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Topic: Recent Advances in Embodied Artificial Intelligence
Rui (Ranger) Fan is a Full Professor with tenure in the College of
Electronics and Information Engineering at Tongji University, and
is affiliated with the Shanghai Research Institute for Intelligent
Autonomous Systems (SRIAS), the State Key Laboratory of Intelligent
Autonomous Systems, and the Frontiers Science Center for Intelligent
Autonomous Systems. He received his B.Eng. degree from the Harbin
Institute of Technology and his Ph.D. degree from the University of
Bristol, where his doctoral research focused on real-time stereo vision
for automotive applications. Prior to joining Tongji University, he held
Prof. Rui Fan research and postdoctoral positions at the Hong Kong University of
Department of Control Science and Technology and the University of California, San Diego. He
leads the Machine Intelligence & Autonomous Systems (MIAS) Group
Science and Engineering, and serves as the General Chair of the Autonomous Vehicle Vision
Tongji University, (AVVision) Community. His research interests lie in computer vision,
Shanghai, China. deep learning, and robotics, with a particular focus on perception and
autonomy for intelligent systems.
Professor Qijun Chen graduated from Huazhong University of
Science and Technology in 1987, earned his M.S. in Information and
Control Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 1990, and
received his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from Tongji University
in 1999. He is currently a Professor and Ph.D. supervisor at the
Department of Control Science and Engineering, Tongji University,
and has served as Dean of the School of Electronics and Information
Engineering. He has held visiting positions at the University of
Hagen, Germany (2002), UC Berkeley, USA (2008), and ETH Zurich,
Prof. Qijun Chen Switzerland (2010). He has led more than ten major research projects,
including National Natural Science Foundation projects, international
Department of Control collaborations, National 863 and Science and Technology Support
Science and Engineering, Program projects, and key provincial initiatives. Professor Chen has
Tongji University, authored and edited two books and published over 170 papers. His
Shanghai, China. work has been recognized with multiple awards, including the First
Prize of the Shanghai Science and Technology Progress Award, the
Second Prize twice, and the First Prize of the Ministry of Education
Science and Technology Progress Award. He has also been selected
for the Ministry of Education’s New Century Excellent Talent
Program, the Shanghai Outstanding Academic Leader Program, the
Shanghai Shuguang Scholar Program, and awarded the State Council
Special Government Allowance. His research focuses on intelligent
robotics and robotic systems, embedded systems, networked systems,
and their applications.
