Tsinghua University · Computer Science

Deyao Hong 洪德垚

Agents, large language models, and evaluation on real-world tasks.

I study the capability boundaries of agents on real-world tasks, and how reasoning, feedback, and self-improvement in large language models can help agents take on more complex, long-horizon work.

Portrait of Deyao Hong
Tsinghua University · Beijing Advised by Prof. Hongning Wang

Measure capability, understand limits, and extend the frontier of agents.

AI is moving from answering questions to completing tasks. My research began with reasoning and recommendation in large language models, and now spans Coding Agents, engineering optimization, and algorithm design. I study how to measure agent capabilities in environments close to real work, and how planning, feedback, and self-improvement become transferable abilities.

Education

Tsinghua University

Computer Science · Undergraduate

2023 — Present · Beijing

Advisor · Prof. Hongning Wang ↗

GPA
3.9/ 4.0
Class rank
8/ 184

Core courses

  • Introduction to Artificial Intelligence
  • Search & Recommendation
  • Software Engineering
  • Probability & Statistics
  • Programming Practice
  • Signal Processing

Research

Selected work on agent evaluation, long-horizon tasks, and LLM reasoning.

04NeurIPS 2026 · Poster

Frontier-Eng: Benchmarking Self-Evolving Agents on Real-World Engineering Tasks with Generative Optimization

Yizhe Chi*, Deyao Hong*, Dapeng Jiang*, Tianwei Luo*, Kaisen Yang*, Boshi Zhang*, Zhe Cao, Xiaoyan Fan, Bingxiang He, Han Hao, et al.

A benchmark for self-evolving agents on real engineering optimization tasks, measuring whether agents can improve engineering artifacts within a fixed interaction budget through a propose–execute–evaluate–iterate loop and executable feedback.

05arXiv · 2026

AI4AI-Bench: Benchmarking LLM Agents in Algorithmic Design for Recursive Self-Improvement

Yizhe Chi, Wenyi Li, Deyao Hong, Xiaoqiu Wang, Mingju Gao, Kaisen Yang, Bingxiang He, Youjie Zheng, Calvin Xiao, Qinhuai Na

A benchmark for LLM agents’ algorithm-design ability: agents explore and rewrite training algorithms in an open environment, then train and evaluate from scratch in an independent environment to separate algorithmic innovation from tuning.

06arXiv · 2026

PPTBench: Can Coding Agents Reconstruct the Visual World through Structured, Editable Slides

Xiaoqiu Wang*, Yizhe Chi*, Wenyi Li*, Deyao Hong, Zhihan Shan, Mingju Gao, Kaisen Yang, Youjie Zheng, Calvin Xiao, Qinhuai Na

Introduces a benchmark for coding agents to reconstruct scientific flow diagrams as native, editable PowerPoint slides. Across 500 tasks and 31 configurations, the best system reaches only 67.80, revealing persistent challenges in semantic and visual correctness.

07arXiv · 2026

EmbodiedEvo: Self-improving Coding Agents for Physical Intelligence

Wenyi Li, Yizhe Chi, Youjie Zheng, Chunyu Liu, Xiaoqiu Wang, Mingju Gao, Zheng Jiang, Deyao Hong, Calvin Xiao, Kaisen Yang, Qinhuai Na

A coding agent evolves reusable Skills and Lessons through feedback in a single Playground scene, then freezes them for diverse new scenes. On RoboDojo-Sim, EmbodiedEvo reaches an average score of 44.48 and a 37.82% success rate, surpassing all officially verified results.

Campus Experience & Honors

Service & Leadership

  1. Chair, Computer Science Curriculum Evaluation Committee

    Advanced curriculum reform and teaching feedback for the age of AI.

  2. Volunteer representative, 80th Anniversary of Victory in the War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression Commemorative Event

    The only third-year Computer Science volunteer representative serving at the commemorative event.

  3. Director, Computer Science Student Rights & Development

    Organized graduate-school sharing sessions and maintained student support services.

  4. Tsinghua University Student Conduct Monitor

    Participated in supervision and feedback on student affairs.

  5. Monitor, Class 36, Computer Science

    Organized joint theme activities across three schools; the class Youth League branch was recognized as a university-level A-grade branch.

Selected Honors

  • National Scholarship
  • Deng Jiaxian Scholarship, Tsinghua University
  • Computer Science Department Student of the Year, Tsinghua University
  • First Prize, Mathematical Contest in Modeling
  • Outstanding Student Leader, Tsinghua University
  • Outstanding Individual, Capital College Students’ Summer Social Practice
  • Outstanding Communist Youth League Member, Tsinghua University
  • Five-Star Bauhinia Volunteer, Tsinghua University