RESEARCH ENGINEER AT NAIVEAI ↗

Zichen Ding丁子晨

Computer-using agents.
Recursive Self-Improvement.

I develop generalist computer-using agents and study recursive self-improvement, connecting interaction, evaluation, and learning.

Previously at Shanghai AI Laboratory · M.Eng., ECNU

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Selected publications.

3269 citations Google Scholar · updated

Co-first and corresponding-author work, followed by the full bibliography. 28 publications across agents, recursive self-improvement, and multimodal intelligence.

ScaleCUA research overview
ICLR 2026CCF-AOralCo-first authorComputer use

ScaleCUA: Scaling Open-Source Computer Use Agents with Cross-Platform Data

Zhaoyang Liu*, Jingjing Xie*, Zichen Ding*, Zehao Li*, Bowen Yang*, Zhenyu Wu*, Xuehui Wang, Qiushi Sun, Shi Liu, Weiyun Wang, Shenglong Ye, Qingyun Li, Zeyue Tian, Gen Luo, Xiangyu Yue, Biqing Qi, Kai Chen, Bowen Zhou, Yu Qiao, Qifeng Chen, Wenhai Wang.

The first open-source framework and dataset for truly cross-platform Computer Use Agents.

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Zhaoyang Liu*, Jingjing Xie*, Zichen Ding*, Zehao Li*, Bowen Yang*, Zhenyu Wu*, Xuehui Wang, Qiushi Sun, Shi Liu, Weiyun Wang, Shenglong Ye, Qingyun Li, Zeyue Tian, Gen Luo, Xiangyu Yue, Biqing Qi, Kai Chen, Bowen Zhou, Yu Qiao, Qifeng Chen, Wenhai Wang.

The first open-source framework and dataset for truly cross-platform Computer Use Agents.

Achieve the SOTA results on MMBench-GUI, ScreenSpot-Pro, and WebArena-Lite-v2, etc.

Provide a comprehensive training recipe to advance computer-use agents.

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

OS-Oracle — Figure 2 from the paper
CVPR 2026CCF-ACorresponding authorComputer use

OS-Oracle: A Comprehensive Framework for Cross-Platform GUI Critic Models

Zhenyu Wu*, Jingjing Xie*, Zehao Li, Bowen Yang, Qiushi Sun, Zhaoyang Liu, Zhoumianze Liu, Yu Qiao, Xiangyu Yue, Zun Wang, Zichen Ding✉

A scalable data pipeline for synthesizing cross-platform GUI critic data.

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Zhenyu Wu*, Jingjing Xie*, Zehao Li, Bowen Yang, Qiushi Sun, Zhaoyang Liu, Zhoumianze Liu, Yu Qiao, Xiangyu Yue, Zun Wang, Zichen Ding✉

A scalable data pipeline for synthesizing cross-platform GUI critic data.

Introducing an elaborate training recipe that integrates SFT with CP-GRPO.

A holistic benchmark for evaluating GUI critic across Mobile, Web, and Desktop platforms.

OS-Oracle-7B achieves the SOTA results on OS-Critic Bench and support the full CUA lifecycle.

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

OS-SYMPHONY research overview
ACL 2026CCF-ACorresponding authorComputer use

OS-SYMPHONY: A Holistic Framework for Robust and Generalist Computer-Using Agent

Bowen Yang*, Kaiming Jin*, Zhenyu Wu, Zhaoyang Liu, Qiushi Sun, Zehao Li, JingJing Xie, Zhoumianze Liu, Fangzhi Xu, Kanzhi Cheng, Qingyun Li, Yian Wang, Yu Qiao, Zun Wang, Zichen Ding✉

A holistic framework for robust and generalist Computer-Using Agent.

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Bowen Yang*, Kaiming Jin*, Zhenyu Wu, Zhaoyang Liu, Qiushi Sun, Zehao Li, JingJing Xie, Zhoumianze Liu, Fangzhi Xu, Kanzhi Cheng, Qingyun Li, Yian Wang, Yu Qiao, Zun Wang, Zichen Ding✉

A holistic framework for robust and generalist Computer-Using Agent.

