I am a master's student in Computer Technology at South China University of Technology, advised by Prof. Tong Zhang. Before that, I received my bachelor's degree from Jinan University.

My research mainly focuses on multimodal understanding, vision grounding, agent systems, multi-turn agent systems, post-training, and DPO. I have published first-author research papers on multimodal understanding at ICML and ICLR.

I am currently exploring opportunities to pursue PhD programs beginning in Fall 2027 to further my academic journey. If you have any relevant openings or academic collaborations, please feel free to contact me at 1204385321@qq.com.

📌News

  • 🎉 2026.05.01: Steer Where It Matters was accepted by ICML 2026.
  • 🎉 2026.01.27: P2-DPO was accepted as an ICLR 2026 Poster.
  • 2026.05: Started an internship at ByteDance Douyin Game, working on complex agent systems and agentic post-training.
  • 2025.09: Started an internship at China Southern Power Grid AI Company, working on GUI agents.
  • 2025.03: Started an internship at Pazhou Laboratory, working on SFT post-training for music style transfer.

📝Selected Publications

ICML 2026 Delta analysis preview for Steer Where It Matters Framework preview for Steer Where It Matters

Steer Where It Matters: Token-Level Visual-Sensitivity Steering for LVLMs Hallucination Mitigation

Ruipeng Zhang, Zhihao Li, C. L. Philip Chen, Tong Zhang

This work proposes a lightweight token-level visual-sensitivity steering method for hallucination mitigation in large vision-language models.

ICLR 2026 Problem overview for P2-DPO Visual robustness preview for P2-DPO Method preview for P2-DPO

P2-DPO: Grounding Hallucination in Perceptual Processing via Calibration Direct Preference Optimization

Ruipeng Zhang, Zhihao Li, Haozhang Yuan, C. L. Philip Chen, Tong Zhang

This work studies hallucination mitigation from the perspective of perceptual processing and preference optimization for large vision-language models.

🎓Educations

South China University of Technology

M.Eng. in Computer Technology

Advisor: Prof. Tong Zhang

Jinan University

B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology

🏆 GPA: 4.09/5.00; ranked 3/99; National Scholarship recipient

💼Internships

Complex agent systems preview Complex agent systems preview
2026.05 - Present

ByteDance, Douyin Department

Research Intern, Complex Agent Systems and Agentic Post-training

I work on complex agent systems and agentic post-training. My work involves multimodal understanding, vision grounding, multi-turn agent systems, training-data rollout, and DPO-based post-training workflows.

2025.08 - 2026.04

China Southern Power Grid AI Company

Research Intern, GUI Agent for Power Grid Business Systems

I worked on non-invasive GUI automation for power grid business systems, enabling agents to operate existing interfaces and complete user requests without accessing backend databases. I contributed to GUI agent construction, training-data rollout, and post-training workflows.

2025.03 - 2025.07

Pazhou Laboratory

Research Intern, Music Style Transfer Post-training

I worked on SFT post-training for music style transfer, focusing on adapting generative audio models to style-specific transformation tasks.