MIAS Group

Members

Principal Investigator


Rui (Ranger) FAN | 范睿
Professor
rui.fan@ieee.org

Rui (Ranger) FAN [范睿] was born in Jining, Inner Mongolia, China in 02/1993. Rui received the B.Eng. degree in Automation from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 2015 and the Ph.D. degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from the University of Bristol in 2018. He worked as a Research Associate at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 2018 to 2020 and a Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee at the University of California San Diego between 2020 and 2021. He began his faculty career as a Full Research Professor in the College of Electronic & Information Engineering at Tongji University in 2021. He was promoted to Full Professor in 2022 and attained tenure in 2024, both in the same college and at the Shanghai Research Institute for Intelligent Autonomous Systems. His research interests include computer vision, deep learning, and robotics, with a specific focus on humanoid visual perception under the two-streams hypothesis. Prof. Fan served as an associate editor for ICRA 2023/2025 and IROS 2023/2024, an area chair for ICIP 2024, and a senior program committee member for AAAI 2023/2024/2025/2026. He organized several impactful workshops and special sessions in conjunction with WACV 2021, ICIP 2021/2022/2023, ICCV 2021, ECCV 2022, and ICCV 2025. He was honored by being included in the Stanford University List of Top 2% Scientists Worldwide between 2022 and 2025, recognized on the Forbes China List of 100 Outstanding Overseas Returnees in 2023, acknowledged as one of Xiaomi Young Talents in 2023, and awarded the Shanghai Science & Technology 35 Under 35 honor in 2024 as its youngest recipient.


Ph.D. Students


Nachuan MA | 马纳川
Ph.D. Student (2021)
manachuan@163.com

Nachuan Ma received the B.E. degree in Electrical Engineering and Automation from the China University of Mining and Technology in 2019 and the M.Sc. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong in 2020. From 2020 to 2021, he worked as a Research Assistant in the Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree in Control Science and Engineering at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Lihua Xie and Prof. Rui Fan. He received the 2021 Best Paper Award from IET Cyber-Systems and Robotics and the 2022 Best Paper Award from Transportation Safety and Environment. He has served as a reviewer for several leading journals and conferences, including IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, AAAI, ICRA, and IROS. His research interests include computer vision and deep learning for autonomous driving and robotics applications.



Sicen GUO | 郭思岑
Ph.D. Student (2022)
guosicen@tongji.edu.cn

Sicen Guo received the B.Sc. degree in Automation from Tongji University in 2022. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. Her research focuses on semantic segmentation, knowledge distillation, and autonomous driving perception.



Jiahe FAN | 樊嘉禾
Ph.D. Student (2022)
jiahe_fan@tongji.edu.cn

Jiahe Fan received the B.E. degree in Information Engineering from Jilin University in 2019 and the M.S. degree in Information and Communication Engineering from the Beijing Institute of Technology in 2022. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Prof. Shaolong Shu and Prof. Rui Fan. His research focuses on semantic segmentation and unsupervised domain adaptation, which has led to the publication of several research papers. He received the Best Student Paper Award at the 2021 IEEE IST conference.



Yikang ZHANG | 张屹康
Ph.D. Student (2023)
yikangzhang@tongji.edu.cn

Yikang Zhang received the B.Sc. degree in Automation from the Beijing Institute of Technology in 2017 and the M.S. degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Massachusetts Amherst in 2019, where he specialized in Model Predictive Control and Physical Unclonable Functions. He has accumulated extensive industry experience, having worked at TuSimple, where he focused on truck state machines and control systems, UnityDrive, where he contributed to path planning and chassis control, and CASIA, where he developed trajectory prediction algorithms. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include simulation, planning, and control in complex environments.



Chuangwei LIU | 刘创伟
Ph.D. Student (2023)
cwliu@tongji.edu.cn

Chuangwei Liu received the B.E. degree in Automation from Tongji University in 2022 and completed the Introduction to Machine Learning course at the Israel Institute of Technology (Technion) in 2019. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. He has received several honors and awards, including the Second-Class Scholarship from Tongji University in 2017, the First-Class Scholarship in 2018, the National Third Prize in the Huawei Cup National Graduate Mathematical Modeling Contest in 2020, and the Academic Scholarship for Outstanding Students from Tongji University in 2022. His research interests include computer stereo vision, with a particular focus on unsupervised approaches.



Yi FENG | 冯翊
Ph.D. Student (2024)
fengyi@ieee.org

Yi Feng received the B.E. degree in Automation from Tongji University in 2022. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include computer vision and autonomous driving perception.



Hongbo ZHAO | 赵鸿博
Ph.D. Student (2024)
hongbozhao@tongji.edu.cn

Hongbo Zhao received the B.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Tongji University in 2024. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. He was recognized as an Outstanding Graduate of Tongji University in 2024. His research interests include pose estimation and 3D reconstruction for autonomous driving and robotics applications.



Mengtan ZHANG | 张孟谈
Ph.D. Student (2024)
mengtanZ@outlook.com

Mengtan Zhang received the B.Sc. degree in Physics from Tongji University in 2024. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. He was recognized as an Excellent Student of Tongji University in 2022 and an Excellent Graduate of Tongji University in 2024. His research interests include computer vision and deep learning for autonomous driving and robotics applications.



