Ziyuan Xia | 夏子渊

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I am currently a third-year undergraduate at Zhejiang University, majoring in Software Engineering. I am also a research intern at ZJU3DV, where I am fortunate to be advised by Prof. Sida Peng and Xiaowei Zhou.

I am actively looking for potential Ph.D. opportunities in the United States starting from Fall 2027, as well as internship positions in both China and the U.S. from now on. Feel free to contact me if you are interested!

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News

  • [Feb. 2025] I joined ZJU3DV as a research intern!

Research

My research interests lie on the intersection of Embodied AI and Computer Vision. I am particularly interested in developing embodied simulation environments leveraging neural rendering techniques. I am also interested in 3D/4D Reconstruction & Generation to better model and generate dynamic world.

Publications

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Habitat-GS: A High-Fidelity Navigation Simulator with Dynamic Gaussian Splatting


Ziyuan Xia, Jingyi Xu, Chong Cui, Yuanhong Yu, Jiazhao Zhang, Qingsong Yan, Ni Tao, Junbo Chen, Xiaowei Zhou, Hujun Bao, Ruizhen Hu, Sida Peng
arXiv preprint, 2026
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We present Habitat-GS, a navigation-centric embodied AI simulator extended from Habitat-Sim that integrates 3D Gaussian Splatting and drivable gaussian avatars.



Experiences

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The University of Texas at Austin


(Incoming) Visiting Scholar at The University of Texas at Austin
2026-07 - 2026-12

I will be a research intern at UT Austin, where I’ll be fortunate to be advised by Prof. Georgios Pavlakos and Qixing Huang.

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Zhejiang University


Bachelor of Software Engineering at Zhejiang University
2023-08 - Present

GPA: 93.64/100   Ranking: 1/69
I also work as a research intern at ZJU3DV, State Key Lab of CAD&CG, Zhejiang University, focusing on Embodied Simulation and 3D/4D Computer Vision.