Xiaoxuan HEI

I am a Ph.D. candidate at ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, specializing in Human-Robot Interaction under the supervision of Prof. Adriana TAPUS. My research focuses on the application of robotics in education, particularly on detecting and estimating human engagement to enable adaptive robot behaviors. By analyzing how such adaptations influence learning outcomes and human perception of robots, I aim to enhance the effectiveness of robotic systems in educational settings.

I received my B.Sc. degree from the School of Optical and Electronic Information at Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST), China, in 2018, and my M.Sc. degree in Computer Science from Paris-Saclay University, France, in 2020. As part of my master's program, I conducted my graduation project at U2IS, ENSTA, Institut Polytechnique de Paris, under the supervision of Prof. Adriana TAPUS for five months in 2020. The project, titled "Speech-Driven Robot Face Generation," explored the generation of robotic facial expressions based on speech input. After completing my master's degree, I worked as a Java programmer in China for two years before returning to France to pursue my Ph.D. in the same laboratory.

I bring strong technical expertise to my research, with proficiency in Python, JAVA, LaTeX, Shell/Bash, ROS, and Git.
My mother tongue is Chinese. I have advanced proficiency in English and French, and an intermediate knowledge of Korean.