Zhilin HE | 何知霖
Ph.D. Student (2025)
hezhilin@tongji.edu.cn

Zhilin He received the B.S. degree in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics from the Chengdu University of Technology in 2022 and the M.Sc. degree in System Theory from Qingdao University in 2025. She is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan and Prof. Yiming Nie. Her research interests include depth estimation and model lightweighting.



Guanfeng TANG | 唐冠峰
Ph.D. Student (2026)
guanfeng.t@outlook.com

Guanfeng Tang is expected to receive the B.Sc. degree in Artificial Intelligence from Tongji University in 2026. He will pursue the Ph.D. degree with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include computer vision, autonomous driving perception, and robotics.



Wanhui LUO | 罗婉惠
Ph.D. Student (2026)
luowanhui@tongji.edu.cn

Wanhui Luo is expected to receive the B.Sc. degree in Mathematics from Tongji University in 2026. She will pursue the Ph.D. degree with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. She was recognized as an Excellent Student of Tongji University in 2023. Her research interests include explainability analysis in computer vision.


M.Res. Students


Zizhan GUO | 郭子瞻
M.Res. Student (2024)
gozivj@gmail.com

Zizhan Guo received the B.E. degree in Automation from Tongji University in 2024. He is currently pursuing the M.Res. degree with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include novel view synthesis and 3D scene reconstruction.



Zhiwei HUANG | 黄知为
M.Res. Student (2024)
zhiwei.huang@outlook.com

Zhiwei Huang received the B.E. degree in Automation from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2024. He is currently pursuing the M.Res. degree with the MIAS Group in the College of Electronic and Information Engineering at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include computer vision and robotics.



Yu MA | 马羽
M.Res. Student (2024)
mayu2002@tongji.edu.cn

Yu Ma received the B.E. degree in Automation from Tongji University in 2024. He is currently pursuing the M.Res. degree with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include computer vision and semantic segmentation.



Zuyi XIONG | 熊祖绎
M.Res. Student (2025)
zuyixiong64@gmail.com

Zuyi Xiong received the B.E. degree in Artificial Intelligence from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2025. He is currently pursuing the M.Res. degree with the MIAS Group in the College of Electronic and Information Engineering at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include multi-sensor fusion and robotics.



Zhongxing YANG | 杨中星
M.Res. Student (2025)
zhongxing080@gamil.com

Zhongxing Yang received the B.E. degree in Vehicle Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China, in 2025. He is currently pursuing the M.Res. degree with the MIAS Group in the College of Electronic and Information Engineering at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include robotics and deep reinforcement learning.



Jiale WANG | 王佳乐
M.Res. Student (2026)
wangjiale@tongji.edu.cn

Jiale Wang is expected to receive the B.E. degree in Automation from Tongji University in 2026. He will pursue the M.S. degree with the MIAS Group in the College of Electronic and Information Engineering at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include bio-inspired robotics.



Saijun WANG | 王赛君
M.Res. Student (2026)
wangsaijun@tongji.edu.cn

Saijun Wang is expected to receive the B.Sc. degree in Automation from Tongji University in 2026. She will pursue the M.Res. degree with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. Her research interests focus on human-like perception systems, including computer vision and auditory perception.



Jindong ZHANG | 张金栋
M.Res. Student (2026)
hlbx114514@gmail.com

Jindong Zhang is expected to receive the B.E. degree in Robotics Engineering from the Harbin Institute of Technology, Weihai, China, in 2026. He will pursue the M.Res. degree with the MIAS Group in the College of Electronic and Information Engineering at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include novel bionic robots and robotic systems.



Haoran ZHANG | 张浩然
M.Res. Student (2026)
2251736@tongji.edu.cn

Haoran Zhang is expected to receive the B.E. degree in Artificial Intelligence from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2026. He will pursue the M.Res. degree with the MIAS Group in the College of Electronic and Information Engineering at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include 3D scene understanding and multi-task learning.


Alumni


Jiahang LI | 李佳航
M.Res. Student (2022-2025)
lijiahang617@tongji.edu.cn

Jiahang Li received the B.E. degree in Automation from the Taiyuan University of Technology in 2021 and the M.Res. degree from the MIAS Group at Tongji University in 2025, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. He is currently pursuing the Ph.D. degree at Peking University. His research interests include computer vision and deep learning.



Ziwei LONG | 龙子维
Research Assistant (2024-2025)
zwlong@tongji.edu.cn

Ziwei Long received the B.E. degree in Artificial Intelligence from Tongji University in 2024. From 2024 to 2025, he worked as a Research Assistant with the MIAS Group at Tongji University, under the supervision of Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include computer vision and deep learning.



Yu HAN | 韩禹
Visiting Student (2024-2025)
hanyukx@outlook.com

Yu Han is currently pursuing the M.Res. degree at Donghua University, under the supervision of Prof. Yanting Zhang. He was a Visiting Student with the MIAS Group at Tongji University from 2024 to 2025, co-supervised by Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include computer vision and deep learning.