Dr. Xiao is Deputy Head of Department at National Centre for Computer Animation, Faculty of Media and Communication. Dr. Xiao's research interests are in the areas of Motion Capture, Machine Learning, Motion Synthesis, Physics-based Simulation, Virtual Reality and Robotics. Dr. Xiao has supervised seven PhD students and five of them have successfully completed their research degrees. Working as principal investigator, Dr. Xiao had successfully secured and completed a few commercial projects for industry partners from China and in the UK. Working as co-investigator, Dr. Xiao has helped the team to secure and complete various research council funded projects.

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