Research Interests: Robotics Swarm, Autonomous and Intelligent System, High-throughput Phenotyping
Email: yl3663@cornell.edu
Education
- Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University, 2023–present
- B.Eng. in Agriculture Engineering, Zhejiang University, 2019–2023
Work experience
Graduate Research Assistant · 2023/08–Present
CAIR Lab, Cornell University
Supervisor: Dr. Yu Jiang
Minor Committee Members: Dr. Kaitlin (Katie) Gold and Dr. Nils Napp
Teaching Assistant · 2024/08–2024/12
School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Cornell University
ECE 4110/5110 — Random Signals in Communications and Signal Processing
Supervisor: Dr. Qing Zhao
Research Assistant · 2022/04–2023/04
FAST Lab, Zhejiang University · Huzhou Institute of Zhejiang University
Supervisors: Dr. Yanjun Cao and Dr. Fei Gao
Publications
Journal Articles & Preprints
- Yiyuan Lin, Cole Regnier, Yu Jiang. “A Field-Deployable GNSS-based Navigation Stack for Outdoor Mobile Robots”. arXiv, 2026.
- Yiyuan Lin, Chenjiao Tan, Changying Li, Yu Jiang. “SAM-CLIP-Thermal: Leveraging Large Multimodal Models for Reliable and Scalable Annotation in Thermal Image Segmentation for Field Plant Phenotyping”. Plant Phenomics, 2026.
- Cole Regnier, Yiyuan Lin, David Combs, Yu Jiang, Kaitlin M Gold, Rye Weber. “Autonomous Phenotyping for Vineyard Disease Monitoring: Agreement and Bias Relative to Human Ratings”. Plant Health 2026, 2026.
- Yiyuan Lin, Zachary Dashner, Ana Jimenez, Dustin Wilkerson, Lance Cadle-Davidson, Summaira Riaz, Yu Jiang. “Integrating Large Multi-Modal Models for Automated Powdery Mildew Phenotyping in Grapevines”. Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, 2026.
- Tian Qiu, Alan Zoubi, Yiyuan Lin, Ruiming Du, Lailiang Cheng, Yu Jiang. “DATR: Diffusion-based 3D Apple Tree Reconstruction Framework with Sparse-View”. IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2025.
- Xiangyu Lu, Jun Zhou, Rui Yang, Zhiyan Yan, Yiyuan Lin, Jie Jiao, Fei Liu. “Automated rice phenology stage mapping using UAV images and deep learning”. Drones, 2023.
Conference Papers
- Yiyuan Lin, Madan Pandey, Lance Cadle-Davidson, Matthew Clark, Soon Li Teh, Yu Jiang. “Robot-Enabled Field Phenotyping of Grape Berry Cluster Color Using Multimodal Vision Foundation Models for Genetic Mapping”. ASABE 2026 Annual International Meeting, 2026. 1st Place in the 2026 AOCABFE Student Paper Competition
2nd Place in the 2026 AOCABFE Student Research Presentation Competition - Ruiming Du, Yiyuan Lin, Daoyuan Jin, Nicholas Gunner, Yu Jiang. “Beyond Seasonality: A High-Fidelity Apple Orchard Digital Twins”. ASABE 2026 Annual International Meeting, 2026. 2026 ITSC Best Paper Award
- Yiyuan Lin, Anna Underhill, Lance Cadle-Davison, Ana Jimenez, Summaira Riaz, Yu Jiang. “Effective integration of vision foundational models for semantic segmentation to quantify grape foliage powdery mildew infection”. ASABE 2024 Annual International Meeting, 2024. 2024 ITSC Best Paper Award
Talks
- Invited Workshop Instructor — Computer Vision for Phenotyping: A Hands-on Workshop · VG3 and VxM Annual Meeting 2026 · Oct 2026
- Poster — Robotics and AI-Enabled High-Throughput Phenotyping for Grape Pathology, Genetics and Breeding · VG3 and VxM Annual Meeting 2026 · Oct 2026
- Research Presentation — Robotics and AI-Enabled High-Throughput Phenotyping for Grapevine Disease Resistance and Breeding · 2026 Cornell SIPS PPPMB Retreat · Oct 2026
- Ph.D. Candidacy Exam (A Exam) — Physics-Informed Adaptive Robotic System for Agricultural Phenotyping and Precision Management · School of Electrical and Computer Engineering · Aug 2026
- Invited Workshop Instructor — AI-based image analysis from annotation to phenotypes: A hands-on introduction for biologists · APS Annual Meeting - Plant Health 2026 · Aug 2026
- Conference Oral Presentation — Robot-Enabled Field Phenotyping of Grape Berry Cluster Color Using Multimodal Vision Foundation Models for Genetic Mapping · 2026 ASABE AIM · Jul 2026
- Invited Talk — Aerial & Ground Co-Development: Multi-Scale and Multi-Modal Disease Monitoring in Specialy Crops · NASA Acres · May 2026
- Conference Oral Presentation — PPB-NG: Next Generation PhytoPatholoBot with Multimodal Sensing for Specialty Crop Research and Production · NABEC 2025 · Aug 2025
- Research Consortium Presentation — PhytoPatholoBot Imaging System · VitisGen3 2025 AIM · Jan 2025
- Poster — PhytoPatholoBot (PPB): Autonomous Vineyard Disease Scouting · 2024 UMN Grape Field Day · Sep 2024
- Conference Oral Presentation — Effective integration of vision foundational models for semantic segmentation to quantify grape foliage powdery mildew infection · 2024 ASABE AIM · Jul 2024
Teaching
- Teaching Assistant — ECE 4110/5110 - Random Signals in Communications and Signal Processing · Cornell University, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering · Fall 2024. Instructor: Qing Zhao.
Service and leadership
- Student Representative of IEEE RAS Agricultural Robotics and Automation Technical Community, 2026/03 – Present
- Chairman of Chiu Chow Hometown Association of Zhejiang University, 2021/01 – 2022/01