About Me

I am a researcher working on agentic and reasoning models, self-evolving agentic systems, frontier benchmarks, and AI Scientist. I am a Ph.D. in Computer and Information Engineering at The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen (CUHKSZ), and received my Bachelor’s degree in Physics from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences (UCAS).

Recently, I have contributed to open-source models including Agents-A1 (a 35B long-horizon agentic model), P1-VL (multimodal physics reasoning models), and P1 (text-only physics reasoning models). I also lead PhysicsMinions, the first open-model agentic system to reach IPhO-2025 gold-medal level, and HiPhO, the first physics Olympiad benchmark covering 13 recent physics Olympiads from 2024-2025 and used in the Seed 2.0 evaluation leaderboard.

I am actively looking for research collaborators, whether early-career or experienced, especially those from scientific domains. Feel free to reach out.

Publications & Preprint

* Equal Contribution, Corresponding Authors

Scaling the Horizon, Not the Parameters: Reaching Trillion-Parameter Performance with a 35B Agent
Agentic and Reasoning Models

Scaling the Horizon, Not the Parameters: Reaching Trillion-Parameter Performance with a 35B Agent

Technical Report, 2026-06 (key contribution to this project)

Lei Bai , Zongsheng Cao , Yang Chen , Zhiyao Cui Bowen Zhou , Yuhao Zhou

A 35B agentic model reaches stronger long-horizon reasoning performance through agent-level scaling.

agentic reasoning model long-horizon tasks agentic scaling
Agents-K1: Towards Agent-native Knowledge Orchestration
Agentic and Reasoning Models

Agents-K1: Towards Agent-native Knowledge Orchestration

Technical Report, 2026-06

Zongsheng Cao , Bihao Zhan , Jinxin Shi , Jiong Wang Bo Zhang , Lei Bai

An end-to-end knowledge orchestration pipeline that converts raw documents into agent-native scientific knowledge graphs.

knowledge orchestration Scholar-KG scientific reasoning
P1-VL: Bridging Visual Perception and Scientific Reasoning in Physics Olympiads
Agentic and Reasoning Models

P1-VL: Bridging Visual Perception and Scientific Reasoning in Physics Olympiads

ICML AI4Math Workshop, 2026 (key contribution to this project)

Yun Luo* , Futing Wang* , Qianjia Cheng* , Fangchen Yu* Peng Ye , Ganqu Cui

A family of open-source vision-language models engineered for advanced scientific reasoning.

visual scientific reasoning physics olympiad reinforcement learning
P1: Mastering Physics Olympiads with Reinforcement Learning
Agentic and Reasoning Models

P1: Mastering Physics Olympiads with Reinforcement Learning

Technical Report, 2025-11 (key contribution to this project)

Jiacheng Chen* , Qianjia Cheng* , Fangchen Yu* , Haiyuan Wan Peng Ye , Ganqu Cui

A family of open-source physics reasoning models trained entirely through reinforcement learning.

physics reasoning model reinforcement learning physics olympiad
SCI-Verifier: Scientific Verifier with Thinking
Agentic and Reasoning Models

SCI-Verifier: Scientific Verifier with Thinking

ICLR, 2026

Shenghe Zheng* , Chenyu Huang* , Fangchen Yu , Junchi Yao Ganqu Cui , Peng Ye

A unified reasoning-augmented verifier for scientific domains with enhanced reliability.

scientific verifier cross-disciplinary verification verification reliability
Small Model as Master Orchestrator: Learning Unified Agent-Tool Orchestration with Parallel Subtask Decomposition
Agentic and Reasoning Models

Small Model as Master Orchestrator: Learning Unified Agent-Tool Orchestration with Parallel Subtask Decomposition

arXiv, 2026-04

Wenzhen Yuan* , Wutao Xiong* , Fangchen Yu , Shengji Tang Wanli Ouyang , Lei Bai

A 4B orchestrator model learns parallel decomposition and tool coordination for agent workflows.

orchestration parallel decomposition tool agents
InternAgent-1.5: A Unified Agentic Framework for Long-Horizon Autonomous Scientific Discovery
Agentic Systems

InternAgent-1.5: A Unified Agentic Framework for Long-Horizon Autonomous Scientific Discovery

