Andrew Xu

Hi, I'm Qiyuan Xu. Currently a PhD student at the University of Liverpool — I use AI/ML to solve computer vision problems in physics

Project Associate, Beam Instrumentation Group, CERN

2024-2026

PhD in Physics and Machine Learning, Department of Physics, University of Liverpool

2023–2027

MSc in Artificial Intelligence, School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh

2019-2020

BEng in Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University

2013–2017

Publications

Evaluating Machine Learning Models for Multimode-Fiber-Based Transverse Beam Profile Reconstruction Q. Xu, A. Hill, H. Zhang, F. Roncarolo, G. Trad, S. Burger, W. Farabolini, P. Korysko, D. Metin, C. Welsch
IBIC 2025

Estimation of Beam Transverse Parameters Through a Multimode Fiber using Deep Learning Q. Xu, A. Hill, H. Zhang, F. Roncarolo, G. Trad, C. P. Welsch
IBIC 2024

AuleLab – decoupled from OptiBeam, optimized for multi hardware control and sync, under development...

XFlow – minimal, modular machine-learning framework for scientific workflows

OptiBeam – my PhD experiment hardware control library and automation framework

IBIC 2025 two conference proceedings

NVIDIA & Dell AI Discovery Day poster prize

Best Young Researcher Poster at MaLAPA'25

Best poster prize at Cockcroft Institute conference