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.

Research

I am interested in building generalizable robot manipulation systems that use simulation to acquire diverse skills at scale and autonomously adapt to the real world.

	TacCoRL: Integrating Tactile Feedback into VLA via Simulation Siyu Ma, Yuqi Liang, Chang Yu^†, Yunuo Chen, Hao Su, Yixin Zhu, Yin Yang, Chenfanfu Jiang. Oral@RSS 2026 Tactile-FM Workshop* arXiv \| project page
	Sparse2Act: Learning Action-Aligned Sparse 3D Representations for Cross-Domain Robot Manipulation Yu Guo, Chang Yu, Siyu Ma*, Yunuo Chen, Yin Yang, Ying Nian Wu, Chenfanfu Jiang. arXiv \| project page
	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 arXiv \| 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 arXiv \| 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 arXiv \| project page

Miscellaneous

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