Aleks 2.0: Enhanced Single Agent MCP System for Autonomous Research in Plant Science
Daoyuan Jin, Ruiming Du, Shivranjani Baruah, Adam Bogdanove, Kaitlin M. Gold, Yu Jiang
ASABE Annual International Meeting, Paper 2600898, 2026
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Daoyuan Jin
Ph.D. Candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Cornell University
dj368@cornell.edu
About Me
I am a Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Cornell University, advised by Prof. Yu Jiang in CAIR. My research focuses on embodied and agentic AI systems that integrate reasoning and action for scientific discovery. I work on autonomous scientific workflows, robotic laboratory automation, and intelligent systems that interact with the physical world.
Previously, I received my B.E. in Agriculture Engineering from Zhejiang University, where I worked on magnetic microrobots for single-cell manipulation.
News
- Passed my A Exam on August 11 and advanced to Ph.D. candidacy at Cornell ECE.
- Our Aleks preprint on autonomous scientific discovery in plant science is available.
- Passed both of my ECE Q Exams on Linear Systems (003) and Random Processes & Probability (008).
Publications
Beyond Seasonality: A High-Fidelity Apple Orchard Digital Twin
Ruiming Du, Yiyuan Lin, Daoyuan Jin, Nicholas Gunner, Yu Jiang
ASABE Annual International Meeting, Paper 2600941, 2026
Paper ↗Aleks: AI powered Multi Agent System for Autonomous Scientific Discovery via Data-Driven Approaches in Plant Science
Daoyuan Jin, Nick Gunner, Niko Carvajal Janke, Shivranjani Baruah, Kaitlin M. Gold, Yu Jiang
arXiv preprint, 2025
Paper ↗Magnetic Soft Microrobot Design for Cell Grasping and Transportation
F. Wang, Y. Zhang, D. Jin, et al.
Cyborg and Bionic Systems, 5, 0109, 2024
Paper ↗A Review of Single-Cell Pose Adjustment and Puncture
X. Guo, Y. Zhang, D. Jin, M. Zhou
Advanced Intelligent Systems, 4(11), 2200096, 2022
Paper ↗Education
- 2023 – PresentCornell University
Ph.D., Electrical and Computer Engineering
Ph.D. Candidate since August 2026 - 2019 – 2023Zhejiang University
B.E., Agriculture Engineering
Talks
- 2026 FallAI Agent System for Autonomous Research in Plant Science
I-CIPS 2026 - 2026 SummerAleks 2.0: Enhanced Single Agent MCP System for Autonomous Research in Plant Science
ASABE Annual International Meeting - 2025 FallAleks: AI powered Multi Agent System for Grape Research and Production Management
CIDA seminar series for graduate students, CHEME 6840 - 2024 SummerDeep Reinforcement Learning-based Navigation for Autonomous Robots for Laboratory Experiments
ASABE Annual International Meeting
Awards & Honors
- 2026Fourth Place in AOCABFE 2026 Student Paper Competition, ASABE
- 2025CIDA’s Research Innovation Fund (RIF) Summer Research Award, Cornell University
- 2023Outstanding Graduates of Zhejiang Province
- 2023Outstanding Graduates of Zhejiang University
- 2021National Scholarship, China
- 2021Best Electronic Presentation, ASABE Robotics Competition
- 2020,2021,2022First-Class Scholarship for Outstanding Students, Zhejiang University
Misc
I love staying active through hiking, running, kayaking, and swimming (a little). I learned cross-country skiing at Cornell and have become a lifetime (hopefully) XC skier. More recently, I picked up bouldering and rock climbing.