Daoyuan Jin

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

• Nov. 2026Our review, Agentic AI in transforming agriculture: a review, is now published in npj Sustainable Agriculture.
• Aug. 2026Passed my A Exam on August 11 and advanced to Ph.D. candidacy at Cornell ECE.
• Aug. 2025Our Aleks preprint on autonomous scientific discovery in plant science is available.
• May 2024Passed both of my ECE Q Exams on Linear Systems (003) and Random Processes & Probability (008).

Publications

Please check my Google Scholar for an up-to-date list of publications.

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.