Yufan Zhou (Vann)

Communication Engineering Student
School of Informatics, Xiamen University

Email: vannvann@stu.xmu.edu.cn; vann.yufanzhou@gmail.com
Location: Xiamen, Fujian, China
Links: [GitHub] [X] [ORCID] [Google Scholar]

🙋 About Me

Vann is currently a 2023 undergraduate student majoring in Communication Engineering at the School of Informatics, Xiamen University (XMU). Throughout my undergraduate studies, I was under the academic supervision of Prof. Deqing Wang, to whom I extend my sincere gratitude for his invaluable advice and assistance. I am currently conducting remote research under the supervision of Prof. Yujun Cai at the University of Queensland (UQ). My current research interests include LLM/VLM, Agent-System, and Multimodel Reasoning.

As an early-stage researcher, I remain in the learning stage, working diligently to solidify domain knowledge and explore cutting-edge research frontiers.

I am actively seeking Fall 2027 or 2028 spring PhD opportunities and research collaborations — please feel free to reach out!

🔥 News

Sept. 2026

🎉🎉 Awarded the National Scholarship again and again.

Jul. 2026

Awarded "Second Prize, National Finals, China University Computer Design Competition". Congratulations to Jing Zhou.

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)

💻 Research Intern

Jul. 2026 - present, remote Research Intern, University of Queensland, supervised by Prof. Yujun Cai
Jul. 2024 - Sept. 2026, FUNLab, Xiamen University, supervised by Prof. Deqing Wang

🏆 Competitions & Patents

Jul. 2026: Second Prize, National Finals, China University Computer Design Competition.
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 (2024, 2025, 2026)
Merit Student of Xiamen University (2024, 2025, 2026)

Misc

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