Xinyu Shi
Research Scientist Intern at Adobe
Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
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Top SchoolXinyu Shi is a Research Scientist focused on Human-Computer Interaction, creativity support, and human-AI co-creation, currently interning at Adobe’s AI-Experiences Lab while pursuing a PhD in HCI at the University of Waterloo. With eight years of research experience across industry labs including Microsoft Research Asia, Adobe, Dartmouth, and CUHK Shenzhen, Xinyu blends prototyping in ubiquitous and wearable computing, VR/AR, and creativity tools to explore how AI augments human creativity. They have a strong engineering foundation from a BSc in Computer Software Engineering (Xiamen University) and a track record of short-term research roles that rapidly translate novel interaction concepts into demonstrable systems. Notably, Xinyu’s work repeatedly centers on creativity support—designing interfaces and AI partners that reshape creative workflows rather than merely automating tasks.
8 years of coding experience
1 year of employment as a software developer
Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering, Bachelor's degree, Computer Software Engineering at Xiamen UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Human Computer Interaction at University of Waterloo
Github Skills (15)
representations10
sparse9
record-linkage9
information-retrieval8
lucene8
retrieval8
similarity8
cosine-similarity7
python6
generative3
paper2
pytorch2
java2
deep-learning2
imitation-learning1
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
Xinyu-Shi/Xinyu-Shi.github.io
Apr 2019 - Apr 2019
Contributions:4 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
Contributions:2 pushes, 1 branch in 1 day
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