Suyu (Michael) Ye

Incoming CS Ph.D. · Johns Hopkins University

I'm an incoming Computer Science Ph.D. student at Johns Hopkins University, co-advised by Professors Tianmin Shu and Homanga Bharadwaj. I completed my undergraduate degrees in Computer Science and Applied Mathematics & Statistics at Johns Hopkins as a National Merit Scholar, and I'm currently a Research Intern at the Honda Research Institute.

My research is in embodied AI and robot learning.

Research

Publications & Preprints

My work spans embodied reasoning, multimodal theory of mind, and benchmarks grounded in real human behavior. (* denotes equal contribution.)

  1. Figure from Fast Generative DeOcclusion for Vision and Robotics
    CVPR Findings 2026

    Fast Generative DeOcclusion for Vision and Robotics

    Jieneng Chen*, Tiezheng Zhang*, Xiwei Xuan, Ju He, Yifan Yin, Haojun Shi, Suyu Ye, Xinyi Li, Ruisheng Yuan, Tianmin Shu, Alan Yuille

    IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR), Findings

    Paper
  2. Figure from 3D-Belief: Embodied Belief Inference via Generative 3D World Modeling
    arXiv 2026

    3D-Belief: Embodied Belief Inference via Generative 3D World Modeling

    Yifan Yin*, Zehao Wen*, Suyu Ye, Jieneng Chen, Zehan Zheng, Nanru Dai, Haojun Shi, Aydan Huang, Zheyuan Zhang, Alan Yuille, Jianwen Xie, Ayush Tewari, Tianmin Shu

    Preprint, 2026

    Paper Project
  3. Figure from Safe and Interpretable Multimodal Path Planning for Multi-Agent Cooperation
    arXiv 2026

    Safe and Interpretable Multimodal Path Planning for Multi-Agent Cooperation

    Haojun Shi*, Suyu Ye*, Katherine M. Guerrerio, Jianzhi Shen, Yifan Yin, Daniel Khashabi, Chien-Ming Huang, Tianmin Shu

    Preprint, 2026

    Paper Project
  4. Figure from RealWebAssist benchmark
    AAAI 2026 NeurIPS 2025 LAW · Spotlight

    RealWebAssist: A Benchmark for Long-Horizon Web Assistance with Real-World Users

    Suyu Ye*, Haojun Shi*, Darren Shih, Hyokun Yun, Tanya Roosta, Tianmin Shu

    AAAI 2026 · NeurIPS 2025 LAW Workshop (Spotlight)

    Paper Project Code
  5. Figure from MuMA-ToM
    AAAI 2025 Oral

    MuMA-ToM: Multi-modal Multi-Agent Theory of Mind

    Haojun Shi*, Suyu Ye*, Xinyu Fang, Chuanyang Jin, Leyla Isik, Yen-Ling Kuo, Tianmin Shu

    AAAI 2025 (Oral) · NeurIPS 2024 Workshops

    Paper Project Code
  6. Figure from relief-based algorithms study
    BioData Mining 2024

    Assessing the limitations of relief-based algorithms in detecting higher-order interactions

    Philip J. Freda, Suyu Ye, Robert Zhang, Jason H. Moore, Ryan J. Urbanowicz

    BioData Mining, 2024

    Paper

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Recent Updates

Experience

Education & Roles

  1. Johns Hopkins University · Ph.D. in Computer Science

    Aug 2026 –

  2. Honda Research Institute · Research Intern

    Collaborative Multi-Agent Intelligence

    May 2026 – Present

  3. Johns Hopkins University · B.S. Computer Science & B.S. Applied Mathematics & Statistics

    Graduated with Honors in both majors · National Merit Scholar

    2023 – 2026

Awards & Honors

  • May 2026Outstanding Senior Award, Johns Hopkins University
  • Jan 2026CRA Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher Award — Honorable Mention
  • 2023National Merit Scholarship

Beyond Research

A Few Fun Facts

I hold an ARSM performance diploma for cello, and I also play piano and flute. My favorite composers are Chopin and Rachmaninoff.

I spent two years in the Singapore Armed Forces, where I co-authored a book for National Day.

I love staying active, from tennis, badminton, and table tennis to Brazilian jiu-jitsu, golf, running, and figure skating.

I'm a chess enthusiast, and I admire Magnus Carlsen's endgame technique and Paul Morphy's creativity.