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Basics

Name Ziyong Ma
Email 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

  • 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

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

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
    Cupid Dating App
    Developed an AI-powered dating app with chatbot and matching system.
  • 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