Yifu Deng | Nanyang Technological University

About Me

I am a Ph.D. student at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), working under the supervision of Professor Zhu Feng. My research centers on Artificial Intelligence for Autonomous Driving, with a focus on semantic communication, world models, and connected cooperative autonomy.

Previously, I received my Master's degree in Computer Science from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University, and my Bachelor's degree in Transportation from Chang'an University.

Research Interests

My research interests lie in AI for autonomous driving, with a focus on VLM/VLA-based reasoning, world models, semantic communication, and multi-agent coordination. I am interested in how autonomous agents can understand interactive driving scenarios and make safe decisions under uncertainty.

More broadly, I aim to develop learning-based autonomous driving systems that combine predictive modeling, cooperative decision-making, and safety-aware planning under realistic constraints.

What's New?

[Aug. 2025] Started my Ph.D. at the Nanyang Technological University (NTU), supervised by Professor Zhu Feng, working on AI for autonomous driving, connected vehicles, and cooperative autonomy.
[Jul. 2025] Graduated with a Master's in Computer Science from the Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University.
[2022] Published earlier work on traffic flow prediction at ICCCHI 2022.