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I am currently an Algorithm Engineer at Alibaba Group. My research and work focus on Multi-modal Large Language Models (MLLMs) and Agents. I received my Master's degree from Xiamen University (XMU) in 2023, where I was privileged to be advised by Prof. Xinghao Ding at the SmartDSP Lab. I also collaborated with Prof. Congbo Cai at the SmartMRI. 📧 Email: inscredion@stu.xmu.edu.cn / yinxi.zc@alibaba-inc.com 🔗 Links: [GitHub] [OpenReview] [ORCID]

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📢 News

• [2026.04] 🎉 Two papers on Reasoning E-commerce relevance were accepted by SIGIR 2026!

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📚 Selected Publications

(* denotes equal contribution, Bold denotes me)

• TRACE: Term-level Reasoning And Chain-of-thought Enhanced distillation for E-commerce Multi-modal Relevance Learning
  Chenxu Wang*, Chi Zhang*, et al.
  SIGIR, 2026.

• STAR: Staged Training with Aligned Reinforcement Learning and Multi-Faceted Distillation for Interpretable E-commerce Relevance
  Chenxu Wang, Jianzhi Shao, Chi Zhang, Tao Zhang.
  SIGIR, 2026.

• Exploring Siamese Networks in Self-Supervised Fast MRI Reconstruction
  Liyan Sun*, Shaocong Yu*, Chi Zhang, Xinghao Ding.
  Preprint, 2025.

• Scattering Remover: A Simple and Unified Approach for Unsupervised Image Restoration
  Chi Zhang, Zhenqi Fu, Xiuna Zeng, Xinghao Ding.
  Under Review, 2024.

• Toward Better Generalization Using Synthetic Data: A Domain Adaptation Framework for T2 Mapping via Multiple Overlapping-Echo Acquisition
  Chi Zhang, Qizhi Yang, Linyu Fan, Shaocong Yu, Liyan Sun, Congbo Cai, Xinghao Ding.
  IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI), 2023. Paper

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🛠️ Professional Services

• Journal Reviewer:
  • IEEE Transactions on Medical Imaging (TMI)
  • IEEE Transactions on Neural Networks and Learning Systems (TNNLS)

💼 Work Experience

• Alibaba Group /|Senior Algorithm Engineer / 2025.08 - Present
  • Focus on Multi-modal Learning and Agent-based systems.
• Zhejiang Dahua Technology / Algorithm Engineer / 2023.07 - 2025.07
  • Research and development in Multi-modal vision algorithms.

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🎓 Education

• Xiamen University (XMU) /Master/ 2020.09 - 2023.06
• Shaanxi Normal University (SNNU) /Bachelor/ 2014.09 - 2018.06

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Last updated: April 2026.