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Who I am

I am Sheng Zhao (赵晟), a 1st-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science at the University of Rochester, NY, USA, advised by Prof. Yuhao Zhu. My research interests lie in vision (computer vision and human vision) and deep learning.

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Educational Background

University of Rochester
Jan 2026 - Present
1st-year Ph.D. student in Computer Science
Advisor: Professor Yuhao Zhu

Tsinghua University
Sep 2021 - Jun 2025
B.S. in Mathematics and Physics
B.Eng. in Electrical Engineering

I was previously a Research Assistant at the University of Michigan (Prof. Michael Nebeling), the University of Rochester (Prof. Yukang Yan), and Tsinghua University (Prof. Bowen Zhou & Prof. Xin Yi).

Industrial Experience

ByteDance (字节跳动)
Oct 2025 - Jan 2026
Intern improving the front-end coding capabilities of agentic model (Seed-1.6-Code, etc.) via post-training (SFT and RL).

Z.ai (智谱 AI)
Mar 2025 - Jul 2025
Intern improving GLM-4.5v's GUI web-agent capabilities through data synthesis, distillation, and post-training (SFT).

Publications

* Indicates equal contributions, some papers are highlighted. See Google Scholar for full list.

NeurIPS

Multidimensional Observer Model and Perceptual Dimensions of Human Image Quality Assessment

Sheng Zhao, Weikai Lin, Yuhao Zhu

In 40th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS’26) · Main Track

arXiv

TVCG

LowPowAR: Power-Constrained Tone Mapping for Augmented Reality

Weikai Lin, Sheng Zhao, Ian Ross, Carl Marshall, Sushant Kondguli, Yuhao Zhu

In IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics (TVCG’26) · ISMAR Journal Track

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IEEE VR

CoordAuth: Hands-Free Two-Factor Authentication in Virtual Reality Leveraging Head-Eye Coordination

Sheng Zhao*, Junrui Zhu*, Shuning Zhang, Xueyang Wang, Hongyi Li, Fang Yi, Xin Yi, Hewu Li

In 32nd IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR’25) · Conference Track

Paper Program

CHI

Raise Your Eyebrows Higher: Facilitating Emotional Communication in Social Virtual Reality Through Region-specific Facial Expression Scaling

Xueyang Wang, Sheng Zhao, Yihe Wang, Ziyu Han, Xinge Liu, Xin Tong, Xin Yi

In ACM CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems (CHI’25)

Paper Program

CSCW

Exploring Collaborative GenAI Agents in Synchronous Group Settings: Eliciting Team Perceptions and Design Considerations for the Future of Work

Janet Johnson, Macarena Peralta, Mansanjam Kaur, Sophia Huang, Sheng Zhao, Hannah Guan, Shwetha Rajaram, Michael Nebeling

In 28th ACM SIGCHI Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work & Social Computing (CSCW’25)

arXiv Paper

Service

Reviewer: IMWUT 2024; ICWSM 2025; DIS 2025; ISMAR 2025; VR 2025, 2026, 2027; CHI 2025, 2026
Student Volunteer: CHI 2025

Hobbies

• 🎵 Favorite musicians: Stefanie Sun (孙燕姿) and Jay Chou (周杰伦).
• 📚 Favorite book: Dream of the Red Chamber (红楼梦).
• 🚴‍♂️ Passionate about outdoor activities and a proud member of the Tsinghua Cycling Team. Strava account here.