Yufan Zhou (Vann)

🙋 About Me

Vann is currently a 2023 undergraduate student majoring in Communication Engineering at the School of Informatics, Xiamen University (XMU). My current research interests include multimodal large language models(MLLMs), audio-related recognition and understanding, agents, and XAI.

My ongoing work focuses on enhancing the adaptability of models in real-world scenarios for further emotional comprehension and analysis through the preliminary recognition of multimodal audio content. As a beginner in scientific research, I am still in the learning stage and am currently striving to master professional knowledge and explore cutting-edge research.

🔥 News

• Apr. 2026: 😊 My first paper was accepted at ICMR(1st Author, CCFB)!

• Mar. 2026: 🎉🎉 Our Chinese invention patent "一种多模态融合采算通一体水声有线双模通信系统及方法" has been granted (3rd Inventor).

• Feb. 2026: 🎉🎉 Our computer software copyright "面向海底地震仪应用的地声信号采集模块软件V1.0" has been granted (1st Author).

• Sept. 2025: 🎉🎉 Awarded the National Scholarship again.

• Sept. 2024: 🎉🎉 Awarded the National Scholarship.

📝 Selected Papers

*: equal contribution, †: corresponding author

ICMR 2026

GS³-ICL: Graph-Structured Sparse Selection with Invariance-Consistent Learning for Multimodal SER

Yufan Zhou, Zhiyuan Ma, Lei Wang, Hongrui Ren, Zhuolun Zhong, Shangpeng Wang^†, Chenyuan Zhang^†, Haoran Yang^†

Paper | Code

• We propose GS³-ICL, a graph-guided framework that integrates structured representation induction, sparse token selection, and invariance-consistent learning for Multimodal Speech Emotion Recognition.

👨‍🎓 Educations

• Sept. 2023 - Present, B.Eng. Student in Communication Engineering, Xiamen University (XMU)

🏆 Competitions & Patents

• Feb. 2026: Computer Software Copyright "面向海底地震仪应用的地声信号采集模块软件V1.0" (1st Author, No. 2026SR0292628). [PDF]

• Sept. 2025: Second Prize, Fujian Provincial Division, National College Student Mathematical Contest in Modeling. [PDF]

• Aug. 2025: Third Prize, National Finals, 8th (2025) National College Student Embedded Chip and System Design Competition (Chip Application Track). [PDF]

• Apr. 2025: Third Prize, Fujian Provincial Division, 12th "Datang Cup" National College Student New Generation Information and Communication Technology Competition (ICT Fundamental Communication Track). [PDF]

🏅 Achievements

• National Scholarship of China (2023-2024, 2024-2025)

• Merit Student of Xiamen University (2023-2024, 2024-2025)

Misc

Photography • Films: Jia Zhangke (favorite: Mountains May Depart) • Literature: Sanmao & Li Juan
Hiking • Exploration: Whiskey 🥃 & Coffee ☕