Chao Xu is a Staff Engineer at Hillbo with deep expertise in 3D vision and generative AI. He holds a Ph. D. in Statistics from UCLA and dual bachelors degrees from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Zhejiang University. His background is rooted in advanced research on 3D foundation models for robotics.
He has co-authored several papers accepted at top-tier AI conferences like NeurIPS and CVPR, focusing on novel 3D reconstruction and generation models.
Chao Xu
Staff Engineer at Hillbot
San Diego, California, United States
Overview
Topics They Care About
3D Foundation Models
His internships and publications, such as MeshFormer, are heavily focused on developing 3D foundation models for robotics and high-quality mesh generation.
Computer Vision
His academic and professional research is centered on pushing the boundaries of generalizable 3D computer vision, including object reconstruction and pose estimation from sparse views.
Robotics & Cognition
Explicitly lists robotics and cognition as key research interests, with work focused on creating models for robotic perception and understanding.
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Work History
6-2025
Staff Engineer at Hillbot
2-2025 - 6-2025
Research Scientist Intern at Hillbot
8-2024 - 2-2025
Research Scientist Intern at Meta
1-2024 - 8-2024
Research Scientist Intern at Hillbot
Education
9-2020 - 6-2025
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD from UCLA
9-2016 - 5-2020
Bachelor of Science - BS from University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
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Location : San Diego, California, United States
Job Level : Junior
Designation : Staff Engineer at Hillbot