Leveraging milestone-driven long-term memory to stay robust over long-horizon tasks.

Introducing a browser-based sandbox to retrieve visually grounded GUI know-how from documentation.

OS-Symphony achieves the SOTA results on OSWorld(65.8%), WindowsAgentArena(65.8%), MacOSArena(65.8%).

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

MMBench-GUI research overview
CVPR 2026CCF-ACo-first authorComputer use

MMBench-GUI: Hierarchical Multi-Platform Evaluation Framework for GUI Agents

Xuehui Wang*, Zhenyu Wu*, Jingjing Xie*, Zichen Ding*, Bowen Yang*, Zehao Li*, Zhaoyang Liu*, Qingyun Li, Xuan Dong, Zhe Chen, Weiyun Wang, Xiangyu Zhao, Jixuan Chen, Haodong Duan, Tianbao Xie, Chenyu Yang, Shiqian Su, Yue Yu, Yuan Huang, Yiqian Liu, Xiao Zhang, Yanting Zhang, Xiangyu Yue, Weijie Su, Xizhou Zhu, Wei Shen, Jifeng Dai, Wenhai Wang.

A cross-platform, hierarchical benchmark designed to comprehensively evaluate GUI agents.

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Xuehui Wang*, Zhenyu Wu*, Jingjing Xie*, Zichen Ding*, Bowen Yang*, Zehao Li*, Zhaoyang Liu*, Qingyun Li, Xuan Dong, Zhe Chen, Weiyun Wang, Xiangyu Zhao, Jixuan Chen, Haodong Duan, Tianbao Xie, Chenyu Yang, Shiqian Su, Yue Yu, Yuan Huang, Yiqian Liu, Xiao Zhang, Yanting Zhang, Xiangyu Yue, Weijie Su, Xizhou Zhu, Wei Shen, Jifeng Dai, Wenhai Wang.

A cross-platform, hierarchical benchmark designed to comprehensively evaluate GUI agents.

Introduce EQA to jointly assess both the success and efficiency of agent behavior in online tasks.

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

OS-Helix research overview
PreprintCo-first authorComputer use

OS-Helix: Unifying GUI Interaction and Code Execution in Native Computer-Using Agents

Bowen Yang*, Kaiming Jin*, Zichen Ding*, Zhenyu Wu, Zehao Li, Zhoumianze Liu, Kanzhi Cheng, Fangzhi Xu, Yanan Sun, Qiushi Sun, Yu Qiao

Applications and authentic artifacts are composed into reproducible task environments.

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Bowen Yang*, Kaiming Jin*, Zichen Ding*, Zhenyu Wu, Zehao Li, Zhoumianze Liu, Kanzhi Cheng, Fangzhi Xu, Yanan Sun, Qiushi Sun, Yu Qiao

Applications and authentic artifacts are composed into reproducible task environments.

Exploration proposes instructions and an independent evaluator checks the final state.

Filtered GUI/code trajectories initialize the policy before online RL with Step-balanced GSPO.

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

OS-Themis research overview
PreprintCorresponding authorComputer use

OS-Themis: A Scalable Critic Framework for Generalist GUI Rewards

Zehao Li, Zhenyu Wu, Yibo Zhao, Bowen Yang, Jingjing Xie, Zhaoyang Liu, Zhoumianze Liu, Kaiming Jin, Jianze Liang, Zonglin Li, Feng Wu, Bowen Zhou, Zun Wang, Zichen Ding✉

A scalable critic framework for generalist GUI rewards.

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Zehao Li, Zhenyu Wu, Yibo Zhao, Bowen Yang, Jingjing Xie, Zhaoyang Liu, Zhoumianze Liu, Kaiming Jin, Jianze Liang, Zonglin Li, Feng Wu, Bowen Zhou, Zun Wang, Zichen Ding✉

A scalable critic framework for generalist GUI rewards.

A holistic ORM benchmark for evaluating GUI critic across Mobile, Web, and Desktop platforms.

