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Jiayu Chen

Data and Systems Engineering · The University of Hong Kong

https://researchid.co/jiayu_chen
@dase.hku.hk
457Google Scholar Citations
12Google Scholar h-index
16Google Scholar i10-index

Research Interests

Reinforcement Learning, Robotics

Biography

Jiayu Chen is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Data and Systems Engineering at The University of Hong Kong. From 2024 to 2025, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at the School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon University. Dr. Chen received his Ph.D. in Industrial Engineering and Operations Research from Purdue University in 2024, and his B.Eng. from Peking University in 2020. His research focuses on reinforcement learning and robotics. Dr. Chen has published as first author in top venues such as NeurIPS, ICML, IJCAI, ICRA, and IEEE Transactions, and has received prestigious honors including the Oracle Research Award and the Purdue Research Grant.

Education

2016 - 2020: Peking University, Bachelor of Engineering; 2020 - 2024: Purdue University, PhD in Industrial Engineering;

Recent Google Scholar Publications

  1. Core-Halo Decomposition: Decentralizing Large-Scale Fixed-Point Problems
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.08681 , 2026, 2026
  2. Offline Reinforcement Learning for Rotation Profile Control in Tokamaks
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2605.05857 , 2026, 2026
  3. Malinzero: Efficient low-dimensional search for mastering complex multi-agent planning
    Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 38, 75248-75278 , 2026, 2026 | Citations: 11.0
  4. AIM: Intent-Aware Unified world action Modeling with Spatial Value Maps
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.11135 , 2026, 2026 | Citations: 1.0
  5. CausalVAE as a Plug-in for World Models: Towards Reliable Counterfactual Dynamics
    arXiv preprint arXiv:2604.07712 , 2026, 2026

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