My name is Gao Le Dai (you can call me David or, perhaps, DVD). I’m currently a PhD student at the National Engineering Research Center of Visual Technology (NERC) in Peking University. I got my Bachelor’s degree in Biology from University of Toronto. My supervisors are Assistant Professor Shanghang Zhang and Professor Tiejun Huang.

Feel free to reach out if you’d like to discuss research or explore potential collaboration!

🔥 News

• 2026.01:  🎉 2 papers (1xfirst, 1xcontribute) are accepted by The Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2026). See you in Rio de Janeiro🇧🇷!
• 2025.11:  🎉 2 papers (1xco-first/oral, 1xcontribute) are accepted by The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2026). See you in Singapore🇸🇬!
• 2025.10:  🎤 Invited talk in The 2nd AI for Science PhD Seminar hold by The School of AI for Science, Peking University. See you in Shenzhen🇨🇳!
• 2025.09:  🎉 2 papers (1xfirst/spotlight, 1xcontribute) are accepted by The Thirty-ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2025). See you in San Diego 🇺🇸!
• 2025.07:  🎉 1 papers (1xfirst) is accepted in principle by Nature Computational Science.
• 2025.05:  🎉 1 papers (1xfirst) is accepted by The Forty-second International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2025). See you in Vancouver🇨🇦!
• 2024.12:  ✅ Received approval of Pilot Program of Research Fund for Excellent PhD Students hold by Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC).
• 2024.07:  🎉 1 papers (1xstudent first) is accepted in principle by Nature Methods.
• 2024.01:  🎤 Invited talk in The Dagstuhl Seminar hold by Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences (ISAS). See you in Dagstuhl🇩🇪!

🏫 Educations

• 2022.09 - Present:  PhD Candidate in Computer Science, Peking University.
• 2018.09 - 2022.06:  Bachelor of Science in Biology, with Distinction, University of Toronto.

📃 Publications

ICLR 2026 Poster

SpikeGen: Decoupled “Rods and Cones” Visual Representation Processing with Latent Generative Framework

Gaole Dai⭐️, Menghang Dong⭐️, Rongyu Zhang⭐️, Ruichuan An, Shanghang Zhang📧, Tiejun Huang📧

The Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2026)

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ICLR 2026 Poster

Spike Vision-based Fast-Slow Pingpong Robot System

Hao Wang⭐️, Chengkai Hou⭐️, Xianglong Li⭐️, Yankai Fu, Chenxuan Li, Ning Chen, Gaole Dai, Jiaming Liu, Tiejun Huang, Shanghang Zhang📧

The Fourteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR 2026)

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AAAI 2026 Oral

Decomposing the Neurons: Activation Sparsity via Mixture of Experts for Continual Test Time Adaptation

Rongyu Zhang⭐️, Aosong Cheng⭐️, Yulin Luo⭐️, Gaole Dai⭐️, Huanrui Yang, Jiaming Liu, Ran Xu, Li Du, Yuan Du📧, Yanbing Jiang, Shanghang Zhang📧

The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2026)

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AAAI 2026 Poster

MoLe-VLA: Dynamic Layer-skipping Vision Language Action Model via Mixture-of-Layers for Efficient Robot Manipulation

Rongyu Zhang⭐️, Menghang Dong⭐️, Yuan Zhang, Liang Heng, Xiaowei Chi, Gaole Dai, Li Du, Yuan Du📧, Shanghang Zhang📧

The Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI 2026)

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Nature Computational Science

Implicit neural image field for biological microscopy image compression

Gaole Dai⭐️, Rongyu Zhang, Qingpo Wuwu, Cheng-Ching Tseng, Yu Zhou, Shaokang Wang, Siyuan Qian, Ming Lu, Ali Ata Tuz, Matthias Gunzer, Tiejun Huang📧, Jianxu Chen📧, Shanghang Zhang📧

Nature Computational Science (2025), JCR-Q1, IF=18.4

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NeurIPS 2025 Spotlight

Orochi: Versatile Biomedical Image Processor

Gaole Dai⭐️, Chenghao Zhou⭐️, Yu Zhou⭐️, Rongyu Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Chengkai Hou, Tiejun Huang, Jianxu Chen📧, Shanghang Zhang📧