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

Breaking the Data Barrier – Building GUI Agents Through Task Generalization — Figure 1 from the paper
COLM 2025Co-first authorComputer use

Breaking the Data Barrier – Building GUI Agents Through Task Generalization

Junlei Zhang*, Zichen Ding*, Chang Ma, Zijie Chen, Qiushi Sun, Zhenzhong Lan, Junxian He.

Provide insights into cross-domain knowledge transfer for GUI agents.

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Junlei Zhang*, Zichen Ding*, Chang Ma, Zijie Chen, Qiushi Sun, Zhenzhong Lan, Junxian He.

Provide insights into cross-domain knowledge transfer for GUI agents.

Offer a practical approach to addressing data scarcity challenges in this emerging field.

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

OS-Genesis — Figure 2 from the paper
ACL 2025CCF-ACo-first authorComputer use

OS-Genesis: Automating GUI Agent Trajectory Construction via Reverse Task Synthesis

Qiushi Sun*, Kanzhi Cheng*, Zichen Ding*, Chuanyang Jin*, Yian Wang, Fangzhi Xu, Zhenyu Wu, Chengyou Jia, Liheng Chen, Zhoumianze Liu, Ben Kao, Guohao Li, Junxian He, Yu Qiao, Zhiyong Wu.

Shift from task-driven to interaction-driven GUI data synthesis.

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Qiushi Sun*, Kanzhi Cheng*, Zichen Ding*, Chuanyang Jin*, Yian Wang, Fangzhi Xu, Zhenyu Wu, Chengyou Jia, Liheng Chen, Zhoumianze Liu, Ben Kao, Guohao Li, Junxian He, Yu Qiao, Zhiyong Wu.

Shift from task-driven to interaction-driven GUI data synthesis.

A manual-free data pipeline for synthesizing GUI agent trajectories.

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

Automated Peer Reviewing in Paper SEA research overview
EMNLP 2024 · FindingsCo-first authorRSI

Automated Peer Reviewing in Paper SEA: Standardization, Evaluation, and Analysis

Jianxiang Yu*, Zichen Ding*, Jiaqi Tan, Kangyang Luo, Zhenmin Weng, Chenghua Gong, Long Zeng, Renjing Cui, Chengcheng Han, Qiushi Sun, Zhiyong Wu, Yunshi Lan, Xiang Li.

An innovative framework for automating peer review.

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Jianxiang Yu*, Zichen Ding*, Jiaqi Tan, Kangyang Luo, Zhenmin Weng, Chenghua Gong, Long Zeng, Renjing Cui, Chengcheng Han, Qiushi Sun, Zhiyong Wu, Yunshi Lan, Xiang Li.

An innovative framework for automating peer review.

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

OpenMobile-2 — Figure 2 from the paper
PreprintComputer use

OpenMobile-2: Building Versatile Mobile Agents with Scalable Environments and App-Native Tools

Chenyang Yan, Yingying Zhang, Kanzhi Cheng, Qiushi Sun, Zhengyuan Pan, Zheng Ma, Hang Yan, Yian Wang, Nuo Chen, Jialin Cao, Xingdong Gong, Wenpo Song, Han Chen, Zichen Ding, Fangzhi Xu, Shujian Huang, Xinyu Dai, Yichen Liu, Tiankuo Yao, Bo Wang, Ben Kao, Jianbing Zhang, Lewei Lu, Dahua Lin.

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Chenyang Yan, Yingying Zhang, Kanzhi Cheng, Qiushi Sun, Zhengyuan Pan, Zheng Ma, Hang Yan, Yian Wang, Nuo Chen, Jialin Cao, Xingdong Gong, Wenpo Song, Han Chen, Zichen Ding, Fangzhi Xu, Shujian Huang, Xinyu Dai, Yichen Liu, Tiankuo Yao, Bo Wang, Ben Kao, Jianbing Zhang, Lewei Lu, Dahua Lin.

OSReward — Figure 3 from the paper
PreprintComputer use

OSReward: Instituting Standardized Evaluation for Cross-Platform Computer-Use Reward Models

Qiushi Sun, Kanzhi Cheng, Yian Wang, Bowen Yang, Hang Yan, Liheng Chen, Fangzhi Xu, Zichen Ding, Nuo Chen, Jialin Cao, Xingdong Gong, Zehao Li, Kaiming Jin, Xinfeng Yuan, Zhoumianze Liu, Jingyang Gong, Zhangyue Yin, Jiahui Gao, Zhiyong Wu, Tianbao Xie, Jianbing Zhang, Ben Kao, Lingpeng Kong.

