CV

General Information

Full Name Weihua Du
Date of Birth 16th Dec. 2001
Email duwh20@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn
Research Interests LLM-Based Agent, Embodied AI and Robotics, Reinforcement Learning, Cognitive Science

Education

Experience

  • 2023.8-Present
    Research Intern
    Shanghai Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, China
  • 2023.2-Present
    Research Intern
    MIT-IBM Watson AI Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US
    • Advisored by Prof. Chuang Gan and Prof. Joshua B. Tenenbaum;
    • Developing cooperative embodied agents by leveraging Large Language Models (LLMs), focusing on communication and reasoning in multi-agent embodied environments.
  • 2022.8-2023.1
    Research Intern
    Shanghai Qi Zhi Institute, China
    • Advisored by Prof. Yi Wu;
    • First work develops AutoTruss, a two-stage framework addressing the complex combinatorial optimization challenge of truss layout design in the building industry;
    • Another work aims to optimize rewards and discover diverse strategies, developing a diversity-driven RL algorithm, State-based Intrinsic-reward Policy Optimization (SIPO).

Honors and Awards (Selected)

  • 2023
    • Zheng Geru Scholarship (清华之友—郑格如奖学金)
    • Andrew C. Yao Award (Recognition Prize)
  • 2022
    • Mr. and Mrs. Qu Yuzhi Scholarship (清华之友-渠玉芝奖学金)
  • 2021
    • Mr. and Mrs. Huang Yicong Scholarship (清华之友-黄奕聪伉俪奖助学金)
    • China Collegiate Programming Contest (CCPC), Weihai Site - Gold Medal
  • 2018
    • China National Olympiad in Informatics (NOI) - Gold Medal

Others

TOEFL Total 103, Reading 29, Listening 26, Speaking 23, Writing 25.
Languages C & C++, LaTeX, Python, PyTorch, Pascal, etc.
Sports Member of Tsinghua University Volleyball Team, 2022-2023.
Community Volunteer at the Student Development Center of Tsinghua University, 2021-Present;
187.0 hours of officially recorded volunteering work.
Hobbies Chinese Painting (Level 10 Amateur), Traveling, etc.