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Basics
| Name | Ziyong Ma |
| ziyongm@andrew.cmu.edu | |
| Phone | (412) 286-8490 |
| Url | https://www.linkedin.com/in/ziyong-ma-720yong/ |
| Label | Undergraduate Student |
| Summary | Undergraduate student at Carnegie Mellon University majoring in Mathematics and Computer Science with research interests in Robotics, Spatial Intelligence and Data Infrastrutre, Machine Learning for Healthcare. |
Education
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2022.09 - 2026.05 Bachelor of Science
Carnegie Mellon University
Mathematics and Computer Science
- Machine Learning
- Algorithm Design
- Computer Systems
- Software Engineering
- Theoretical Computer Science
- Probability
- Algebra
- Operations Research
Work
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2025.06 - Present Research Assistant
RoBot Intelligence Group, CMU Robotics Institute
Conducting research on world models for soft robots under Prof. Jean Oh and Prof. Jeffrey Ichnowski.
- Collected multiview datasets of soft-finger deformations in 2000+ states.
- Reconstructed 3D time-series models using VGGT and neural predictions.
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2025.01 - 2025.09 Research Assistant
DROP Lab, CMU Robotics Institute
Worked on Video-Generation Environment Representation (VGER) for 3D reconstruction and motion policy generation.
- Integrated video generation with 3D foundation models for single-image reconstruction.
- Developed a multi-scale noise framework for motion-consistent environment representation.
- Second-author paper published at NeurIPS 2025.
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2024.06 - 2025.09 Research Assistant
Data Interaction Group, CMU Human-Computer Interaction Institute
Developed machine learning systems for healthcare applications under Prof. Adam Perer.
- Co-authored CHI 2025 paper 'Tempo' for collaborative predictive model design.
- Built ML components (Dense, LSTM, Transformer) and integrated SHAP-based interpretability.
- First-authored ML4H 2025 paper 'TempoQL'—a human-readable query system for EHR data.
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2024.06 - Present Research Assistant
WiSE Lab, CMU Computer Science Department
Working on OpenFLAME: a large-scale federated localization and mapping system integrating indoor and outdoor 3D maps, 3D tiles, and search infrastructure using multimodal LLMs.
- Built an interactive 3D map platform with CesiumJS and Google 3D Tiles.
- Developed a Dockerized 3D tile service with Django for map delivery.
- Implemented a multimodal LLM-based search engine for indoor object discovery.
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2022.07 - 2022.08 AI Intern
Soterea Automotive Technology Co., Ltd.
Worked on deep learning–based driver assistance systems.
- Collected and processed real-world driving data.
- Trained and tested danger-detection models to improve driver safety.
Publications
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Introducing Students to Research and Reproducibility with Open Science Tools
ASEE Annual Conference 2024
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OpenFLAME: A Federated Spatial Naming Infrastructure
arXiv:2411.04271v2 (2025)
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TempoQL: A Readable, Precise, and Portable Query System for Electronic Health Record Data
Machine Learning for Healthcare (ML4H) 2025
Projects
- 2025.09 - 2025.10
Distributed Bitcoin Miner
Implemented a distributed Bitcoin mining system using a custom reliable UDP protocol.
- Implemented LSP protocol in Go for fault-tolerant communication.
- Built job scheduler with fairness and fault recovery.
- 2024.03 - 2024.08
- 2023.07 - Present
Memory Allocator and Proxy Server Projects
Built systems-level projects including a 64-bit memory allocator and concurrent proxy server with LRU caching.
Skills
| Programming | |
| Python | |
| C | |
| C++ | |
| CUDA | |
| OpenCV | |
| PyTorch | |
| JavaScript | |
| TypeScript | |
| React | |
| HTML | |
| CSS |
| Machine Learning & Robotics | |
| 3D Reconstruction | |
| World Models | |
| Soft Robotics | |
| Diffusion Models | |
| Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLM) | |
| Computer Vision | |
| Reinforcement Learning | |
| Generative Models |
| Data Systems & Infrastructure | |
| Large-Scale Spatial Data Infrastructure | |
| Distributed Systems | |
| Docker | |
| Django | |
| SQL | |
| Federated Mapping Systems | |
| Cloud Deployment | |
| Search Infrastructure |
| Software Tools | |
| Jupyter | |
| LaTeX | |
| Matplotlib | |
| Final Cut Pro | |
| Photoshop | |
| Lightroom | |
| Premiere Pro |
| Operating Systems | |
| Linux | |
| macOS | |
| Windows |
Interests
| Basketball | |
| Playing basketball | |
| Watching NBA games | |
| Team strategy and pickup games |
| Travel | |
| Exploring new cities | |
| Cultural experiences | |
| Food adventures | |
| Landscape photography |
| Photography | |
| Street photography | |
| Travel photography | |
| Photo editing and composition |