Jianan Sprout

About

Hi, I am Jianan Xu, a software developer and AI researcher who is passionate about contributing to building AI-powered systems that have meaningful real-world impact. I recently obtained my Master’s degree in Computer Science at EPFL, and my Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) in 2023. My technical background spans software engineering, computer vision, video processing, multimodal generative models, LLM-powered agentic pipelines.

Here is a mini agentic sample lifecycle management system that I’m building out of personal interest: https://jiananalvin.github.io/mini_sample_management_AI_agent/ . The project is still evolving, and more features are coming soon. GitHub repository: https://github.com/jiananalvin/mini_sample_management_AI_agent .

Jianan Xu

Research

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Zero-shot Synthesis of Large-scale Human-Scene Interactions via 2D Foundation Models
J. Xu, S. Zhang, A. Alahi, S. Tang
[Master's thesis]
[Conference]
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Improving Temporal Understanding in Text-to-Motion Models
J. Xu, Y. Haghighi, A. Alahi
[Semester project]
[Conference]
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AI-Assisted Real-Time Recovery of Droplet Movements for Digital Microfluidic Biochips
J. Xu, W. Fan, L. Pezzarossa
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[Conference]
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AI-Based Detection of Droplets and Bubbles in Digital Microfluidic Biochips
J. Xu, W. Fan, J. Madsen, G. Plamenov Tanev, L. Pezzarossa
Paper
2023 Design, Automation & Test in Europe Conference & Exhibition (DATE)
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RGBManip
Depth-based Deep Learning for Manhole Detection in UAV Navigation
Rasmus E. Andersen*, M. Zajaczkowski*, H. Jaiswal, J. Xu, W. Fan, E. Boukas
Paper
2022 IEEE International Conference on Imaging Systems and Techniques (IST)
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Experience

EPFL
Research at VLG, ETH Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Feb. 2025 – Feb. 2026
EPFL
Research at VITA Lab, EPFL, Lausanne, Switzerland
Sep. 2024 – Aug. 2025
Agilent
Software Engineer Intern, Agilent Technologies, Lausanne, Switzerland
Jun. 2024 – Sep. 2024
JHU
Exchange Student, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA
Aug. 2022 – Dec. 2022
DTU
Research at Embedded Systems Lab, DTU, Lyngby, Denmark
Research at Automation and Control Group, DTU, Lyngby, Denmark
Jan. 2022 – Jun. 2023
Oct. 2021 – Apr. 2022

Honors & Awards

  • Bachelor's Degree with Honors2023

  • Reinholdt W. Jorck and Wife’s Scholarship2022

    The Confederation of Danish Industry

  • The Andersen Project Scholarship2020

    National Student Union in Denmark

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