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    Institute for Low Altitude Innovation

    Membership

    1）Director of the unit

    Name Title Department Research areas
    Shugong Xu Professor Department of Intelligent Science Foundation models (CFM for 6G / wireless communication and sensing, protein foundation model for biomedicine, time series foundation model, etc); multimodal sensing (especially for low altitude sensing and autonomous driving); AI for drug development (for example linker design for ADC and antibody design); AI for wireless.

     

    2）Team members/Experts/Consultants

    Name Title Department Research areas
    Qiufeng Wang Head of Department, Professor

     

    		 Department of Intelligent Science Math Reasoning; Document Analysis and Recognition; Pattern Recognition; Computer Vision
    Min Chen Associate Dean for Research, Professor Department of Mechatronics and Robotics Multiphysics Coupled Analysis; Multiscale Modelling and Analysis of Composites; Reliability Analysis of Structures; Computational Mechanics; Robotics.
    Yu Song Director, Professor Think Tank Social Changes and Social Policy; Local Governance and Public Policy; S&T Innovation and S&T Policy in China.
    Cheng Zhang Associate Dean for Research, Senior Associate Professor Department of Civil Engineering Artificial Intelligence (AI) Applications in Smart Construction; Building Information Modelling (BIM) and City Information Modelling (CIM); 3D Re-construction Technology and Semantic-enhancement of 3D Models; Sustainable Construction and Smart Construction Site; VR-based Technology for Construction Safety and Building Evacuation; Indoor Thermal Environment and Energy Optimization; Intelligent Rail Transit Transportation and Energy Efficiency.
    Dongyao Jia Senior Associate Professor Department of Communications and Networking Vehicular networks; Connected and automated driving; Intelligent transportation systems; Digital-twin-enabled transportation; Low-altitude air mobility.
    Junjie Zhang Associate Professor Department of Intelligent Science Computer Vision; Multi-Modal Learning; Embodied AI; With a special focus on UAV (Aerial) Perception, Remote Sensing Interpretation, AI for Sports & Education.
    Yin Cao Associate Professor Department of Intelligent Science Machine learning for audio and speech; spatial audio modeling; intelligent sound event detection and localization; active noise control; and data-driven acoustic signal processing
    Qian Dong Associate Professor Department of Communications and Networking Localization; Wireless and mobile networks; UAV path planning; 5G 6G systems; Internet of Things (IoT).
    Xiaohui Zhu Associate Professor Department of Computing AI techniques related to unmanned surface vehicles and water environment monitoring; Autonomous navigation and collision avoidance; Multi-objective optimization; Fast path planning.
    Chenguang Liu Associate Professor School of Robotics Distribution Robot for Reconfigurable Power Supply; Next-generation Energy Storage System; Charge transport properties in asymmetric-based large area self-assembled monolayers (SAMs).
    Bintao Hu Assistant Professor School of Internet of Things 5G/6G enabling technologies: network architecture, resource allocation, and interface and transmission technologies; Cloud/edge/fog/device-computing assisted radio access networks; Wireless networked control of mobile robotic objects: autonomous driving, and IoT industry automation; Integration and coordination of communication, computing etc.; U2X/V2X/D2D Communications.
    Wenzhang Zhang Assistant Professor School of Internet of Things Wireless Power Transfer & Energy Harvesting; Metamaterial, Metasurface(-based); Wearable/Implantable RF Device design; Antenna Design.
    Rui Pei Assistant Professor Department of Communications and Networking Radio frequency circuits and antennas; flexible and wearable electronics (including smartphones, VR Headsets and glasses); radar-absorbing materials; intelligent metasurfaces; and the application of machine learning in electromagnetic material design.
    Yuanjian Li Assistant Professor Department of Communications and Networking AI for Next-Generation Wireless Systems; Ecosystem of Wireless, AI, and Quantum Computing.
    Along Jin Assistant Professor Department of Communications and Networking Cloud Computing; Computer Networks; Distributed Systems; Machine Learning.
    Fei Cheng Assistant Professor Department of Communications and Networking Sequence Forecasting; Deep Learning; Machine Learning; Computer Vision; 3D Video Coding; Multimedia Technology.
    Sichen Liu Assistant Professor Department of Intelligent Science Audio Signal Processing; Sound Event Detection; Unmanned Aerial Vehicle Detection.
    Tianru Zhang Assistant Professor Department of Mechatronics and Robotics Sensorless control of electrical machines; Power electronics and advanced control theory; High-density electronic drive system for high-precision robotic actuators; High performance PMSM drive system for electric vehicle powertrain; Electric propulsion system design of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV).
    Fanxin Wang Assistant Professor Department of Mechatronics and Robotics Robotics & control; Quadruped robots; UAV/UGV navigation in GPS-denied environments.
    Chenjie Gu Assistant Professor Think Tank Urban analytic and spatial analysis; Land use simulation; Ecological plan.