Principal Investigator
[Rui (Ranger) FAN] [范睿] was born in Inner Mongolia, China in 02/1993. Rui received his B.Eng. degree from the Harbin Institute of Technology in 07/2015 and his Ph.D. degree (thesis title: “Real-Time Computer Stereo Vision for Automotive Applications”, under the supervision of Prof. John G. Rarity and Prof. Naim Dahnoun) from the University of Bristol in 06/2018. Rui worked as a Research Associate, supervised by Prof. Ming Liu, at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology from 07/2018 to 02/2020. He then worked as a Postdoctoral Scholar-Employee, supervised by Prof. Linda M. Zangwill and Prof. David J. Kriegman, at the University of California San Diego from 02/2020 to 09/2021. Rui began his faculty career as a Full Research Professor with the College of Electronics & Information Engineering at Tongji University in 10/2021, and was then promoted to a Full Professor in the same college, as well as at the Shanghai Research Institute for Intelligent Autonomous Systems (SRIAS), the State Key Laboratory of Intelligent Autonomous Systems, and Frontiers Science Center for Intelligent Autonomous Systems in 12/2022. Rui directs the Machine Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Group. Rui was named in Stanford University List of Top 2% Scientists Worldwide in 2022. Rui is the General Chair of the Autonomous Vehicle Vision (AVVision) Community. Rui’s research interests include computer vision, deep learning, and robotics.
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. Between 2020 and 2021, he worked as a research assistant with the department of electronic and electrical engineering at the Southern University of Science and Technology. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree (under the supervision of Prof. Lihua Xie and Prof. Rui Fan) in the department of control science and engineering at Tongji University. He won 2021 Best Paper Award of journal <IET Cyber-Systems and Robotics> and 2022 Best Paper Award of journal <Transportation Safety and Environment>. He served as a reviewer of IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, AAAI, ICRA, IROS, etc. His research interests include computer vision and deep learning in autonomous driving and robotics.
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 her Ph.D. degree, supervised by Prof. Rui Fan, with the Machine Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Group in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (RAIL) at Tongji University. Her research focus lies in the area of semantic segmentation, knowledge distillation and autonomous driving perception.
Jiahe FAN | 樊嘉禾
Ph.D. Student (2022)
jiahe_fan@tongji.edu.cn
Jiahe FAN obtained his B.E. degree in information engineering from Jilin University in 2019 and his M.S. degree in information and communication engineering from the Beijing Institute of Technology in 2022. Currently, he is a Ph.D. candidate under the supervision of Prof. Shaolong Shu and Prof. Rui Fan. His research focus lies in the area of semantic segmentation and unsupervised domain adaptation, which has led to the publication of several research papers. He won 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 obtained his B.Sc. degree in Automotion from the Beijing Institute of Technology in 2017, followed by an M.S. degree in ECE from UMASS Amherst in 2019, where he specialized in Model Predictive Control and Physical Unclonable Functions. He has since gained extensive industry experience, working with companies such as Tusimple, where he focused on truck state machine and controller, UnityDrive, where he contributed to Path Planner and chassis control, and CASIA, where he worked on Trajectory Prediction Algorithms. Currently, Yikang is pursuing his Ph.D. degree, supervised by Prof. Rui Fan. His research interests include Simulation, Planning, and Control in complex environment.
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 pushing his Ph.D. degree, supervised by Prof. Rui Fan, with the Machine Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Group in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (RAIL) at Tongji University. He received a second-class scholarship from Tongji University in 2017, a first-class scholarship from Tongji University in 2018, the national third prize of the HUAWEI CUP National Graduate Mathematical Modeling Contest in 2020, and an academic scholarship for outstanding students of Tongji University in 2022. His research interests include computer stereo vision, especially for 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 his Ph.D. degree (supervised by Prof. Rui Fan) in Machine Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Group with the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (RAIL) at Tongji University. His research interests include computer vision and autonomous driving perception.
Mengtan ZHANG | 张孟谈
Ph.D. Student (2024)
mengtanZ@outlook.com
Mengtan ZHANG received his B.Sc. degree in Physics from Tongji University in 2024. He is currently pursuing his Ph.D. degree, supervised by Prof. Rui Fan, with the Machine Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Group in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (RAIL) at Tongji University. He was awarded 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 in autonomous driving and robotics.
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 his Ph.D. degree, supervised by Prof. Rui Fan, with the Machine Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Group in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (RAIL) at Tongji University. He was recognized as an outstanding Graduate of Tongji University in 2024. His research interests include pose estimation and 3D reconstruction in autonomous driving and robotics.
M.Res. Students
Jiahang LI | 李佳航
M.Res. Student (2022)
lijiahang617@tongji.edu.cn
Jiahang LI received the B.E. degree in automation from the Taiyuan University of Technology in 2021. He is currently pursuing his Master degree, supervised by Prof. Rui Fan, with the Machine Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Group in the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (RAIL) at Tongji University. His research interests include computer vision and deep learning.
Zizhan GUO | 郭子瞻
M.Res. Student (2024)
gozivj@gmail.com
Zizhan GUO received his B.E. degree in the major of Automation at Tongji Univ. in 2024. He is currently pursuing his Master degree (supervised by Prof. Rui Fan) in Machine Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Group with the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (RAIL) at Tongji University. 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 his M.Sc. degree, supervised by Prof. Rui Fan, with the MIAS Group in the College of Electronics and Information Engineering at Tongji University. His research interests include computer vision and robotics.
Zuyi XIONG | 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 his Master degree (supervised by Prof. Rui Fan) in Machine Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Group with the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (RAIL) at Tongji University. His research interests include computer vision and semantic segmentation.
Yu MA | 熊祖绎
M.Res. Student (2025)
zuyixiong64@gmail.com
Zuyi XIONG will receive the B.E. degree in artificial intelligence from Tongji University, Shanghai, China, in 2025. He will pursue his M.Sc. degree, supervised by Prof. Rui Fan, with the MIAS Group in the College of Electronics and Information Engineering at Tongji University. His research interests include multi-sensor fusion and robotics.
Visiting Students
Yu HAN | 韩禹
Visiting Student
hanyukx@outlook.com
Yu HAN is a 23rd master student at Donghua University, supervised by Yanting Zhang. He is currently a Visiting Student (co-supervised by Prof. Rui Fan) in Machine Intelligence and Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Group with the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (RAIL) at Tongji University. His research interests include computer vision and feature matching.