- Paper accepted at IROS 2023 Human Multi-Robot Interaction Workshop
- Completed journey as a Robotics Institute Summer Scholar at Carnegie Mellon University
Research Experience
- Research Assistant, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, May 2021 – Aug 2022, Shanghai, China, Advisor: Prof. Zhi Yang
- Research Assistant, University of Michigan, Sep 2022 – May 2024, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, Advisor: Prof. Joyce Chai
- Robotics Institute Summer Scholar (RISS), Carnegie Mellon University, Jun 2023 – Aug 2023, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA, Advisor: Prof. Katia Sycara
- Research Assistant, Carnegie Mellon University, May 2023 – May 2024, Remote, Advisor: Prof. Katia Sycara
Education
- Ph.D. in Robotics, 2029 (expected), Georgia Institute of Technology, Advisor: Prof. Zsolt Kira
- B.S.E. in Computer Science, 2024, University of Michigan
- B.E. in Electrical Computer Engineering, 2024, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Background
- Research Interests: Foundation Models, Reasoning Models, Interpretability, Robotics, Physical Intelligence
- Advisor: Prof. Zsolt Kira
- Biography: Her research aims to understand and explain why foundation models work, ultimately aiming to make these models steerable, grounded, and transparent, and to bridge their latent representations with human-level semantics through language.
Miscellany
- Contact: zhang.xijia@gatech.edu
- Address: 756 W Peachtree St NW, 1106B, Atlanta, GA 30308