Thesis title: Heterogeneous sensor fusion for locally smooth and globally consistent state estimation
February 2018 - December 2022 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2012 - June 2016 Xi'an Jiaotong University
Bachelor in Software Engineering
Research focus: SLAM
Personal website: https://github.com/shaozu/

Thesis title: Decentralized and distributed collaborative simultaneous localization and mapping system for aerial swarms
February 2018 - December 2022 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2012 - June 2016 University of Science and Technology of China
Bachelor in physics
Research focus: Aerial swarm
Personal website: https://www.xuhao1.me/

Thesis title: Depth estimation and map fusion based on stereo rig for autonomous robots
February 2018 - December 2022 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2009 - June 2014 Northwestern Polytechnical University
Bachelor in Computer Science and Technology
Research focus: Depth estimation, Mapping and Learning-based SLAM

Thesis title: Data association and relocalization for semantic SLAM
September 2020 - August 2022 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2004 - June 2008 Peking University
Bachelor in Electronics Science and Technology
Research focus: SLAM
Personal website: https://www.linkedin.com/in/junfeng-yu-80363793/

Thesis title: Fast autonomous navigation and exploration for aerial robots in complex environments
September 2018 - August 2022 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2014 - June 2018 Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering
Research focus: Motion planning, autonomous navigation and reconstruction, aerial robots, multi-robot systems
Personal website: https://boyuzhou.net/

B.Eng., Beihang University
Research focus: Multiple-view geometry; VO/ SLAM; UAV's GNC; Dynamic vision sensors
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/view/zhouyi-joey/home

Wenchao Ding 丁文超
Current position: Research engineer, Huawei
Thesis title: Motion planning and decision-making for autonomous systems: from quadrotors to autonomous vehicles
December 2016 - August 2020 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2012 - August 2016 Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Bachelor in Electronics and Information Engineering
Research focus: Motion planning; Autonomous vehicle navigation
Personal website: https://wenchaoding.github.io/

Kaixuan Wang 王凯旋
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: Monocular dense mapping and reconstruction for autonomous robots
September 2016 - August 2020 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2012 - June 2016 Southeast University
Bachelor in Automation
Research focus: Depth estimation and mapping
Personal website: https://wang-kx.github.io/

Peiliang Li 栗培梁
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: 3D object detection and tracking for autonomous driving
September 2016 - August 2020 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2012 - June 2016 University of Science and Technology of China
Bachelor in Electronic Science and Technology
Research focus: Visual-inertial estimation; 3D object detection & tracking
Personal website: https://peiliangli.github.io/

Manohar Kuse
Current position: Senior software engineer, Magic Leap
Thesis title: Techniques for a failsafe visual inertial SLAM systems
January 2015 - December 2019 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2008 - August 2012
Bachelor in the LNM Institute of Information Technology (LNMIIT)
Research focus: Model-based localization; Machine learning; Visual navigation
Personal website: https://kusemanohar.info/

Tong Qin 秦通
Current position: Tenure-track associate professor, Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Thesis title: Visual-inertial state estimation for autonomous robots
September 2019 - September 2023 Huawei Research Engineer
September 2015 - August 2019 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2011 - June 2015 Zhejiang University
B.Eng. in Control Science and Engineering
Research focus: SLAM; Visual-inertial odometry; State estimation; Augmented reality
Personal website: http://www. qintonguav.com/

Fei Gao 高飞
Current position: Associate professor, Zhejiang University
Thesis title: Motion planning for autonomous flights: algorithms, systems, and applications
September 2015 - August 2019 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2011 - June 2015 Zhejiang University
B.Eng. in Control Science and Engineering
Research focus: Unmanned aerial vehicle; Trajectory generation; Motion planning; Autonomous navigation
Personal website: http://zju-fast.com/research-group/fei-gao/

Kejie Qiu 裘科杰
Current position: Algorithm engineer, Alibaba
Thesis title: 3D motion correlation analysis-based state estimation in robotics
September 2015 - August 2019 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
August 2013- July 2015 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2009 - June 2013 Zhejiang University
B.Eng. in Optical Engineering
Research focus: Environment model-based global localization; 3D visual object tracking; Heterogeneous multi-sensor synchronization and calibration
Personal website: https://sites.google.com/site/kejieqiujack/

