Short Bio

My name is Bohan Hou (侯博涵), and I am currently an incoming PhD student at Nanyang Technological University (NTU). I received my undergraduate education at Shandong University (山东大学) with a first honor degree, where I studied computer science at Taishan College (泰山学堂，first-honor program) under the guidance of Associate Professor Xuemeng Song (宋雪萌). I have also been a research assistant in the Intelligent Media Research Center (iLearn), led by Professor Liqiang Nie (聂礼强). My research interests include multimodal models, information retrieval, embodied intelligence, deep learning, and related areas.

Internship

• Alibaba Damo Academy Nov. 2025 — Now
  Intern on Embodied Intelligence and World Model
  Mentor: Dr. Jun Cen, Ronghao Dang, and Dr. Xin Li
  I also work closely with a number of talented colleagues, such as Dr. Jiayan Guo and Dr. Siteng Huang.

• iLearn Lab, SDU Sep. 2022 — Now
  Intern on MLLMs and Information Retrieval
  Supervisor: Prof. Xuemeng Song and Prof. Liqiang Nie (聂礼强)

Education

• Shandong University Sep. 2022 — Jun. 2026
  Undergraduate in the School of Computer Science and Technology and Taishan College (Honor Project)
  Supervisor: Prof. Xuemeng Song