About Me
I am a Joint PhD student at USTC & Shanghai AI Lab. I received
my bachelor's degree from Tongji University in 2023.
My earlier research focused on low-level computer vision, including image
restoration and video super-resolution, under the guidance of
Prof. Chao Dong.
During my internship at Shanghai AI Lab, I worked with
Dr. Yihao Liu
and
Prof. Yu Qiao
on multimodal image understanding and
unified models for image generation and understanding, with a focus
on perceptual-level image understanding and assessment.
I am currently a Qwen Image Research Intern at
Alibaba Tongyi Lab, focusing on
post-training for image generation models.
Selected Publications
* equal contribution. ✉ corresponding author.
UniPercept: Towards Unified Perceptual-Level Image Understanding across
Aesthetics, Quality, Structure, and Texture
ICML 2026 Spotlight
Shuo Cao*, Jiayang Li*, Xiaohui Li, Yuandong
Pu, ... Bin Fu, Yu Qiao, Yihao Liu✉
Paper
Project
Code
Checkpoint
Benchmark
StableI2I: Spotting Unintended Changes in Image-to-Image Transition
ICML 2026
Jiayang Li*, Shuo Cao*, Xiaohui Li, ...
Jian Zhang✉, Yihao Liu✉
Paper
Project
Code
Checkpoint
Benchmark
Toward Generalizable Deblurring: Leveraging Massive Blur Priors with Linear
Attention for Real-World Scenarios
Arxiv 2026
Yuanting Gao*, Shuo Cao*, Xiaohui Li, Yuandong
Pu, Yihao Liu✉, Kai Zhang✉
Paper
Project
Code
DualX-VSR: Dual Axial Spatial x Temporal Transformer for Real-World Video
Super-Resolution without Motion Compensation
Arxiv 2025
Shuo Cao*, Yihao Liu*, Xiaohui Li, Yuanting
Gao, Yu Zhou, Chao Dong✉
Paper
GRIDS: Grouped Multiple-Degradation Restoration with Image Degradation Similarity
ECCV 2024
Shuo Cao*, Yihao Liu*, Wenlong Zhang, Yu Qiao,
Chao Dong✉
Paper
Arxiv
Accelerating Masked Image Generation by Learning Latent Controlled Dynamics
Arxiv 2026
Kaiwen Zhu, Quansheng Zeng, Yuandong Pu, Shuo Cao,
... Jinjin Gu, Yihao Liu✉
Paper
Code
Checkpoint
LinearSR: Unlocking Linear Attention for Stable and Efficient Image Super-Resolution
ICLR 2026
Xiaohui Li, Shaobin Zhuang, Shuo Cao, Yang
Yang, ... Bin Fu, Yihao Liu✉
Paper
Arxiv
DiffVSR: Enhancing Real-World Video Super-Resolution with Diffusion Models for
Advanced Visual Quality and Temporal Consistency
ICCV 2025
Xiaohui Li*, Yihao Liu*✉, Shuo Cao, Ziyan
Chen, ... Yi Wang, Yu Qiao
Paper
Project
Code
Video