: Led club operations, recruitment, and academic workshops.

Awards

Dec 2025
Huawei ScholarshipTop 0.1% · Huawei Xi'an Research Institute
2023–26
National Scholarship3 consecutive years · 2023–2026
Apr 2025
National First PrizeNational English Competition for College Students (NECCS)
Dec 2024
First PrizeNational Undergraduate Mathematical Modeling Contest
Nov 2024
First Prize16th National Undergraduate Mathematics Competition
Jan 2024
National First PrizeVocabulary Star National English Vocabulary Competition
Jan 2024
Honorable MentionMathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM)

Friends

PKU · CS

Wenhao Zhang Senior at Peking University (CS) · Plans to apply for a Master's degree in the United States · Spanish & Japanese (I study French).

Last updated: 2026/10/17.

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