Fanjun Bu
AI Intern at Familiar Machines & Magic
New York, New York, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolFanjun Bu is a Ph.D. candidate at Cornell Tech specializing in human–robot interaction, designing adaptive, socially aware robotic systems that blend HRI, AI, and design. With eight years of research experience across Cornell Tech, Toyota Research Institute, EPFL, and the University of Washington, Fanjun has built simulation and perception pipelines—most recently developing diffusion-based photorealistic rendering for XR at Toyota. Their work has been published in top HCI and robotics venues (CHI, HRI, THRI) and highlighted by CNN, NPR, and IEEE Spectrum, reflecting both academic impact and real-world relevance. Comfortable moving between prototyping, algorithm design, and field deployment, Fanjun focuses on human-centered technologies that integrate seamlessly into everyday life. A background spanning applied math, CS, and cognitive science underpins a quantitative yet design-forward approach to HRI research.
8 years of coding experience
4 years of employment as a software developer
High School, High School at Baylor SchoolDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science Human Computer Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Computer Science Human Computer Interaction at Cornell UniversityMaster of Engineering - MEng Computer Science, Master of Engineering - MEng Computer Science at Johns Hopkins Whiting School of Engineering
Chinese, English
Github Skills (32)
3d-mapping10
smoothing10
lidar10
slam10
sam9
odometry9
bottom-up7
ros5
robotics5
javascript4
rosbag4
gemini4
regression4
localization3
pose-estimation3
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
FAR-Lab/Mobile_HRI_Lab_Hub
Jan 2023 - Oct 2023
Contributions:5 PRs, 95 pushes, 4 branches in 9 months
FrankBu0616/FrankBu0616.github.io
Feb 2024 - Mar 2025
Contributions:39 pushes, 3 branches in 1 year 1 month
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