Zhifeng Gu 谷知峰

I am a final year PhD candidate at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, advised by Prof. Bing Wang. I am also a research intern at XPENG Robotics, focusing on recursive self-improvement in embodied intelligence.

Previously, I received my B.Eng. from Beihang University as an Outstanding Graduate, advised by Prof. Lu Sheng.

My research interests primarily lie in spatial intelligence, embodied agents, and embodied RSI.

I am open to discussion and collaboration. Feel free to reach out.

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News
  • [09/2026] One paper is accepted to NeurIPS 2026.
  • [05/2026] One paper is accepted to ICML 2026.
  • [04/2026] Start an internship at XPENG Robotics.
  • [07/2025] Pass my PhD confirmation and become a PhD candidate.
  • [06/2025] One paper is accepted to ICCV 2025.
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Selected Publications
VIGIL false success report example
Done, But Not Sure: Disentangling World Completion from Self-Termination in Embodied Agents
Ying Chen, Lihuang Fang, Rui Jiang, Mingxu Wang, Zhifeng Gu, Lei Yi, Jie Chen
Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2026
arXiv / website

VIGIL evaluates whether embodied agents recognize and report completion by measuring world-state success and terminal commitment separately.

R3L: Reasoning 3D Layouts from Relative Spatial Relations
Zhifeng Gu*, Yuqi Wang*, Bing Wang
International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), 2026
arXiv / code

A general framework for 3D layout generation, which improves the reliability and consistency of multi-hop relative spatial reasoning.

MMOne: Representing Multiple Modalities in One Scene
Zhifeng Gu, Bing Wang
International Conference on Computer Vision (ICCV), 2025
arXiv / code

A general framework for representing multiple modalities in one scene, which addresses modality conflicts and can be extended to additional modalities.

Service
  • Reviewer: ICLR, AAAI, SIGGRAPH Asia
  • Teaching Assistant: Computer Programming (Fall 2023, Fall 2024, Fall 2025), Artificial Intelligence (Spring 2025, Fall 2026)
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In my free time, I enjoy staying active through sports like tennis, bedminton, and hiking. I also have a passion for travel and discovering new cuisines.


Last update: 10/2026. Thanks.