I’m currently a Master's student in Computer Science at Stanford University, where I’m honored to work with Prof. Jiajun Wu and Prof. Fei-Fei Li at the Stanford Vision and Learning Lab. I received my B.A. in Computer Science and Visual Arts from Columbia University, where I worked with Prof. Hod Lipson.
I am excited to explore the potential of combining robot learning, human-robot interaction, and visual arts. Through art, I translate scientific outputs into philosophical discussions, asking “how?” and “why?" Through science, I try to find new possibilities for creating artwork and re-interpreting the world.
Research
Publications
Note: * = equally contribute; + = equally advise.
Yingke Wang, Hao Li, Yifeng Zhu, Koven Yu, Ken Goldberg, Li Fei-Fei, Jiajun Wu, Yunzhu Li, Ruohan Zhang. (2025). IMPASTO: Integrating Model-Based Planning with Learned Dynamics Models for Robotic Oil Painting Reproduction. In submission.
Ruohan Zhang*, Tasha Kim*, Yingke Wang*, Hanvit Cho, Alex Hodges, Jin Jie Ryan Tan, Chen Wang, Minjune Hwang, Sharon Lee, Ayano Hiranaka, Wensi Ai, Anthony Norcia+, Li Fei-Fei+, Jiajun Wu+. (2025). EEG-Based Brain-Computer Interface for Robotic Assistance with User Intention Prediction. In revision at Nature Communications.
Yuhang Hu, Yunzhe Wang, Judah Allen Goldfeder, Philippe M. Wyder, Yifeng Cao, Steven Tian, Jiong Lin, Jingran Wang, Mengmeng Wang, Jie Zeng, Cameron Mehlman, Yingke Wang, Delin Zeng, Boyuan Chen, Hod Lipson. (2025). Learning Realistic Lip Motions for Humanoid Face Robots. To appear at Science Robotics.
Yihe Tang, Wenlong Huang, Yingke Wang, Chengshu Li, Ruohan Zhang, Jiajun Wu, Li Fei-Fei. (2025). UAD: Unsupervised Affordance Distillation for Generalization in Robotic Manipulation. ICRA (Best Paper Award Finalist), 2025. Presented at CoRL Workshop on Language and Robot Learning, 2024 (Oral) and CoRL Workshop on Mastering Robot Manipulation in a World of Abundant Data, 2024.
Zeyu Wang, Chengan He, Zhe Yan, Jiashun Wang, Yingke Wang, Junhua Liu, Angela Shen, Mengying Zeng, Holly Rushmeier, Huazhe Xu, Borou Yu, Chenchen Lu, Eugene Y. Wang. (2024). Chang-E: A High-Quality Motion Capture Dataset of Chinese Classical Dunhuang Dance. Journal on Computing and Cultural Heritage (J. Comput. Cult. Herit.). DOI: 10.1145/3709000.
Yuhang Hu, Boyuan Chen, Jiong Lin, Yunzhe Wang, Yingke Wang, Cameron Mehlman, Hod Lipson. (2024). Human-robot facial coexpression. Science Robotics, 9, eadi4724. DOI: 10.1126/scirobotics.adi4724.
Chenhui Jia, Lizette Carpenter, Thu Tran, Amanda Y. Liu, Sasha Yeutseyeva, Marium Tapal, Yingke Wang, Zoie Kexin Zhao, Jordan Moody, Denise Nava, Eleanor Donaher, Lillian Yushu Jiang, Ben Bruncati, and Katherine M. Kinnaird. (2022). Repytah: An Open-Source Python Package Building Aligned Hierarchies for Sequential Data Streams. Journal of Open Source Software, 8(85), 5213.
Yingke Wang (2021). Mental Space. Asterisk Journal. Issue #003.
Public Art Show: Camlab Cave (Feb. 2025)
Public Art Show: Dunhuang and Beyond (Sep. 2024)
Public Art Show: Kaimu Theater (Oct. 2023)
Public Art Show: Camlab Cave (Oct. 2022)
Arthur Ellis Hamm Prize (May. 2021)
Elizabeth Killian Roberts ‘46 Prize (May. 2021)
Tryon Prize for Art Winner (May. 2021)
5 College Film Festival Nomination (Feb. 2021)
Elizabeth Killian Roberts ‘45 Prize Winner (May. 2020)
Awards and Honors
I’m a music enthusiast; an award-winning singer; a national award-winning flutist with a highest-level performance certification; a first-chair player in orchestras for 7 years; and an amateur guitarist and punk-rock fan.
I co-founded a game studio and am building the indie game eonEngine, leading systems design, narrative, production planning, and art.
I’m an avid cinephile; in my spare time I write fiction and screenplays, I’m into anime/manga culture, and I draw anime fan art.