About Me
I
am a computer science MSc student at the GrUVi Lab at Simon Fraser University, advised by Prof. Xue Bin Peng.
Previously, I completed my BASc in Engineering Science at the University of Toronto, where I completed an undergraduate thesis advised by Prof. David I.W. Levin.
I also spent a few years developing physical simulation software at Rocscience, and a summer working on generative modeling techniques for character animation at Disney Research Studios, advised by Jakob Buhmann and Martin Guay.
My research focuses on the intersection of computer animation and robotics, particularly by combining physical simulation with generative modeling and reinforcement learning.
Papers
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PARC: Physics-based Augmentation with Reinforcement Learning for Character Controllers
Michael Xu, Yi Shi, KangKang Yin, Xue Bin Peng
SIGGRAPH 2025
Project | Paper | Arxiv | Video | Two Minute Papers
