Jiayu (Ryan) Zuo

Jiayu (Ryan) Zuo

Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech)

Hi! I’m a third-year Automation student in the College of Engineering at Southern University of Science and Technology (SUSTech). I’m interested in how brain signals encode information and how we can use them to build brain-computer interfaces.

I study neural encoding and decoding at NCC Lab with Associate Professor Quanying Liu.

🔥 News

  • 2025.12:  🎉🎉 Our project “Foundation Model-Aligned Chinese Semantic Decoding from Brain Signals” was supported by the Special Funds for the Cultivation of Guangdong College Students’ Scientific and Technological Innovation. (“Climbing Program” Special Funds.)

📝 Publications * Equal Contribution

🎖 Honors and Awards

2026.05, College Students' Innovative Entrepreneurial Training Plan Program
  • Project with a grant of CNY 20,000: Opti-Rhythm: A Digital Sleep Modulation System Based on a Physiological-Topology Brain-Body Coupling Foundation Model
2025.12, Special Funds for the Cultivation of Guangdong College Students' Scientific and Technological Innovation ("Climbing Program" Special Funds)
  • Project with a grant of CNY 20,000: Foundation Model-Aligned Chinese Semantic Decoding from Brain Signals
2025.11, Award of Excellence (Poster Presentation), The 6th SUSTech BME Research Day
  • Project: MindPilot: EEG-guided Brain Modulation using Closed-loop Visual Stimulation Optimization

📖 Educations

🔬 Research Experience

2026.06 - Present, Omni-Intelligence, Shenzhen Supervisors: Dr. Chen Wei & Mr. Dongyang Li
Research Intern working on human preference-aligned post-training for generative models.
  • Human Preference-Aligned Generative Model Post-Training
2024.09 - Present, Neural Computing and Control Lab (NCC Lab), SUSTech Supervisor: A.P. Quanying Liu
Undergraduate Researcher focusing on BCI, CHI, and NeuroAI.
  • Multimodal Neural Encoding & Decoding
  • Cross-Modal BCI Systems & Intelligent Control
  • Neural Modulation for Emotion & Cognition
  • Foundation Models

🏆 Competitions

Mathematical Modeling
  • 2026.05, Finalist (About Top1%), Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM).
    • Role: Team Leader & Advisor. Topic: Artemis's Choice: Chariot or Elevator?.
  • 2025.12, Winning Prize, The 6th "Greater Bay Area Cup" Financial Mathematical Modeling Contest.
    • Role: Team Leader. Topic: Comprehensive Evaluation and Development Analysis of Stablecoins.
    • Hosted by Guangdong Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics & Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macau Center for Applied Mathematics (Sun Yat-sen University).
  • 2025.05, Honorable Mention (H Award), Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM).
    • Role: Solo Participant. Topic: Cybersecurity Analysis Based on the Global Cybersecurity Index (GCI).
  • 2023.07, National Second Prize, The 3rd China High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling.
    • Role: Solo Participant. Topic: Game Theoretic Analysis of Medical Resource Runs During the COVID-19 Pandemic.
    • Hosted by Beijing Normal University.
Data Science & Machine Learning
  • 2026.07.16, Bronze Medal (193rd of 3,061), The 2026 NeuroGolf Championship, Kaggle.
    • Role: Solo Participant. Task: Design the smallest neural networks to solve ARC-AGI image transformations.

⚒️ Skill
  • Programming: Python, C, Java, MATLAB, LaTeX
  • Frameworks: PyTorch, NumPy, MNE
  • Tools: Git, Docker, Jupyter
  • Languages: Chinese (Native), English (Fluent, CET-4)

🤝 Social Work & Services
  • Southern University of Science and Technology Red Cross Youth Chapter: Certified First Aider by Shenzhen Red Cross Society. The chapter was recognized as a National Red Cross Model Unit by the Red Cross Society of China (2025).
  • Mental Health First Aider (MHFAider): Standard Course Certificate of Completion issued by The Mental Health Association of Hong Kong (authorized by MHFA International).
  • Excellent Dormitory Manager of Southern University of Science and Technology, Zhicheng College.