VLDB 2026 Research / reviewers in the wild / expert
Zhenkui Zhang
dblp:410/1040
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2ranked-venue papers
1as first author
2since 2021 · last 2026
—ORCID · none
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 2 · 1 first-author · 2 since 2021Graphics, computer vision, multimedia, augmented reality and games · 1 · 1 first-author · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| Artificial intelligence
2 papers |
Language models and text generation · 38% Vision and language · 24% Planning, search and constraint satisfaction · 20% |
Topics — the 5 heaviest of 6, each with the papers that count most for it
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Computer vision › Vision and language › vision-language model
multimodal large language model |
1.2 | 2 | 2026 | What Limits Virtual Agent Application? OmniBench: A Scalable Multi-Dimensional Benchmark for Essential Virtual Agent Capabilities · ICML 2025 Evolving Generalist Virtual Agents with Generative and Associative Memory · AAAI 2026 |
Natural language and speech › Language models and text generation › LLM agents
agent memory |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | Evolving Generalist Virtual Agents with Generative and Associative Memory · AAAI 2026 |
Knowledge, reasoning and agents › Planning, search and constraint satisfaction › planning
long-horizon planning |
1.0 | 1 | 2026 | Evolving Generalist Virtual Agents with Generative and Associative Memory · AAAI 2026 |
Natural language and speech › Language models and text generation › LLM agents
multimodal large language model agent |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | What Limits Virtual Agent Application? OmniBench: A Scalable Multi-Dimensional Benchmark for Essential Virtual Agent Capabilities · ICML 2025 |
Knowledge, reasoning and agents › Multi-agent systems › human-agent interaction
virtual agents |
0.9 | 1 | 2025 | What Limits Virtual Agent Application? OmniBench: A Scalable Multi-Dimensional Benchmark for Essential Virtual Agent Capabilities · ICML 2025 |
Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics
spreading activation · 1.0memory graph · 1.0generative recombination · 1.0graph-based task synthesis · 0.9automated benchmark generation · 0.9
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Evolving Generalist Virtual Agents with Generative and Associative MemoryabstractGeneralist Virtual Agents (GVAs) powered by Multimodal Large Language Models (MLLMs) exhibit impressive capabilities. However, their long-term learning is hampered by a core limitation: a failure to evolve beyond existing trajectories. This stems from memory systems that treat experiences as isolated fragments and rely on brittle semantic retrieval, preventing the synthesis of novel solutions from disparate knowledge. To address this, we introduce CA3Mem, a framework inspired by the human hippocampus that organizes experiences into a structured memory graph. Leveraging this graph, CA3Mem features two key innovations: 1) a generative memory recombination mechanism that synthesizes novel solutions to drive agent evolution, and 2) an associative retrieval algorithm that employs spreading activation to recall a comprehensive and contextually-aware set of experiences. Experiments on OSWorld and WebArena demonstrate that CA3Mem significantly enhances agent capabilities, leading to marked improvements in long-horizon planning, compositional generalization for novel tasks, and continuous adaptation from experience. Zhenkui Zhang, Wendong Bu, Kaihang Pan, Bingchen Miao, Wenqiao Zhang, Guoming Wang, Wei Ji 0008, Juncheng Li 0006, Siliang Tang |
AAAI | 1 |
| 2025 | What Limits Virtual Agent Application? OmniBench: A Scalable Multi-Dimensional Benchmark for Essential Virtual Agent CapabilitiesabstractAs multimodal large language models (MLLMs) advance, MLLM-based virtual agents have demonstrated remarkable performance. However, existing benchmarks face significant limitations, including uncontrollable task complexity, extensive manual annotation, and a lack of multidimensional evaluation. In response to these challenges, we introduce OmniBench, a self-generating, graph-based benchmark with an automated pipeline for synthesizing tasks of controllable complexity through subtask composition. To evaluate the diverse capabilities of virtual agents on the graph, we further present OmniEval, a multidimensional evaluation framework that includes subtask-level evaluation, graph-based metrics, and comprehensive tests across 10 capabilities. Our synthesized dataset contains 36k graph-structured tasks across 20 scenarios, achieving a 91% human acceptance rate. Training on our graph-structured data shows that it improves generalization across environments. We conduct multidimensional evaluations for virtual agents, revealing their performance across various capabilities and paving the way for future advancements. Our project is available at https://omni-bench.github.io. Wendong Bu, Minghe Gao, Bingchen Miao, Zhenkui Zhang, Kaihang Pan, Liyunfei, Mengze Li 0001, Wei Ji 0008, Juncheng Li 0006, Siliang Tang, Yueting Zhuang |
ICML | 6 |