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Zijun Cui
I am a Master's student in the Electrical and Computer Engineering department at University of Washington. Currently, I am a member of NeuroAI Lab advised by Prof. Eli Shlizerman. My research interests include Multimodal Spatial Understanding, Multimodal Learning & Generation, and Embodied AI.
Before UW, I was a research assistant at State Key Laboratory of CAD&CG in College of Computer Science and Technology at Zhejiang University, supervised by Prof. Zhaopeng Cui.
My full name is pronounced as /ziˈdʒʊn tsweɪ/, with the "C" in Cui sounding like “ts”.
I am actively seeking research opportunities. Feel free to email me if you would like to collaborate!
Email: zijuncui@uw.edu
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News
[Sep. 2025] One first co-author paper accepted to NeurIPS 2025 as Oral presentation (0.36% acceptance rate)!
[Jan. 2025] Joined the NeuroAI Lab at UW, working with Prof. Eli Shlizerman on audio-visual research.
[Sep. 2024] Join ECE department at University of Washington, Seattle, as a master student.
[Jun. 2024] Received Bachelor of Engineering degree from Zhejiang University.
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SAVVY: Spatial Awareness via Audio-Visual LLMs through Seeing and Hearing
Mingfei Chen*, Zijun Cui*, Xiulong Liu*, Jinlin Xiang, Caleb Zheng, Jingyuan Li, Eli Shlizerman
Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS), 2025 (Oral)
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We introduce SAVVY-Bench, the first benchmark for 3D spatial reasoning in dynamic audio-visual scenes. We also propose SAVVY, a novel training-free pipeline integrating egocentric spatial tracks and dynamic global maps, which significantly enhances AV-LLM performance for improved audio-visual spatial awareness in such environments.
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Undergraduate Research Experience
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PC-Planner: Physics-Constrained Self-Supervised Learning for Robust Neural Motion Planning
Research assistant before graduation, NOT official author | SIGGRAPH Asia 2024
State Key Laboratory of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University
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Participated in the research and provided result verification support for a physics-constrained self-supervised learning framework for robot motion planning in complex 3D environments.
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Influence of Split Teeth on the Performance of Linear Permanent Magnet Vernier Motor
Hui Wang, Yanxin Li, Zijun Cui, Qinfen Lu | LDIA 2023
College of Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University
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Investigated different split tooth structures in linear permanent magnet Vernier motors through finite element analysis, comparing non-split-tooth, two-split-teeth, and three-split-teeth configurations to optimize thrust ripple and motor performance.
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2024.09 - Present
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Pursuing M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Washington, Seattle, United States.
Graduate Researcher at NeuroAI Lab, Advisor: Eli Shlizerman.
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2024.02 - 2024.06
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Research Assistant at State Key Laboratory of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University.
Advisor: Zhaopeng Cui.
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2020.09 - 2024.06
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B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China.
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Awards & Honors
[Oct. 2021] Academic Excellent Award, Zhejiang University.
[Jun. 2021] Excellent Student Cadre, Zhejiang University.
[Jun. 2022] Student Leadership Award, Zhejiang University.
[Oct. 2022] Excellent Student Leadership Award, Zhejiang University.
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