World Mind Lab
Within the mind lies the entire physical world
News
- March: The World Mind Lab is launched at HKUST!
Research Overview
Our lab focuses on the research field of 3D World Modeling, with the primary goal of teaching artificial intelligence (AI) to understand and model the geometric structure, visual appearance, and future dynamic changes of the 3D world. Ultimately, we aim to enable AI to accurately perceive and interact with the physical world. Our research covers core directions of 3D vision, generative models, and embodied AI, with applications in neural rendering, 3D reconstruction, and robotics.
The specific research directions involve the following major areas:
- 3D Reconstruction & Rendering: such as feed-forward reconstruction and dynamic reconstruction.
- World Models: includes interactive world models, multi-modal world models, etc.
- Embodied Intelligence: includes active vision systems, decision-making and planning.
Team Members
Principal Investigator
PhD Students
Interns
Alumni
- Caden Wong (Intern Student): Undergrad at MIT.
- Ishita Goluguri (Intern Student): Undergrad and Master at MIT.
- Christina Wong (Intern Student): Undergrad at Harvard University.
- Yifan Liu (Intern Student): Undergrad at Tsinghua University.
- Muyu Xu (Visiting Student): PhD at NTU.
- Felix Moeller (Intern Student): Master at ETH Zurich.
- Tianling Xu (Intern Student): Undergrad at SUSTech.
- Zhengyang Lin (Intern Student): Undergrad and Master at NUS.
- Yuelei Li (Intern Student): Undergrad at UCSD -> Master at Caltech.
- Benhao Huang (Intern Student): Undergrad at SJTU -> Master at CMU.
- Freeman Cheng (Intern Student): Undergrad at UToronto -> PhD at UC Merced.
- Yu Chi (Intern Student): Master at TUM -> PhD at TUM.
Collaboration
Openings
Current Openings
- 26 Fall PhD studentships:. Application deadline is June 2026.
- Intern Students / Visiting Scholars:. Application is all year round.
Note
Visiting students and scholars are welcome, please note that I cannot offer funding for these positions. You may secure external funding support for it, or a remote form of internship / collaboration is encouraged.
Postdoc candidates are encouraged to apply for the RGC Junior Research Fellow Scheme (JRFS).
Material
Interested candidates could send me an email with your resume and transcript. Due to the high volume of emails, only shortlisted candidates will be contacted, but please be assured I'll review all the applications very carefully.