Scholar
Sha Yi
Google Scholar ID: U7KS9BwAAAAJ
UC San Diego
Citations & Impact
Citations
280
H-index
9
i10-index
9
Publications
18
Co-authors
6
list available
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Publications: 'Learning to Design Soft Hands using Reward Models' among others; Awards: Best Demo Award at IROS 2024; Co-organized workshops such as 'Human to Robot (H2R): Workshop on Sensorizing, Modeling, and Learning from Humans' at CoRL 2025.
Research Experience
- Currently a Postdoc at UC San Diego, working with Xiaolong Wang and Mike Tolley, exploring data-driven approaches for robot design. Previously worked at Amazon Robotics, Microsoft, and a couple of early-stage startups.
Education
- PhD from the Robotics Institute at Carnegie Mellon University, co-advised by Katia Sycara and Zeynep Temel (2020-2021); MS from the same department, advised by Katia Sycara; BEng in Electronics and Information Engineering from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University.
Background
- Research interest: Using machine learning to design and control novel robotic systems.
Miscellany
- Selected as a Rising Star at the MIT EECS Rising Star workshop; Shares more on Twitter.
