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Haoquan Zhang
张皓泉

Hi, I'm Haoquan, a fresh phd student studying at SphereLab, CUHK, advised by Weiyang Liu. I am also a visiting student at Westlake University, advised by Yandong Wen. Previously, I spend wonderful time in Shanghai, where I was an intern at Shanghai AI Lab, mentored by Kaipeng Zhang.

My research interests lie in MLLMs, particularly in test-time scaling of MLLMs with code (Thinking with Images) and Vision–language alignment.

Beyond my primary focus, I’m also fascinated by interpretability and representation learning. In addition, I draw inspiration from neuroscience and cognitive science, which offer valuable perspectives on how intelligence emerges from complex systems.

Random thoughts 🤔

· 🎵 I occasionally make tracks in EDM, RnB, and hip-hop genres.
· 📷 I wanna buy a camera but still haven't saved enough money.
· 🏠 I love architecture, but not professional enough.
· 🤓 Click my face to rotate it.

News

19th Sep 2025
Our paper To Think or Not to Think has been selected as a Spotlight at NeurIPS 2025! Congrats to my friend Ming Li.
10th July 2025
I have completed my internship at Shanghai AI Lab. Thanks to everyone I met, see you all around the world!

Research

Projects

Perfect GunMayhem Remake: A 2D Shooting PVP Game Based on Cocos2d-x

Zhengte Cai, Haoquan Zhang, Qinxiao Quan, Weijie Li

Experiences

Nov 2024 - Jul 2025
Shanghai AI Lab
Research Intern
Mentored by Kaipeng Zhang
Sep 2024 - Present
Westlake University
Visiting Student
Advised by Yandong Wen


"When solving a problem of interest, do not solve a more general problem as an intermediate step. Try to get the answer that you really need but not a more general one." - Vladimir Vapnik

2025 Haoquan Zhang