Tengfei Wang
Research Scientist · Tencent Hunyuan · World Models
I lead the research and engineering of HY World models at Tencent Hunyuan, and drive its productization and industry applications. My research spans AI-driven multi-modal content generation: images, videos, and 3D assets.
PhD from HKUST, advised by Qifeng Chen. Researcher at Microsoft Research Asia (2021–2023). HKUST Best PhD Dissertation Award (Honorable Mention).
Served as coach for the HKUST ACM competitive programming team (2019–2023), guiding the team to multiple gold medals.
News
- Jan 2026 · Two papers accepted to ICLR 2026, including one Oral.
- Aug 2025 · Two papers accepted to SIGGRAPH Asia 2025, including one journal paper.
- Feb 2025 · Four papers accepted to CVPR 2025, including two highlight papers.
Open-Source Projects
Shipped and loved by the community.
HY-World 1.5
★ –Real-time world model with long-term memory and interactive control.
Publications
*equal contribution · ^my intern · †corresponding author
HY-World 1.5: Interactive World Modeling with Real-Time Latency and Geometric Consistency Project Lead
Technical Report, 2025
Real-time world model with long-term memory and interactive control.
High-Quality Visual Content Creation with Foundation Generative Models Best Dissertation · HM
PhD Thesis · HKUST, 2023
HKUST CSE Best Dissertation Award · Honorable Mention.
Services
- Program Committee / Reviewer · CVPR, ICCV, ECCV, SIGGRAPH, SIGGRAPH Asia, NeurIPS, ICLR, ICML, AAAI, 3DV, TOG, TPAMI, IJCV, TVCG, TIP, TMM
- Coach · HKUST ACM Team (2019–2023)
Selected Awards
- CSE Best PhD Dissertation Award · Honorable Mention, HKUST
- Outstanding Scholarship, HKUST
- National Scholarship, Education Ministry of China