CV

Education

B.S. (Honours) in Mathematics, National University of Singapore, 2025 (expected)
- Major: Mathematics (Specialization in Operations Research & Analytics)
- Second Major: Computer Science
- Advisor: Prof. Xin T. Tong
B.S. in Biomedical Sciences (Incomplete, transferred to NUS), City University of Hong Kong, 2020 - 2021

Tsinghua SAIL Group, Tsinghua University (December 2023 – Present)
- Advisors: Prof. Su Hang, Prof. Zhu Jun
- Developed reinforcement learning algorithms using the Isaac Lab framework for robotic manipulation tasks (e.g., object grasping, pushing, and placing).
- Addressed Sim2Real challenges through extensive experiments, including camera calibration and real-time communication between robots and simulators.
- Designed cost-effective embodied data collection methods validated on the Embodied Robot (Mobile Aloha).
Duke University, Department of Computer Science (April 2024 – Present)
- Advisor: Prof. Pan Xu
- Conducted in-depth surveys of Decision Transformer variants for multi-agent reinforcement learning in offline settings.
- Studied foundational reinforcement learning theories, including UCB, Eluder dimensions, and Structured Bandits.
National University of Singapore (NUS) (August 2023 – December 2023)
- Advisor: Prof. Xin T. Tong
- Mastered Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) and its variants for robotics applications.
- Refined experimental analysis skills to evaluate state-of-the-art (SOTA) methods rigorously.

CS4246/5446: AI Planning and Decision Making
National University of Singapore, School of Computing, 2025

Hengkai Tan*, **Xuezhou Xu***, Chengyang Ying, Xinyi Mao, Songming Liu, Xingxing Zhang, Hang Su, Jun Zhu. ManiBox: Enhancing Spatial Grasping Generalization via Scalable Simulation Data Generation. [Link] [Code]
Chengyang Ying, Zhongkai Hao, Xinning Zhou, **Xuezhou Xu**, Hang Su, Xingxing Zhang, Jun Zhu. PEAC: Unsupervised Pre-training for Cross-Embodiment Reinforcement Learning. Published in NeurIPS 2024. [Link] [Code]

02/2024: Bestätigung zum Stipendium / Scholarship (€2,800) for outstanding academic performance.
10/2021: Hong Kong Tech Seed Fund (HK$10,000).
01/2021: Dean’s List for outstanding academic achievement.

Latex Subcommittee Exco Member, NUS Mathematics Society (08/2022 – 09/2023)
- Compiled solutions for past-year mathematics exam papers.
President, NUS Chinese Calligraphy Club (08/2022 – 07/2023)
- Organized the National Youth Calligraphy Competition, attracting over 1,000 students.
- Hosted special guests, including Rachel Ong Sin Yen (Member of Parliament), and collaborated with Singapore Calligraphy Association judges.