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Qiushi Sun, Kanzhi Cheng, Yian Wang, Bowen Yang, Hang Yan, Liheng Chen, Fangzhi Xu, Zichen Ding, Nuo Chen, Jialin Cao, Xingdong Gong, Zehao Li, Kaiming Jin, Xinfeng Yuan, Zhoumianze Liu, Jingyang Gong, Zhangyue Yin, Jiahui Gao, Zhiyong Wu, Tianbao Xie, Jianbing Zhang, Ben Kao, Lingpeng Kong.

AgentCompass — Figure 2 from the paper
EMNLP 2026CCF-BComputer use

AgentCompass: A Unified Evaluation Infrastructure for Agent Capabilities

Kai Chen, Zichen Ding, Jiaye Ge, Shufan Jiang, Mo Li, Qingqiu Li, Zehao Li, Zonglin Li, Tianhao Liang, Shudong Liu, Zerun Ma, Zixin Shang, Wenhui Tian, Zun Wang, Liwei Wu, Zhenyu Wu, Jun Xu, Bowen Yang, Dingbo Yuan, Qi Zhang, Songyang Zhang, Peiheng Zhou, Dongsheng Zhu.

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Kai Chen, Zichen Ding, Jiaye Ge, Shufan Jiang, Mo Li, Qingqiu Li, Zehao Li, Zonglin Li, Tianhao Liang, Shudong Liu, Zerun Ma, Zixin Shang, Wenhui Tian, Zun Wang, Liwei Wu, Zhenyu Wu, Jun Xu, Bowen Yang, Dingbo Yuan, Qi Zhang, Songyang Zhang, Peiheng Zhou, Dongsheng Zhu.

MacAgentBench — Figure 1 from the paper
EMNLP 2026CCF-BOralComputer use

MacAgentBench: Benchmarking AI Agents on Real-World macOS Desktop

Yikun Fu, Bowen Fu, Zhenyu Wu, Shuang Cheng, Xiaowei Sun, Bowen Yang, Zehao Li, Yibo Zhao, Zichen Ding, Zhoumianze Liu, Shijie Wang, Biqing Qi, Bowen Zhou.

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Yikun Fu, Bowen Fu, Zhenyu Wu, Shuang Cheng, Xiaowei Sun, Bowen Yang, Zehao Li, Yibo Zhao, Zichen Ding, Zhoumianze Liu, Shijie Wang, Biqing Qi, Bowen Zhou.

OpenMobile — Figure 2 from the paper
COLM 2026Computer use

OpenMobile: Building Open Mobile Agents with Task and Trajectory Synthesis

Kanzhi Cheng, Zehao Li, Zheng Ma, Nuo Chen, Jialin Cao, Qiushi Sun, Zichen Ding, Fangzhi Xu, Hang Yan, Jiajun Chen, Anh Tuan Luu, Jianbing Zhang, Lewei Lu, Dahua Lin.

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Kanzhi Cheng, Zehao Li, Zheng Ma, Nuo Chen, Jialin Cao, Qiushi Sun, Zichen Ding, Fangzhi Xu, Hang Yan, Jiajun Chen, Anh Tuan Luu, Jianbing Zhang, Lewei Lu, Dahua Lin.

OdysseyArena — Figure 2 from the paper
PreprintLearning & reasoning

OdysseyArena: Benchmarking Large Language Models For Long-Horizon, Active and Inductive Interactions

Fangzhi Xu, Hang Yan, Qiushi Sun, Jinyang Wu, Zixian Huang, Muye Huang, Jingyang Gong, Zichen Ding, Kanzhi Cheng, Yian Wang, Xinyu Che, Zeyi Sun, Jian Zhang, Zhangyue Yin, Haoran Luo, Xuanjing Huang, Ben Kao, Jun Liu, Qika Lin.

