HaoChen (Simon) Xia

I am a junior majoring in Computer Engineering at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, with a strong interest in computer vision, robotics, large language models, and efficient computing. Currently, I am a part-time intern at Aviatrix working on AI and cloud security. My research is primarily focused on computer vision and robotics at Human-Centered Autonomy Lab, advised by Professor Katherine Driggs-Campbell. I also work on efficient computing and computer network research projects with Professor David Nicol. Additionally, I am a cofounder (Tech Lead) of 1Shan AI Team with cutting-edge projects on Generative AI, VLM, and Machine Learning. Lastly, I am very passionate about real-world applications and have contributed to multiple projects in computer vision, large language models, and software development at Garg Group and SigAIDA.

Research Areas

  • Computer Vision
  • Robotics
  • Autonomous Mobile
  • Learning & AI
  • High Performance Computing

News

  • Aug 2025: Won Yunni and Maxine Pao Memorial Scholarship
  • Jul 2025: Shantou AI Website published
  • Jun 2025: Start my internship at Aviatrix
  • Jun 2025: HomE: A Homogeneous Ensemble Framework for Dynamic Hand Gesture Recognition published in the 19th IEEE International conference on automatic face and gesture recognition
  • Feb 2025: Mythoverse AI Website published
  • Jan 2025: Start my internship at Nokia
  • Jan 2025: 1Shan AI Website published
  • Nov 2024: HEIGHT: Heterogeneous Interaction Graph Transformer for Robot Navigation in Crowded and Constrained Environments research journel published as co-author
  • Sep 2024: Won ECE Simmons Scholarship and IL Engineering Outstanding Scholarship
  • Aug 2024: Won Yunni and Maxine Pao Memorial Scholarship, Bradley A. Simmons Memorial Scholarship, and Kaskowitz Family Scholarship!
  • Aug 2024: My personal website is live!