Yilong Dai

Yilong Dai

PhD Student, University of Alabama

Advised by Prof. Runlong Yu

I am a first-year PhD student in Computer Science at the University of Alabama, advised by Prof. Runlong Yu. My research focuses on AI for Science, including physics-informed neural networks, neural operators, generative methods, and foundation models for PDE solving and turbulence simulation.

I also have experience in large language models, computer vision, and transportation applications. Previously, I obtained my M.S. in Computer Science from the University of Florida and my B.E. from Xi'an Jiaotong University.

AI for Science Physics-Informed ML LLM Computer Vision

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Experience

2025 — Present

PhD Student

University of Alabama

AI for Science research — physics-informed ML, neural operators, turbulence simulation.

Oct 2023 — Jan 2026

Research Assistant

University of Florida

CV and VLM for street-level imagery modeling and human perception applications.

Apr 2025 — Nov 2025

Research Assistant

University of Washington

MLLM, Robotics, and visual navigation instruction generation.

Apr 2023 — Aug 2023

Software Engineer Intern

Bosch

Vehicle simulation — auto response patterns, simulation web pages.

Aug 2021 — Oct 2021

Java Software Engineer

China UnionPay

User profile modeling, internal log monitoring system migration.

Education

University of Alabama

Ph.D. in Computer Science

2025 — Present

Focus: AI for Science

University of Florida

M.S. in Computer Science

Aug 2022 — Dec 2024

RA in ML and VLM

Xi'an Jiaotong University

B.E. in Software Engineering

Sep 2018 — Jun 2022

RoboCup 2nd Prize (2020 China Open)