Xiuyun Wu
Research Scientist at Meta
Redmond, Washington, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolXiuyun Wu is a research scientist at Reality Labs (Meta) with a decade of experience probing the links between eye movements and visual perception using visual psychophysics, eye tracking, and quantitative analysis. With a PhD in Neuroscience from UBC and publications in Journal of Vision and Journal of Neurophysiology, she translates tightly controlled experimental insights into practical guidance for VR/AR product design. She brings strong technical chops in MATLAB, R, and Python, plus hands-on experience running end-to-end studies that inform UX and applied perception. Notably, her work revealed nuanced dissociations between anticipatory eye movements and perceived motion, underscoring her ability to connect basic science to real-world interface challenges. Based in Redmond, she is actively exploring roles at the intersection of applied perception, UX research, and data science to make immersive technologies more accessible.
11 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Arts (MA) Experimental Psychology, Master of Arts (MA) Experimental Psychology at New York UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Neuroscience at The University of British ColumbiaBachelor of Science - BS Psychology, Bachelor of Science - BS Psychology at Peking University
English, Chinese
Github Skills (3)
visible6
predictor3
field-of-view3
Programming languages (2)
Github contributions (5)
CaptainS5/TorsionPerception
Oct 2017 - Sep 2020
Contributions:134 pushes, 1 branch in 2 years 10 months
CaptainS5/AnticipatoryPursuit-MotionPerception
Jul 2018 - Jun 2022
Contributions:117 pushes, 1 branch in 4 years
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