https://universe-ustc.github.io/Personal academic website of Yijuan Liang. Research interests include Large Language Models, AI Agents, and Tool Learning. 2026-09-16T15:34:25+08:00 Yijuan Liang https://universe-ustc.github.io/ Jekyll © 2026 Yijuan Liang /assets/img/favicons/favicon.ico /assets/img/favicons/favicon-96x96.png 2026-09-16T15:05:00+08:00 2026-09-16T15:05:00+08:00 https://universe-ustc.github.io/posts/trying-to-make-an-ai-podcast/ Yijuan Liang

I already listen to a lot of podcasts. I can put one on after I wake up, and another before I sleep — it is the easiest way I have found to use those edges of the day. Almost everything I pick up this way is AI-related, both the technical side and the product side, because that is the direction I am already in. For me, that kind of listening is not something text can replace. Lately, just by e...

2026-09-15T11:35:00+08:00 2026-09-16T15:33:58+08:00 https://universe-ustc.github.io/posts/trying-ai-song-generation/ Yijuan Liang

I recently heard an AI song called Hard Road by White Lee. It takes Li Bai’s Xing Lu Nan (行路难, “Hard Is the Road”) and turns it into an English track. The mood stuck with me — R&B-leaning, a little dramatic, and surprisingly listenable. I already like R&B and pop, so I wanted to try generating something myself. I found AISongGenerator in the WayToAGI community and ran two short experim...

2026-09-08T13:45:00+08:00 2026-09-08T13:45:00+08:00 https://universe-ustc.github.io/posts/academic-author-profiles-orcid-scholar-openalex-dblp/ Yijuan Liang

After starting a PhD, it became obvious that a clean, disambiguated academic identity matters almost as much as the papers themselves. Resumes, submission systems, and citation checks kept running into the same mess: name collisions, preprint vs. conference versions that did not line up, and paper lists that disagreed across platforms. I spent about two days registering, claiming, and cleaning ...

2026-09-08T11:20:00+08:00 2026-09-08T11:20:00+08:00 https://universe-ustc.github.io/posts/trying-to-become-an-openclaw-contributor/ Yijuan Liang

In mid-2026 I spent several weeks trying to land a first merge into OpenClaw — the self-hosted multi-channel AI gateway people jokingly call the “lobster.” I wanted a real code contribution, not a docs-only drive-by. I did not get that merge. I did get a clearer picture of how a high-throughput, bot-heavy OSS project actually absorbs (or deflects) outsider patches, plus a short personal reply ...

2026-08-10T13:40:00+08:00 2026-08-10T13:40:00+08:00 https://universe-ustc.github.io/posts/free-ai-video-with-doubao-seedance/ Yijuan Liang

I wanted to try 小云雀 (Xiaoyunque) — CapCut / Jianying’s AI content-creation agent — for a quick text-to-video experiment. After signing in, it was clear I would need to spend credits / money to actually generate what I wanted. So I looked for a free path instead. That path was Doubao (豆包)’s built-in video creation, using ByteDance’s Seedance models. Picking a model that does not bill me In ...