About Me
Hello! My name is He Li. I'm a junior undergraduate at Tsinghua University. Currently, I'm an AI-track student in Yao Class, IIIS.
My research interests lie in visual generative model and computer vision. I have participated in several reseach projects and I'm really into the process of doing AI researches. I am going to apply for CS PhD on 2026 Fall.
If you want to learn more about me, please check my CV.
News
- [2025.5] I'm going to be an UGVRI student in Serena's Group at Stanford from June 2025 to September 2025.
- [2025.1] I'm going to be a research intern in Kaiming's Group at MIT from February 2025 to May 2025.
Experiences
Research Assistant at MIT
Topic: Autoregressive Vision Model, Representation, Diffusion and Flow Matching
Mentors: Dr. Tianhong Li, Prof. Kaiming He

Undergraduate Intern at TSAIL
Topic: Sparsity for Diffusion Models, Efficient Machine Learning System
Mentors: Dr. Kafeng Wang, Prof. Jianfei Chen, Prof. Jun Zhu

Publications

Autoregressive Image Generation without Vector Quantization
Links: Paper | Code | Demo | Huggingface
Venue: Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS) 2025, Spotlight (Top 2%)
Knowledge and Comprehension
About State Space Model: Mamba and RWKV
Abstract: A comprehensive analysis of state space models, focusing on Mamba and RWKV architectures together with their advantages and disadvantages. Started from the concepts of state space models, and then introduced the key components of the original papers.
Experience and Reflection
Coming Soon
Abstract: Personal reflections on research experiences, academic journey, and insights gained from working in AI research.
In Progress
Approaches
- Cell Phone: (+86) 133-7036-2727 Click to copy
- School Email: lihe22@mails.tsinghua.edu.cn Click to copy
- Personal Email: lihe50hz@gmail.com (Recommended) Click to copy
Address
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Zijing Building 2# Room 415A
Tsinghua University
Beijing 100084
P.R CHINA Click to copy