Experience

Education

• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Beijing Information Science and Technology University, China, 2015
• M.S. in Mechanical Engineering, China Agricultural University, China, 2017
• Vistiting Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, U.S, 2018
• Ph.D in Mechanical Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, 2020

Work experience

• Sept 2023 - present: Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Apr 2021 - Aug 2023: Research Assistant Professor, Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• Jan 2021 – Apr 2021, Senior Research Fellow, Department of Aeronautical and Aviation Engineering, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong, Hong Kong
• 2016 – 2017, Research Algorithm Engineer with the autonomous driving research group at Idriverplus (Autonomous Driving Startups), Beijing, China
• 2014 – 2015, Research Assistant with the autonomous driving research group at Institute of Automation, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China

Academic services

PhD Student Supervision

• Yihan Zhong, Ph.D. student (2022 - ) B.E. GXU - M.S. PolyU
• Xikun Liu, Ph.D. student (2022 - ) B.E. GXU - M.S. KIT
• Xi Zheng, Ph.D. student (2022 - ) B.E. NPU - M.S. NPU
• Runzhi Hu, Ph.D. student (2022 - ) B.E. CAU - M.S. CAU
• Yuanyuan Zhang, Ph.D. student (2023 - ) B.E. SDU - M.S. TJU
• Baoshan Song, Ph.D. student (2023 - ) B.E. WHU - M.S. WHU
• Peiwen Yang, Ph.D. student (2023 - ) B.E. WUT - M.S. BIT
• Ruijie Xu, Ph.D. student (2023 - ) B.E. BUCT
• Yifeng Cao, Ph.D. student (2023 - ) B.E. WUT - M.S. Waterloo (co-advise with Prof. Dongpu Cao from Tsinghua University)
• Feng Huang, Ph.D. student (2020 - ) B.E. SZU - M.S. HKUST (co-advise with Dr. Li-Ta Hsu)
• Yuan Li, Ph.D. student (2023 - ) B.E. SZU - M.S. Hohai U (co-advise with Dr. Li-Ta Hsu)
• Xiao Xia, Ph.D. student (2022 - ) B.E. BIT - M.S. RWTH Aachen (co-advise with Dr. Li-Ta Hsu)
• Hongmin Zhang, Ph.D. student (2022 - ) B.E. WHU - M.S. WHU (co-advise with Dr. Li-Ta Hsu)
• Penggao Yan, Ph.D. student (2021 - ) B.E. WHU - M.S. WHU (co-advise with Dr. Li-Ta Hsu)
• Yunjuan Sun, Ph.D. student (2021 - ) B.E. HIT - M.S. HIT (co-advise with Dr. Xintao Liu)

Postdoc Researchers

• Shiyu Bai, Postdoc (2023 - ) B.E. NUAA - M.S. NUAA - Ph.D. NUAA
• Jian Liu, Postdoc (2023 - ) B.E. GUET - M.S. GUET - Ph.D. HIT

Research Assistant (RA)

• Jiahao Hu, RA (2023 - ) B.E. WUT - M.S. WUT

Alumnus

• Postdocs
  • Jiachen Zhang, Postdoc (2022 - 2023) B.E. TJU - M.S. TJU - Ph.D. TJU

Selected Editorial/Chair in Journals and Conference

Journal editorial

• Young Editorial Board Member in Journal of Data Science and Intelligent Systems. (2023~)
• Young Editorial Board Member in Journal of Marine Science and Application. (2021~)
• Editorial Board Member in The Open Transportation Journal. (2022~)
• Leading Guest Editor in Frontiers in Robotics and AI, Navigation, Perception, Control for Unmanned Autonomous Systems in Dynamic Urban Scenarios, 2021.
• Leading Guest Editor in Electronics, Advanced Integrated Navigation Methods, 2022.

Conference chairs

• Session Chair, IPIN 2022, Special Session: Indoor maps, Indoor Spatial Data Model & Indoor Mobile Mapping, and 3D building models, Beijing, China.
• Session Chair, ION GNSS+ 2022 , Special Session: ALTERNATIVE TECHNOLOGIES FOR GNSS-DENIED ENVIRONMENTS, Colorado, U.S.
• Workshop Leading Chair, IEEE ITSC 2022, Workshop: intelligent Vehicle Meets Urban: Safe and Certifiable Navigation and Control for Intelligent Vehicles in Complex Urban Scenarios, Macau, China.
• Session Co-chair, ICGNC 2022, Special Session: Intelligent Navigation and Advanced Information Fusion Technology, Harbin, China.

Selected Regular Reviewers in Journals and Conference

Journals

• IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation System (2017~)
• IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Magazine (2017~)
• IEEE Sensors Journal (2018~)
• NAVIGATION: Journal of the Institute of Navigation
• IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (2017~)
• IEEE Transactions on Robotics (2021~)
• IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurement (2022~)
• IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (2021~)

Conferences

• ION GNSS+ 2021, ION GNSS+ 2022
• IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (2019, 2020, 2021)
• IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (2019, 2020, 2021).
• IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (2020~)