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Fangzhi Xu, Hang Yan, Qiushi Sun, Jinyang Wu, Zixian Huang, Muye Huang, Jingyang Gong, Zichen Ding, Kanzhi Cheng, Yian Wang, Xinyu Che, Zeyi Sun, Jian Zhang, Zhangyue Yin, Haoran Luo, Xuanjing Huang, Ben Kao, Jun Liu, Qika Lin.

OS-Sentinel — Figure 4 from the paper
ACL 2026CCF-AOralComputer useBest Paper · AIWILD @ ICLR 2026

OS-Sentinel: Towards Safety-Enhanced Mobile GUI Agents via Hybrid Validation in Realistic Workflows

Qiushi Sun*, Mukai Li*, Zhoumianze Liu*, Zhihui Xie*, Fangzhi Xu, Zhangyue Yin, Kanzhi Cheng, Zehao Li, Zichen Ding, Qi Liu, Zhiyong Wu, Zhuosheng Zhang, Ben Kao, Lingpeng Kong.

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Qiushi Sun*, Mukai Li*, Zhoumianze Liu*, Zhihui Xie*, Fangzhi Xu, Zhangyue Yin, Kanzhi Cheng, Zehao Li, Zichen Ding, Qi Liu, Zhiyong Wu, Zhuosheng Zhang, Ben Kao, Lingpeng Kong.

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

InternVL3.5 — Figure 2 from the paper
PreprintMultimodal

InternVL3.5: Advancing Open-Source Multimodal Models in Versatility, Reasoning, and Efficiency

Weiyun Wang, Zhangwei Gao, Lixin Gu, Hengjun Pu, Long Cui, Xingguang Wei, Zhaoyang Liu, Linglin Jing, Shenglong Ye, Jie Shao, Zhaokai Wang, Zhe Chen, Hongjie Zhang, Ganlin Yang, Haomin Wang, Qi Wei, Jinhui Yin, Wenhao Li, Erfei Cui, Guanzhou Chen, Zichen Ding, .etc.

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Weiyun Wang, Zhangwei Gao, Lixin Gu, Hengjun Pu, Long Cui, Xingguang Wei, Zhaoyang Liu, Linglin Jing, Shenglong Ye, Jie Shao, Zhaokai Wang, Zhe Chen, Hongjie Zhang, Ganlin Yang, Haomin Wang, Qi Wei, Jinhui Yin, Wenhao Li, Erfei Cui, Guanzhou Chen, Zichen Ding, .etc.

ScienceBoard — Figure 1 from the paper
ICLR 2026CCF-ARSIWCUA @ ICML 2025 · Oral

ScienceBoard: Evaluating Multimodal Autonomous Agents in Realistic Scientific Workflows

Qiushi Sun, Zhoumianze Liu, Chang Ma, Zichen Ding, Fangzhi Xu, Zhangyue Yin, Haiteng Zhao, Zhenyu Wu, Kanzhi Cheng, Zhaoyang Liu, Jianing Wang, Qintong Li, Xiangru Tang, Tianbao Xie, Xiachong Feng, Xiang Li, Ben Kao, Wenhai Wang, Biqing Qi, Lingpeng Kong, Zhiyong Wu.

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Qiushi Sun, Zhoumianze Liu, Chang Ma, Zichen Ding, Fangzhi Xu, Zhangyue Yin, Haiteng Zhao, Zhenyu Wu, Kanzhi Cheng, Zhaoyang Liu, Jianing Wang, Qintong Li, Xiangru Tang, Tianbao Xie, Xiachong Feng, Xiang Li, Ben Kao, Wenhai Wang, Biqing Qi, Lingpeng Kong, Zhiyong Wu.