Technical Report, 2026-02

Shiyang Feng , Runmin Ma , Xiangchao Yan , Yue Fan Bo Zhang , Lei Bai

A unified agentic framework designed for end-to-end scientific discovery in long-horizon tasks.

agentic framework scientific discovery long-horizon task
PhysicsMinions: Winning Gold Medals in the Latest Physics Olympiads with a Coevolutionary Multimodal Multi-agent System
Agentic Systems

PhysicsMinions: Winning Gold Medals in the Latest Physics Olympiads with a Coevolutionary Multimodal Multi-agent System

arXiv, 2025-09

Fangchen Yu* , Junchi Yao* , Ziyi Wang , Haiyuan Wan Wanli Ouyang , Peng Ye

A coevolutionary multimodal multi-agent system wins gold medals in the latest physics Olympiads.

multi-agent system physics olympiad multimodal physics reasoning
HiPhO: How Far Are MLLMs from Humans in the Latest High School Physics Olympiad Benchmark?
Frontier Benchmarks

HiPhO: How Far Are MLLMs from Humans in the Latest High School Physics Olympiad Benchmark?

ICML, 2026

Fangchen Yu* , Haiyuan Wan* , Qianjia Cheng* , Yuchen Zhang Ganqu Cui , Peng Ye

The first benchmark dedicated to high school physics Olympiads with human-aligned evaluation.

physics olympiad benchmark multimodal physics reasoning human-level comparison
ResearchClawBench: A Benchmark for End-to-End Autonomous Scientific Research
Frontier Benchmarks

ResearchClawBench: A Benchmark for End-to-End Autonomous Scientific Research

arXiv, 2026-05

Wanghan Xu* , Shuo Li* , Tianlin Ye , Qinglong Cao Lei Bai , Wenlong Zhang

A benchmark evaluates end-to-end autonomous systems on realistic scientific research tasks.

agentic benchmark autonomous scientific research scientific re-discovery
Probing Scientific General Intelligence of LLMs with Scientist-Aligned Workflows
Frontier Benchmarks

Probing Scientific General Intelligence of LLMs with Scientist-Aligned Workflows

arXiv, 2025-12

Wanghan Xu , Yuhao Zhou , Yifan Zhou , Qinglong Cao Wenlong Zhang , Lei Bai

A scientific intelligence benchmark for LLMs via scientist-aligned workflows.

scientific general intelligence science benchmark LLM evaluation
KAE: Kolmogorov-Arnold Auto-Encoder for Representation Learning
Statistics for AI

KAE: Kolmogorov-Arnold Auto-Encoder for Representation Learning

arXiv, 2024

Fangchen Yu , Ruilizhen Hu , Yidong Lin , Yuqi Ma , Zhenghao Huang , Wenye Li

An auto-encoder architecture explores Kolmogorov-Arnold network for representation learning.

auto-encoder Kolmogorov-Arnold network representation learning
FedLF: Layer-wise Fair Federated Learning
Statistics for AI

FedLF: Layer-wise Fair Federated Learning

AAAI, 2024

Zibin Pan , Chi Li , Fangchen Yu , Shuyi Wang Xiaoying Tang , Junhua Zhao

A layer-wise approach improves fairness in federated learning.

federated learning fairness layer-wise approach
Metric Nearness Made Practical
Statistics for AI

Metric Nearness Made Practical

AAAI, 2023

Wenye Li , Fangchen Yu , Zichen Ma

A practical approach improves the usability and efficiency of metric nearness model computation.

metric nearness model distance metric optimization
Calibrating Distance Metrics Under Uncertainty
Statistics for AI

Calibrating Distance Metrics Under Uncertainty

ECML, 2022

Wenye Li , Fangchen Yu

A calibration method improves distance metric estimation when observations are uncertain.

distance metric uncertainty calibration method
Learning Sparse Binary Code for Maximum Inner Product Search
Statistics for AI

Learning Sparse Binary Code for Maximum Inner Product Search

CIKM, 2021

Changyi Ma , Fangchen Yu , Yueyao Yu , Wenye Li

A sparse binary hashing method for maximum inner product search to preserve the pairwise similarities.

sparse binary code similarity search maximum inner product search