Iris Xu

Projects

Integrated Simulation Workflows for Safer Cyber-Physical Systems

Research assistantship supervised by Prof. Margo Seltzer. Built simulation workflows for testing multi-robot manipulation setups to help bridge the gap between robotics algorithms and safe deployment in labs.

Exploring Vision-Augmented EMG Arm Prosthesis Control

Engineering team project with UBC Bionics. Fine-tuned an object detection model to support automated dexterous grasps. Evaluation revealed that mismatches between machine predictions and user intent pose a significant challenge when combining AI assistance with human control.
[Code] [Show Image]

3D Rotation Conversion and Visualization Tool

[Tool] [Code]

Simulating Flocking Behaviour with Boids Algorithm and OpenGL

[Code]

Interactive 3D model of a Rubik's Cube with Three.js

[Demo] [Code]

Course Projects

• Paper Re-implementation: Tactile-Informed Prior Free Manipulation of Articulated Objects
  CS498RM Robot Manipulation, Fall 2025
[Code]
• An LDM for Style and Content Controlled Handwriting Generation
  CPSC 440 Advanced Machine Learning, Winter 2024
[Code and Report]
• Computer Vision Assignments
  CPCS 425 Computer Vision, Fall 2024
[Website]
• Immersive Virtual Reality Volleyball Game
  Visualization, Simulation and Interaction (ETH Zurich), Spring 2023
[Code] [Show Image]
• Project Scheduling Problems with Linear Programming
  MATH 441 Discrete Optimization Problems, Winter 2024
  [Article] [Colab Notebook]

CS Ed Research

• Performance and Start-Time Trends in Asynchronous Computer-Based Assessments
  Iris Xu*, Romina Mahinpei*, Steven Wolfman, and Firas Moosvi. Accepted to SIGCSE '26.
  [Paper (coming soon)]
• A Generalized Framework for Describing Question Randomization
  Romina Mahinpei*, Iris Xu*, Steven Wolfman, and Firas Moosvi. Presented at ICER '25.
  [Poster] [Paper]

*Equal contribution

Teaching & Service

I was teaching assistant for CPSC 221: Data Structures and Algorithms in the Fall 2022, Fall 2024, and Winter 2024 terms.

I helped develop online course materials for CPSC 203: Programming, Problem Solving, and Algorithms and EOSC 112: The Fluid Earth Atmosphere and Ocean in Summer 2022.

I was a student volunteer at SIGGRAPH 2022 and a team leader in 2023.

I served on the executive teams for Women in Computer Science in 2021-2023, and for the Computer Science Student Society in 2024-2025.

Other

I enjoy traveling the world with my camera. [Map] [Photos]

I also play badminton, hike, and snowboard.