SEAGraph — Figure 2 from the paper
IJCNLP-AACL 2025RSI

SEAGraph: Unveiling the Whole Story of Paper Review Comments

Jianxiang Yu*, Jiaqi Tan*, Zichen Ding, Jiapeng Zhu, Jiahao Li, Yao Cheng, Qier Cui, Yunshi Lan, Yao Liu, Xiang Li

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Jianxiang Yu*, Jiaqi Tan*, Zichen Ding, Jiapeng Zhu, Jiahao Li, Yao Cheng, Qier Cui, Yunshi Lan, Yao Liu, Xiang Li

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

OS-ATLAS — Figure 2 from the paper
ICLR 2025CCF-ASpotlightComputer use

OS-ATLAS: A Foundation Action Model For Generalist GUI Agents

Zhiyong Wu*, Zhenyu Wu*, Fangzhi Xu*, Yian Wang*, Qiushi Sun, Chengyou Jia, Kanzhi Cheng, Zichen Ding, Liheng Chen, Paul Pu Liang, Yu Qiao.

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Zhiyong Wu*, Zhenyu Wu*, Fangzhi Xu*, Yian Wang*, Qiushi Sun, Chengyou Jia, Kanzhi Cheng, Zichen Ding, Liheng Chen, Paul Pu Liang, Yu Qiao.

* Equal contribution   ✉ Corresponding author

Intern-S1-Pro — Figure 1: the SAGE framework
PreprintMultimodal

Intern-S1-Pro: Scientific Multimodal Foundation Model at Trillion Scale

Yicheng Zou, Dongsheng Zhu, Lin Zhu, Tong Zhu, Yunhua Zhou, Peiheng Zhou, Xinyu Zhou, Dongzhan Zhou, …, Yue Fan, Yanhui Duan, Zichen Ding, Shengyuan Ding, Ning Ding, …, Qinglong Cao, Lei Bai 177 authors ↗

A trillion-parameter scientific multimodal foundation model that brings together general reasoning, agent capabilities, and specialized scientific tasks.

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Yicheng Zou, Dongsheng Zhu, Lin Zhu, Tong Zhu, Yunhua Zhou, Peiheng Zhou, Xinyu Zhou, Dongzhan Zhou, Zhiwang Zhou, Yuhao Zhou, Bowen Zhou, Zhanping Zhong, Zhijie Zhong, Haiteng Zhao, Penghao Zhao, Xiaomeng Zhao, Zhiyuan Zhao, Yechen Zhang, Jin Zhang, Wenwei Zhang, Hongjie Zhang, Zhuo Zhang, Wenlong Zhang, Bo Zhang, Chao Zhang, Chen Zhang, Yuhang Zang, Fei Yuan, Jiakang Yuan, Jiashuo Yu, Jinhui Yin, Haochen Ye, Qian Yao, Bowen Yang, Danni Yang, Kaichen Yang, Ziang Yan, Jun Xu, Yicheng Xu, Wanghan Xu, Xuenan Xu, Chao Xu, Ruiliang Xu, Shuhao Xing, Long Xing, Xinchen Xie, Ling-I Wu, Zijian Wu, Zhenyu Wu, Lijun Wu, Yue Wu, Jianyu Wu, Wen Wu, Fan Wu, Xilin Wei, Qi Wei, Bingli Wang, Rui Wang, Ziyi Wang, Zun Wang, Yi Wang, Haomin Wang, Yizhou Wang, Lintao Wang, Yiheng Wang, Longjiang Wang, Bin Wang, Jian Tong, Zhongbo Tian, Huanze Tang, Chen Tang, Shixiang Tang, Yu Sun, Qiushi Sun, Xuerui Su, Qisheng Su, Chenlin Su, Demin Song, Jin Shi, Fukai Shang, Yuchen Ren, Pengli Ren, Xiaoye Qu, Yuan Qu, Jiantao Qiu, Yu Qiao, Biqing Qi, Runyu Peng, Tianshuo Peng, Jiahui Peng, Qizhi Pei, Zhuoshi Pan, Linke Ouyang, Wenchang Ning, Yichuan Ma, Zerun Ma, Ningsheng Ma, Runyuan Ma, Chengqi Lyu, Haijun Lv, Han Lv, Lindong Lu, Kuikun Liu, Jiangning Liu, Yuhong Liu, Kai Liu, Hongwei Liu, Zhoumianze Liu, Mengjie Liu, Ziyu Liu, Wenran Liu, Yang Liu, Liwei Liu, Kaiwen Liu, Junyao Lin, Junming Lin, Tianyang Lin, Dahua Lin, Jianze Liang, Linyang Li, Peiji Li, Zonglin Li, Zehao Li, Pengze Li, Guoyan Li, Lingkai Kong, Linglin Jing, Zhenjiang Jin, Feifei Jiang, Qian Jiang, Junhao Huang, Zixian Huang, Haian Huang, Zhouqi Hua, Ermo Hua, Han Hu, Linfeng Hou, Yinan He, Conghui He, Tianyao He, Xu Guo, Qipeng Guo, Aijia Guo, Yuzhe Gu, Lixin Gu, Jingyang Gong, Qiming Ge, Jiaye Ge, Songyang Gao, Jianfei Gao, Xinyu Fang, Caihua fan, Yue Fan, Yanhui Duan, Zichen Ding, Shengyuan Ding, Ning Ding, Xuanlang Dai, Erfei Cui, Ganqu Cui, Pei Chu, Tao Chu, Guangran Cheng, Yu Cheng, Kai Chen, Yongkang Chen, Chiyu Chen, Guanzhou Chen, Qiaosheng Chen, Sitao Chen, Xin Chen, Haojiong Chen, Yicheng Chen, Weihan Cao, Yuhang Cao, Qinglong Cao, Lei Bai

