I-Chun (Arthur) Liu

I-Chun (Arthur) Liu

CS (Robotics & AI) PhD Student

University of Southern California

Biography

Hi! I am a PhD student advised by Prof. Gaurav Sukhatme at the University of Southern California (USC). I also work closely with Prof. Daniel Seita. My research interest lies in the fields of imitation learning and reinforcement learning for robotic manipulation. Currently, my research focuses on vision-based bimanual manipulation. Prior to joining USC, I completed my master’s degree in Computer Science from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), and my bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

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Interests
  • Robotic Manipulation
  • Imitation Learning
  • Deep Reinforcement Learning
Education
  • PhD in Computer Science (Robotics & AI), Ongoing

    University of Southern California (USC)

  • MS in Computer Science, 2023

    University of Southern California (USC)

  • MS in Computer Science, 2016

    University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA)

  • BSc in Computer Science, 2014

    University of Wisonsin-Madison

Research
Experience

 
 
 
 
 
PhD Researcher
University of Southern California, Robotics Embedded Systems Laboratory (RESL)
Aug 2023 – Present Los Angeles, CA, United States
 
 
 
 
 
Applied Scientist Intern
Amazon Robotics
May 2023 – Aug 2023 MA, United States
  • Targeted bin picking research (robotic manipulation).
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant
University of Southern California, Robotics Embedded Systems Laboratory (RESL)
Jan 2021 – May 2023 Los Angeles, CA, United States
 
 
 
 
 
Research Assistant
Academia Sinica, Multimedia Technologies Laboratory
Jan 2019 – Dec 2020 Taipei, Taiwan
  • Conducted computer vision research in topics including object detection and instance segmentation.

Awards

USC 1-Year Fellowship
Awarded to selected PhD students.
August 2023 - August 2024.
Computer Science Best Research Award
MS Award.

Service

Reviewer

  • CoRL 2022 to 2024
  • WAFR 2024
  • ICRA 2025

Teaching Assistant at USC

  • 2024/08 to 2024/12: CSCI 545: Introduction to Robotics (Master’s Level)