Yize (Henry) Liu

刘毅泽

PhD Student · Electrical Engineering · Stanford University

Physical AI, Embodied Agent, Foundation Model for Robotics

Yize (Henry) Liu
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About

I am a PhD student majoring in Electrical Engineering at Stanford University.

I got my BS at Zhejiang University, majoring in Electronic Science and Technology in College of Information Science & Electronic Engineering and minoring in Intensive Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship in Chu Kochen Honors College (honor).

My current research interest lies in Foundation Model for Robotics, especially the memory. Previously I was working on 3D chip architecture, AI hardware/software codesign, Neuromorphic computing and Device fabrication.

Contact me by email yizeliu@stanford.edu.

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Education

  1. Stanford University logo

    Stanford UniversityCA, US

    PhD Student

  2. Zhejiang University logo

    Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China

    Bachlor of Engineering

  3. Chu Kochen Honors College, Zhejiang University logo

    Chu Kochen Honors College, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China

    Minor in Intensive Training Program of Innovation and Entrepreneurship

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Research Experience

  1. Autonomous Systems Lab, Stanford University logo

    Autonomous Systems Lab, Stanford UniversityCA, US

    PhD student researcher, supervised by Prof. Marco Pavone and Prof. Leonidas Guibas

  2. Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) and Stanford Vision and Learning Lab (SVL), Stanford University logo

    Stanford AI Lab (SAIL) and Stanford Vision and Learning Lab (SVL), Stanford UniversityCA, US

    PhD student researcher, supervised by Prof. Jiajun Wu

  3. Robust Systems Group, Stanford University logo

    Robust Systems Group, Stanford UniversityCA, US

    PhD student researcher, supervised by Prof. Subhasish Mitra

  4. Brain in Silicon, Stanford University logo

    Brain in Silicon, Stanford UniversityCA, US

    PhD student researcher, supervised by Prof. Kwabena Boahen

  5. State Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine Intelligence logo

    State Key Laboratory of Brain-Machine IntelligenceHangzhou, China

    Research Assistant, supervised by Prof. Peng Lin

  6. Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of Technology logo

    Media Lab, Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA, US

    Research Assistant, supervised by Prof. Deblina Sarkar

  7. Institute of Integrated Circuit Pilot Technology, Zhejiang University logo

    Institute of Integrated Circuit Pilot Technology, Zhejiang UniversityHangzhou, China

    Research Assistant, supervised by Prof. Liang Zhao

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Publications

arXiv 2026 T²Mem introduction

T²Mem: Learning Test-Time Memory for Robotics

Yize Liu, Huang Huang, Yining Hong, Zijian Du, Zhi Cao, Li Fei-Fei, Jiajun Wu.

arXiv preprint, arXiv:2609.36720 (2026).

Science Advances Bio-plausible reconfigurable spiking neuron

Bio-plausible Reconfigurable Spiking Neuron for Neuromorphic Computing

Yu Xiao†, Yize Liu† (Contribute equally), Bihua Zhang†, Peng Chen, Huaze Zhu, Enhui He, Jiayi Zhao, Wenju Huo, Xiaofei Jin, Xumeng Zhang, Hao Jiang, De Ma, Qian Zheng, Huajin Tang, Peng Lin*, Wei Kong*, Gang Pan*.

Science Advances. 11, eadr6733 (2025).

NCE Variation-resilient STDP in memristors

Variation-resilient Spike-timing-dependent Plasticity in Memristors Using Bursting Neuron Circuit

Yize Liu, Jiayi Zhao, Yu Xiao, Peng Chen*, Haisong Chen, Enhui He, Peng Lin* and Gang Pan*

Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering, 5 024013

ICCAD 2024 ReALSM architecture

ReALSM: ReRAM-Assisted Liquid State Machine Architecture for Large-Scale and Low-Power Edge Computing

Yize Liu, Zhichu Ren, Liang Zhao*

2024 ACM/IEEE International Conference on Computer-Aided Design, Student Research Competition

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Honors and Awards

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On My English Name

How I came by my English name is a small story of its own. Henry actually began as a Chinese name, 亨利 (Hēng Lì), and the English name followed from its sound. The two characters come from the I Ching (Book of Changes): Qián (乾), the first of its hexagrams, opens with the four words 元亨利贞 (yuán hēng lì zhēn), and my name takes the middle two.

Hēng (亨) is the gathering of all that is fine; lì (利) is harmony in keeping with what is right. Together they carry a hope: to move through the world with ease and in due measure, and to see things through to fruition.

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Personal Interests

Beyond research, I enjoy exploring a wide range of subjects, especially unfamiliar fields that open up new ways of seeing the world. My interests include world history, East Asian history, politics, religious studies, esotericism, and archaeology—a field I once dreamed of studying. I also love reading fiction, from literary fiction to science fiction and Chinese fantasy (xuanhuan), which I find particularly captivating.

I have a special fondness for traditional Chinese culture. I sing Peking opera, including excerpts from The Drunken Concubine, The Story of Taizhen, and Mu Guiying Takes Command. Recently, I have also started exploring Chinese brush calligraphy. If any of these interests resonate with you, I’d love to connect and chat!