Stephen Xia

Stephen Xia is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Northwestern University, affiliated by courtesy with Computer Science. His research interests include systems, embedded AI, and data, with applications in mobile and embedded systems, cyber-physical systems, IoT, wearables, edge computing, smart cities, machine learning, robotics, and digital health. Xia's work focuses on developing resource-efficient systems and methods to embed intelligent perception and reasoning into common infrastructure and everyday objects. He has published in top conferences such as AAAI, NeurIPS, SenSys, and IMWUT, among others.

Stephen Xia is a researcher specializing in Embedded Intelligence, Mobile and Embedded Systems, Cyber Physical Systems, and Smart Environments. His work focuses on developing intelligent wearable systems for applications such as pedestrian safety, energy optimization in commercial buildings, and health monitoring. Xia's research includes deep reinforcement learning for occupant-driven energy systems, conductive thread-based textile sensors for perspiration monitoring, and low-cost wireless glasses for bio-signal acquisition and emotion recognition. He also explores privacy-preserving audio systems and AI-based mental status examination tools for home environments. His contributions span across human activity recognition, smart home technologies, and intelligent automation in urban settings.