Yizhe Zhang (张奕喆) Alex Zhang

Logo Master Student, Wuhan University (2024-Now)

I'm currently a Master Student at LIESMARS, Wuhan University, under the supervision of Prof. Bisheng Yang, Prof. Zhen Dong, and Doctor Jianping Li from NTU in Singapore. Previously, I obtained my B.Eng degree from the School of Geoscience and Info-physics at Central South University in Changsha. My research focuses on enabling robots to achieve highly accurate self-localization and perform high-fidelity 3D reconstruction in unknown environments.


Education
  • Wuhan University
    Wuhan University
    M.S. in LIESMARS
    Sep. 2024 - present
  • Central South University
    Central South University
    B.S. in Surveying and Mapping Engineering, ranked 1/67
    Sep. 2020 - Jul. 2024
Honors & Awards
  • Second-Class Scholarship
    2025
  • Outstanding Graduate of Central South University
    2024
  • First-Class Scholarship
    2021 & 2022 & 2023
  • Outstanding Student at Central South University
    2021 & 2022 & 2023
  • National Scholarship
    2023
News
2024
I graduated from Central South University.
Jun 25
2023
I was Publicized by My College. Read more
Dec 11
Selected Publications (*Co-First, †Corresponding) (view all )
AWARE: Adaptive Whole-body Active Rotating Control for Enhanced LiDAR-Inertial Odometry under Human-in-the-Loop Interaction
AWARE: Adaptive Whole-body Active Rotating Control for Enhanced LiDAR-Inertial Odometry under Human-in-the-Loop Interaction

Yizhe Zhang, Jianping Li, Liangliang Yin, Zhen Dong, Bisheng Yang

Active Control & SLAM

arXiv Preprint 2026

AWARE is a human-in-the-loop active control framework for improving LiDAR-inertial odometry on resource-constrained UAVs in feature-sparse environments. The key idea is to exploit whole-body yaw rotations through an RL-guided differentiable MPC controller, enabling the UAV to actively seek informative viewpoints while preserving flight safety and operator intent.

AWARE: Adaptive Whole-body Active Rotating Control for Enhanced LiDAR-Inertial Odometry under Human-in-the-Loop Interaction

Yizhe Zhang, Jianping Li, Liangliang Yin, Zhen Dong, Bisheng Yang

Active Control & SLAM

arXiv Preprint 2026

AWARE is a human-in-the-loop active control framework for improving LiDAR-inertial odometry on resource-constrained UAVs in feature-sparse environments. The key idea is to exploit whole-body yaw rotations through an RL-guided differentiable MPC controller, enabling the UAV to actively seek informative viewpoints while preserving flight safety and operator intent.

ARMOR: Adaptive Meshing with Reinforcement Optimization for Real-time 3D Monitoring in Unexposed Scenes
ARMOR: Adaptive Meshing with Reinforcement Optimization for Real-time 3D Monitoring in Unexposed Scenes

Yizhe Zhang, Jianping Li, Xin Zhao, Zhen Dong, Bisheng Yang

Adaptive Underground Meshing

arXiv Preprint 2025

ARMOR is a scene-adaptive framework for real-time 3D meshing in unexposed environments such as tunnels, caves, and lava tubes. The key idea is to jointly optimize geometry reconstruction and parameter tuning with spatio-temporal smoothing and reinforcement learning, enabling robust online meshing under diverse and unstructured scene conditions.

ARMOR: Adaptive Meshing with Reinforcement Optimization for Real-time 3D Monitoring in Unexposed Scenes

Yizhe Zhang, Jianping Li, Xin Zhao, Zhen Dong, Bisheng Yang

Adaptive Underground Meshing

arXiv Preprint 2025

ARMOR is a scene-adaptive framework for real-time 3D meshing in unexposed environments such as tunnels, caves, and lava tubes. The key idea is to jointly optimize geometry reconstruction and parameter tuning with spatio-temporal smoothing and reinforcement learning, enabling robust online meshing under diverse and unstructured scene conditions.

NeRF-based Localization and Meshing with Wearable Laser Scanning System: A Case Study in Underground Environment
NeRF-based Localization and Meshing with Wearable Laser Scanning System: A Case Study in Underground Environment

Yizhe Zhang, Jianping Li, Xin Zhao, Youqi Liao, Zhen Dong, Bisheng Yang

Underground Meshing

ISPRS-Annals 2024 Oral

NeRF-based Localization and Meshing is a wearable framework for real-time localization and mesh reconstruction in complex underground environments. The key idea is to couple LiDAR-inertial odometry with a scan-block representation that synchronizes poses and sequential laser frames, enabling efficient NeRF-based meshing with improved local accuracy.

NeRF-based Localization and Meshing with Wearable Laser Scanning System: A Case Study in Underground Environment

Yizhe Zhang, Jianping Li, Xin Zhao, Youqi Liao, Zhen Dong, Bisheng Yang

Underground Meshing

ISPRS-Annals 2024 Oral

NeRF-based Localization and Meshing is a wearable framework for real-time localization and mesh reconstruction in complex underground environments. The key idea is to couple LiDAR-inertial odometry with a scan-block representation that synchronizes poses and sequential laser frames, enabling efficient NeRF-based meshing with improved local accuracy.

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