Ruiyi Fang (方睿怡)

Hi! This is Ruiyi (Raelyn)! I am a first-year doctor student at Yamakawa Lab in UTokyo, advised by Prof. Yawakama.

Previously, I received my master's degree in Artificial Intelligence from Central South University, fortunately advised by Prof. Kai Wang. I received B.E. from Chang'an University.

I am broadly interested in AI for robotics, embodied AI, Vision-Language-Action(VLA) models, and robot learning. Specifically, my work focuses on imitation learning based robot manipulation, especially in few-demonstration scenarios. I enjoy thinking about how to enable robots to acquire complex skills from limited data, enhancing autonomy and adaptability in real-world applications.

Please feel free to contact me with email!

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News

Oct'25

Starting my PhD journey at UTokyo!

Research

Multi-step Difference-driven Domain Adversarial Network for Few-sample Fault Detection in Dynamic Industrial Systems
Ruiyi Fang, Kai Wang*, Xiaofeng Yuan, Zeyu Yang, Yalin Wang, Chunhua Yang.
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence (EAAI), 2025
[paper]

In this study, we introduce a dynamic domain adversarial network (DDAN) for dynamic few-sample fault detection in industry. To tackle the dynamic characteristic in industrial data, a special multi-step difference module incorporating the self-attention mechanism is designed. Moreover, considering the few-sample problem (or cold-start problem), the DDAN is trained in an adversarial framework to transfer the domain-invariant features.

Unsupervised Domain Adversarial Network for Few-sample Fault Detection in Industrial Processes
Ruiyi Fang, Kai Wang*, Jing Li, Xiaofeng Yuan, Yalin Wang.
Advanced Engineering Informatics (AEI), 2024
[paper]

In this work, we introduce an adversarial-based unsupervised network for fault detection in few-sample scenarios. Due to the significant disparity in data quantity between the target domain and the source domain, the adversarial training process inevitably encounters an imbalance problem. To address this issue, we propose a domain imbalance aware margin (DIAM) loss to rebalance the domain margin between the two domains.

Wasserstein Distance Based Domain Adversarial Autoencoder for Industrial Few-sample Fault Detection
Ruiyi Fang, Kai Wang*, Xiaofeng Yuan, Yalin Wang, Chunhua Yang.
Asian Control Conference (ASCC), Jul. 2024 (Oral)
[paper]

We propose a method called WDAA, which utilizes an adversarial framework to transfer knowledge from a data-rich source domain to a data-poor target domain. To further enhance the domain adaptation performance, we develop a Wasserstein adaptor. The model was validated using data from an industrial process, the Continuous Stirred-Tank Reactor (CSTR).


Education

The University of Tokyo
Doctor of Engineering in Mechanical Engineering
Oct '25 -
Central South University
Master of Engineering in Artificial Intelligence
Sep '22 - Jun '25

Awards:

  • Outstanding Graduate | 2025
  • National Scholarship | 2024
  • Post-graduate First-Class Scholarship | 2022 & 2023 & 2024

Chang'an University
Bachelor of Engineering in Automation
Sep '18 - Jun '22

Awards:

  • Academic Excellence Scholarship | 2018 & 2021
  • Course Excellence Scholarship | 2018 & 2019 & 2020



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