Jie Pan 潘杰
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: A complete and robust aerial robot system for automated infrastructure inspection with human machine interface
September 2017 - August 2019 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2013 - June 2017 Xidian University
B.Eng. in Software Engineering
Research focus: Multi-sensor fusion state estimation; Autonomous aerial and ground robots system design and applications

Luxin Han 韩路新
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: FIESTA: fast incremental Euclidean distance fields for online motion planning of aerial robots
September 2017 - August 2019 The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2013 - June 2017 University of Science and Technology of China
B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology
Research focus: Dense mapping; Motion planning

William Wu 吴易霖
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: Temporal scheduling and optimization for multi-MAV planning
February 2017 - August 2019   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2012 - June 2016 Beihang University
B.Eng. in Automation

Wenliang Gao 高文良
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: Autonomous aerial robot using dual-fisheye system
September 2016 - August 2018   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2012 - June 2016   Beijing Institute of Technology
B.Eng. in Photoelectric Engineering
Research focus: Sensor fusion; Robot swarm; Unmanned aerial vehicle; Gimbal system
Personal website: https://gaowenliang.github.io/

Tianbo Liu 刘天博
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: Monocular visual inertial perception for micro aerial robots at high altitude
September 2015 - August 2017   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2010 - June 2014   Harbin Institute of Technology
B.Eng. in Automation
Research focus: Micro aerial vehicles; Sensor fusion; State estimation
Personal website: https://github.com/groundmelon

Yi Lin 林毅
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: Monocular dense mapping and blur-aware localization for aerial robots
September 2015 - August 2017   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2011 - June 2015   Harbin Institute of Technology
B.Eng. in Software Engineering
Research focus: SLAM; Dense visual odometry
Personal website: https://github.com/waynetimer

Yonggen Ling 凌永根
Current position: AI Lab senior researcher, Tencent
Thesis title: Real-time localization and mapping for autonomous navigation
September 2012 - July 2017   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Ph.D. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2008 - June 2012   South China University of Technology
B.Eng. in Computer Science and Engineering
Research focus: Visual odometry; Visual-inertial fusion; SLAM; Mapping for autonomous navigation
Personal website: https://ygling2008.github.io/

Yuting Sun 孙玉婷 (co-supervised with Prof. Zexiang Li)
Current position: Technical project manager, Megvii
Thesis title: Visual navigation system for an indoor service robot
September 2014 - February 2017   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2010 - July 2014   University of Electronic Science and Technology of China
B.Eng. in Mechanical Design and Manufacture and its Automation
Research focus: Mobile robot navigation

Jing Chen 陈竞
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: Online generation of safe trajectories for quadrotor UAV flight in cluttered environments
September 2014 - August 2016   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2010 - July 2014   Harbin Institute of Technology
B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology
Research focus: Motion planning; Optimization programming; Mobile robot navigation

Zhenfei Yang 杨振飞
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: Visual-inertial fusion for autonomous flight of rotorcraft MAVs
September 2014 - August 2016   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2010 - August 2014   Harbin Institute of Technology
B.Eng. in Computer Science and Technology, Honors School
Research focus: Visual-inertial state estimation; Dense mapping for autonomous navigation

Kunyue Su 苏坤岳
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: Estimation, control and interactive demonstration of quadrotor teams
September 2014 - July 2016   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2010 - August 2014   Harbin Institute of Technology
B.Eng. in Automation, Honors School
Research focus: Quadrotor manipulation; Visual-inertial state estimation

Bing Li 李兵 (co-supervised with Prof. Ling Shi)
Current position: Algorithm engineer, DJI
Thesis title: CSI-based WiFi-inertial state estimation
September 2014 - July 2016   The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
M.Phil. in Electronic and Computer Engineering
September 2009 - August 2013   Harbin Institute of Technology
B.Eng. in Flight Vehicle Design and Engineering, Honors School
Research focus: Sensor Fusion; SLAM

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