A trillion-parameter scientific multimodal foundation model that brings together general reasoning, agent capabilities, and specialized scientific tasks.

Conference rankings follow the CCF 2026 directory ↗.

A few recent
milestones.

New releases, accepted papers,
and moments along the way.

We present OS-Helix, an end-to-end trained CUA that treats GUI interaction and code execution as actions of one policy.
Three papers are accepted to EMNLP 2026!
Our paper OpenMobile is accepted to COLM 2026!
Our paper OS-Symphony and OS-Sentinel(Oral) are accepted to ACL 2026!
We present OS-Themis, a scalable critic framework for generalist GUI rewards!

The person behind
the papers.

Portrait of Zichen Ding
Zichen Ding 丁子晨
RESEARCH ENGINEER · SHANGHAI, CHINA

I’m a research engineer at NaiveAI, exploring how intelligent agents can interact with the digital world.

My work spans computer-using agents, recursive self-improvement, and multimodal intelligence. I’m interested in systems that connect understanding with useful action.

Previously, I worked with Dr. Wenhai Wang and Dr. Zhiyong Wu at Shanghai AI Laboratory.

Computer useRecursive self-improvementMultimodal AI

01 Research experience

Research Engineer

Intelligent agents & recursive self-improvement

Shanghai AI Laboratory ↗

Research Engineer · InternVL Group

Research Intern · InternVL Group

Research Intern · NLP Group

02 Education

East China Normal University ↗

M.Eng. · Data Science and Engineering

Advised by Prof. Ming Gao and Prof. Xiang Li · X101 Lab

Admission via recommendation

Dalian University of Technology ↗

B.Eng. · Software Engineering

HONORS & AWARDS

2025

Outstanding Master’s Thesis AwardEast China Normal University

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More honors & competitions +
  • Outstanding Graduate · East China Normal University
  • Outstanding Graduate · Dalian University of Technology
  • Outstanding Student · Dalian University of Technology
  • First Place · IBM Modern Architecture Technology Elite Contest, China
  • Fifth Place · Microsoft Imagine Cup, China
  • First Prize · National MathorCup College Mathematical Modeling Challenge
  • Second Prize · National China Collegiate Computer Design Contest
  • Bronze Medal · National College Algorithm Design and Programming Challenge
Scholarships +
  • Graduate Academic Scholarship · ECNU
  • Academic Excellence Scholarship · DUT
  • Science and Technology Innovation Scholarship · DUT
  • Panasonic Scholarship · DUT

GIVING BACK TO RESEARCH

I serve as a reviewer / program committee member for:

ICLR ’26 ’27WWW ’27NeurIPS ’26ECCV ’26ACL ’25 ’26EMNLP ’26COLM ’25SIGKDD ’25SIGIR ’25

Journals: ACL Rolling Review (ARR) · Frontiers of Computer Science (FCS)

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