The Thirty-ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2025)

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NeurIPS 2025 Poster

UniCTokens: Boosting Personalized Understanding and Generation via Unified Concept Tokens

Ruichuan An⭐️, Sihan Yang⭐️, Renrui Zhang, Zijun Shen, Ming Lu, Gaole Dai, Hao Liang, Ziyu Guo, Shilin Yan, Yulin Luo, Bocheng Zou, Chaoqun Yang, Wentao Zhang📧

The Thirty-ninth Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2025)

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ICML 2025 Poster

SAN: Hypothesizing Long-Term Synaptic Development and Neural Engram Mechanism in Scalable Model's Parameter-Efficient Fine-Tuning

Gaole Dai⭐️, Chun-Kai Fan⭐️, Yiming Tang, Zhi Zhang, Yuan Zhang, Yulu Gan, Qizhe Zhang, Cheng-Ching Tseng, Shanghang Zhang📧, Tiejun Huang📧

The Forty-second International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML 2025)

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Nature Methods

Multimodal large language models for bioimage analysis

Shanghang Zhang📧, Gaole Dai⭐️, Tiejun Huang, Jianxu Chen📧

Nature Methods (2024), JCR-Q1, IF=32.1

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🏆 Awards

• 2025.01 - 2027.01:  Natural Science Foundation of China, Pilot Program of Research Fund for Excellent PhD Students, 100,000¥/year.
• 2022.06 - Present:  Chinese Government Scholarship for Excellent PhD Students
• 2023.09:  International Conference On Computer Vision (ICCV) 2023, Continue Test-time Adaptation for Semantic Segmentation Challenge, Sliver Place.

🎤 Talks

Shenzhen, China🇨🇳

The 2nd AI for Science PhD Seminar

The School of AI for Science, Peking University Shenzhen Graduate School

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Dagstuhl, Germany🇩🇪

Dagstuhl Seminar: The Emerging Issues in Bioimaging AI Publications and Research

Schloss Dagstuhl, Leibniz Institute for Analytical Sciences (ISAS)

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👓 Services

• Journals:  Reviewer of Nature Communications, IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L).
• Conferences:  Reviewer of ICML, NeurIPS, ICLR, AAAI.

💼 Internships

• 2024.08 - Present:  Research Intern, Beijing Academy of Artifical Intelligence (BAAI).
• 2024.01 - 2024.08:  Research Intern, Intellifusion Technology.

😊 Interests

My Favorite Anime Studio

Kyoto Animation

K-On! makes me smile and Clannad makes me cry, KyoAni makes me bipolar.

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My Favorite Game

Pokemon Diamond & Peral & Platinum

Childhood Memory😭.

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My Favorite Car Brand

Mercedes Benz

My first car is a Mercedes Benz C43 AMG. I've done lots of mods on it and spent many nights with it. It was a great memory.

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My Favorite Artist

Mac Miller

Honestly, it's hard to decide. I have multiple "favorites" for each genre. But the first one that pops into my mind is Mac Miller (R.I.P🕯️).

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🔗 Bond

My Friends

My academic friends includes Yuan Zhang, Yulin Luo, Aosong Chen, Qingpo Wuwu, Chun-Kai Fan, Chenkai Hou, Hao Wang, Peidong Jia, Yueru Jia, Ruichuan An, Menghang Dong, and Cheng-Ching Tseng from PKU🇨🇳; Tianzhong Hou from BJMU🇨🇳; Rongyu Zhang from NJU🇨🇳; Xiaowei Chi from HKUST🇭🇰; Yu Zhou from ISAS🇩🇪; Zhi Zhang from UvA🇳🇱; Jianchen Zhao from UT🇯🇵; Qixin Ye from UT🇨🇦... (No offense, but just too many friends to add. Let me know if I forget you😂)

My Mentors

Besides my supervisors, Assistant Professor Shanghang Zhang and Professor Tiejun Huang, these mentors have influenced my academic taste: Doctor Jianxu Chen and Professor Mo Li.