Siyu Ma

I am an incoming PhD student in Computer Science at the Artificial Intelligence & Visual Computing Lab at UCLA, co-advised by Prof. Chenfanfu Jiang and Prof. Demetri Terzopoulos.

Previously, I obtained my M.S. in Computer Science from UC San Diego and my B.Eng. in Software Engineering from the University of Electronic Science and Technology of China.

💡 I value communication with people from diverse backgrounds. If you're interested in collaboration, feel free to reach out via email or WeChat.

CV / Email:siiyuma@outlook.com / Github / LinkedIn / WeChat

Research

My research focuses on robot learning for contact-rich manipulation, emphasizing contact-aware policy learning and physics-based simulation frameworks that enable efficient and reliable sim-to-real transfer.

	Right-Side-Out: Learning Zero-Shot Sim-to-Real Garment Reversal Chang Yu, Siyu Ma, Wenxin Du, Zeshun Zong, Han Xue, Wendi Chen, Cewu Lu, Yin Yang, Xuchen Han, Joseph Masterjohn, Alejandro Castro, Chenfanfu Jiang. ICRA**, 2026 preprint / project page / video
	GRIP: A General Robotic Incremental Potential Contact Simulation Dataset for Unified Deformable-Rigid Coupled Grasping Siyu Ma, Wenxin Du, Chang Yu, Ying Jiang, Zeshun Zong, Tianyi Xie, Yunuo Chen, Yin Yang, Xuchen Han, Chenfanfu Jiang. IROS, 2025 preprint / project page / video
	Embedded IPC: Fast and Intersection-free Simulation in Reduced Subspace for Robot Manipulation Wenxin Du, Chang Yu, Siyu Ma, Ying Jiang, Zeshun Zong, Yin Yang, Joe Masterjohn, Alejandro Castro, Xuchen Han, Chenfanfu Jiang. ICRA, 2025 preprint / project page

Miscellaneous

I am an animal lover, and in my free time, I enjoy spending time with pets.🐶🐱🐹

Design and source code from Jon Barron.
Last updated: 4/17/2026