CV — Chen Zhiyuan

Chen Zhiyuan

Algorithm Engineer · Computer Vision & Multimodal Learning

I currently work at Ant Group. My primary focus is on 2D/3D computer vision, digital humans, and multimodal large models. This page is my consolidated CV, intended as a long-term reference for background, experience, and publications.

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Research Interests

• 2D/3D Computer Vision
• Human-centric Generative Modeling and Digital Humans
• Multimodal Foundation Models for Visual Understanding and Editing
• Embodied Intelligence

Education

• M.S. in Computer Science, IRIP Laboratory, Beihang University
• B.E. in Computer Science and Engineering, Beihang University

Professional Experience

Ant Group (Alipay) — AI Researcher

May 2019 – Present

• Research and development in computer vision and multimodal generation.
• Focus on practical model quality, instruction alignment, and large-scale data/benchmark design.

Beihang University — Undergraduate & Master Student

Sep 2013 – Jun 2020

• Graduate research focused on biometrics and person-related visual understanding tasks.

Selected Publications

Generative Modeling / Digital Humans

• Echomimic: Lifelike audio-driven portrait animations through editable landmark conditions
  Chen Zhiyuan*, Cao Jiajiong*, Chen Zhiquan, Li Yuming, Ma Chenguang.
  AAAI 2025 (CCF-A)
  [Project] [Paper] [Code]

• FaceVerse: A Fine-Grained and Detail-Controllable 3D Face Morphable Model from a Hybrid Dataset
  Wang Lizhen, Chen Zhiyuan, Yu Tao, Ma Chenguang, Li Liang, Liu Yebin.
  CVPR 2022 (CCF-A)
  [Paper] [Code]

Person Analysis / Biometrics

• Video Person Re-Identification Using Attribute-Enhanced Features
  Chai Tianrui, Chen Zhiyuan, Li Annan, Chen Jiaxin, Mei Xinyu, Wang Yunhong.
  IEEE T-CSVT 2022 (CCF-B)
  [Paper] [Code]

• A Temporal Attentive Approach for Video-Based Pedestrian Attribute Recognition
  Chen Zhiyuan, Li Annan, Wang Yunhong.
  PRCV 2019 (Best Student Paper)
  [Paper] [Code]

• BUAA-PRO: A Tracking Dataset with Pixel-Level Annotation
  Li Annan, Chen Zhiyuan, Wang Yunhong.
  BMVC 2018 (CCF-C)
  [Paper]

Additional Interests

• 3D printing
• Quantitative trading
• Literature and history