Assoc. Prof. Fu Zhang
The University of Hong Kong,China
Biography：Dr. Fu Zhang is an Associate Professor in the Mechanical Engineering Department at the University of Hong Kong (HKU). His research focuses on the unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and light detection and ranging (LiDAR) simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM). Dr. Zhang has worked on various topics of UAVs, including design, navigation, control, and perception, as well as LiDAR SLAM algorithms, such as odometry, place recognition, mapping, and multi-sensor fusion. His team received the IROS’23 Best Paper Award on Robot Mechanisms and Design and the ICRA23 Best Mechanical Design Award in workshop on Agile Movements: Animal Behavior, Biomechanics, and Robot Devices. His work are selected for the TMECH’23 Best Paper Award Finalist, IROS’23 Best Paper Award Finalists (two), and ICRA’23 Outstanding Navigation Paper Finalist. His papers in Science Robotics are selected as the cover page of the journal or visually featured on the website of Science. Dr. Zhang’s work in this field has also led to numerous championships in international SLAM challenges and has found wide applications in the community.
Assoc. Prof. Yong Zhong
South China University of Technology, China
Biography：Zhong Yong, Ph.D., is currently an assistant professor (special researcher) at Wu Xianming School of Intelligent Engineering, South China University of Technology. He is a member of IEEE, member of RAS, member of ASME, and has published/accepted more than 30 papers in important international journals and conferences (e.g., IEEE TMECH, IEEE TIM, IEEE RA-L and other authoritative journals), and has accepted more than 6 patents for inventions. He has received more than 6 patents for his inventions, and has been shortlisted for 1 best paper award in an international conference. He is now the associate editor of one international journal and reviewer of more than 20 international journals. He is the chair of 2 provincial and ministerial level projects, and many horizontal projects. |
