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Fangfang Xia is a researcher working at the intersection of surgical data science, neuromorphic computing, and machine learning, with contributions spanning both clinical robotics and advanced hardware systems. Xia's work in robot-assisted minimally invasive surgery has focused on translating complex surgical motion into quantifiable, analyzable data streams. Their research on recurrent and spiking neural network models for sparse surgical kinematics represents an innovative approach to capturing and interpreting the subtle motion sequences performed by surgeons during robotic procedures, with implications for objective skill assessment and automated guidance. Xia has also contributed to the Intuitive Surgical SurgToolLoc and SurgVU challenges, collaborative initiatives that have galvanized the surgical data science community around tool localization and video understanding problems, accumulating notable early citation traction. Beyond the operating room, Xia's more recent work on large-scale stretchable neuromorphic circuits demonstrates a broader vision for edge computing on the human body, enabling real-time sensory data processing in wearable and robotic contexts. Together, these contributions reflect a researcher dedicated to bridging intelligent hardware and surgical intelligence, pushing toward more responsive, data-driven clinical and embodied systems.