Maizhen Ning | Duke Kunshan University

About Me

I am currently a research intern at Duke Kunshan University. In previous, I obtained my Ph.D. from the University of Liverpool in 2025, supervised by Prof. Qiufeng Wang, Prof. Kaizhu Huang and Prof. Xiaowei Huang. I am also a member in the research group PremiLab-Math, focus on solving math problems with AI. In the future, I will extend my research to Embodied AI. Also welcome to check my bilibili.

Research Interests

Large Language Model: Reasoning on math problems
Robotics: Embodied AI

Education

Ph.D. in Computer Science: Dec 2020 - July 2025, University of Liverpool & Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.
B.Sc. in Computer Science: Sep 2016 - Jun 2020 , University of Liverpool & Xi’an Jiaotong-Liverpool University. (First Class Honours)

News

[Jan. 2025] One paper about LLM math problem reasoning evaluation is accepted to ICLR 2025.
[Dec. 2024] One paper about MLLM on solving plane geometry problems is accepted to AAAI 2025 as Oral Presentation.

Publications

arXiv

DvD: Unleashing a Generative Paradigm for Document Dewarping via Coordinates-based Diffusion Model

Weiguang Zhang, Huangcheng Lu, Maizhen Ning, Xiaowei Huang, Wei Wang, Kaizhu Huang, Qiufeng Wang

arXiv

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ICLR

Is Your Model Really a Good Math Reasoner? Evaluating Mathematical Reasoning with Checklist

Zihao Zhou*, Shudong Liu*, Maizhen Ning, Wei Liu, Jindong Wang, Derek F Wong, Xiaowei Huang, Qiufeng Wang, Kaizhu Huang

The Thirteenth International Conference on Learning Representations (ICLR), 2025.

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AAAI

GNS: Solving Plane Geometry Problems by Neural-Symbolic Reasoning with Multi-Modal LLMs

Maizhen Ning*, Zihao Zhou*, Qiu-Feng Wang, Xiaowei Huang, Kaizhu Huang

The 39th Annual AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2025.

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ACM MM

A Symbolic Characters Aware Model for Solving Geometry Problems

Maizhen Ning, Qiu-Feng Wang, Kaizhu Huang, Xiaowei Huang

The 31st ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACM MM), 2023.

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ACL Findings

Learning by Analogy: Diverse Questions Generation in Math Word Problem

Zihao Zhou*, Maizhen Ning*, Qiufeng Wang, Jie Yao, Wei Wang, Xiaowei Huang, Kaizhu Huang

Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: ACL 2023 (ACL Findings), 2023.

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ICONIP

A Segment-Based Layout Aware Model for Information Extraction on Document Images

Maizhen Ning, Qiu-Feng Wang, Kaizhu Huang, Xiaowei Huang

The 28th International Conference on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP), 2021.

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ITME

Model Checking Indoor Positioning System With Triangulation Positioning Technology

Dengpan Yuan, Maizhen Ning, Runguo Xu, Shuming Zhou, Wentao Shi, Kai Zheng, Xin Huang

The 8th International Conference on Information Technology in Medicine and Education (ITME), 2018.

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Experience

Teaching Assistant: Mar 2021 - May 2024, School of Advanced Technology, XJTLU
Tech Intern: Sep 2016 - Jul 2017, Management Information Technology and System Office, XJTLU

Awards

RoboMaster 2022: First prize in the Robomaster national competition, XJTLU G-Master team
RoboMaster 2021: Second prize in the RoboMaster national competition, XJTLU G-Master team