About me
Personal Information
I am currently a Ph.D Candidate in the Intelligent Positioning and Navigation Lab (IPNL), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, advised by Dr. Li-Ta Hsu and Dr. Weisong Wen. I was also a visiting student in the ARCO Lab at McMaster University, advised by Dr. Matthew Giamou. I received my master’s and bachelor’s degrees from the GREAT Lab, Wuhan University, advised by Dr. Xingxing Li.
Education:
- Ph.D. in Navigation and Positioning, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University (2023-present, in writing phase)
- M.Sc. in Engineering, Wuhan University (2020-2023) - Guidance, Navigation and Control
- B.C.s in Engineering, Wuhan University (2016-2020) - Navigation Engineering
Research Interests
My research interests focus on three interconnected areas:
Robust Navigation: Address robust navigation problems with complementary sensors (GNSS/IMU/Odometer/Camera/LiDAR/RADAR) through tightly-coupled fusion techniques.
Trust-worthy Optimization: Design certifiably optimal, efficient, and robust estimators. The techniques employed include Kalman filtering, factor graph optimization (FGO), convex optimization, and deep learning.
Certifiable Navigation: Relax FGO into convex problems and provide globally optimal certificates for navigation tasks including localization, mapping, planning, and control.
Selected Awards & Honors
| Year | Award |
|---|---|
| 2020 | Wuhan University Outstanding Undergraduate Graduate |
| 2019 | Wuhan University Research Postgraduate Recommendation (the only one) |
| 2019 | First Prize in Wuhan University Surveying Competition |
| 2018-2019 | Wuhan University Outstanding Student |
| 2017-2018 | National Encouragement Scholarship |
| 2017 | Wuhan University Merit Student |
Software & Open Source
I actively develop open-source software related to robotics and navigation. Visit my GitHub profile for latest projects and code repositories.
Teaching & Mentoring
Teaching Assistant:
- 2025-2026: Robust Control Technology in Low-Altitude Aerial Vehicle (Postgraduate)
- Teach ORB-SLAM3 coding tutorial and 3D Gaussian Splatting
- 2023-2024: Dynamic Systems and Control (Undergraduate)
- Design teaching materials and conduct PID control experiments using ROS
Student Supervision:
- M.Sc. Student: M. Han (PolyU, 2026) - Certifiably optimal semantic LiDAR mapping
- B.Sc. Student: Y. Tan (WHU, 2021) - PPP/INS/Vision tightly coupled integration navigation
Selected News
| Date | News |
|---|---|
| Jun 5, 2026 | Spotlight talk at ICRA Robot Meets Ranging Workshop [@Vienna, Austria] on “A Decentralized LiDAR-SLAM System with Certifiably Optimal Pose Graph Optimization” [slide] |
| Jun 1, 2026 | Paper accepted at Nature Portfolio journal Wireless Technology: “Degeneration of Sliding-Window Factor Graph Optimization into Iterated Extended Kalman Filtering” |
| Apr 29, 2026 | Paper accepted at IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters: “Certifiable Alignment of GNSS and Local Frames via Lagrangian Duality” |
| Jan 1, 2026 | Finished visiting at McMaster University ARCO Lab. Special thanks to Dr. Matthew Giamou for the great hosting and mentorship |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Seminar talk at McMaster University CAS department [video] |
| May 1, 2025 | Presented at IEEE/ION PLANS 2025 [slide] |
| May 4, 2024 | Presented at European Navigation Conference 2024 [slide] |
Service
Reviewer for: NAVIGATION, IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems (TAES), IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology (TVT), IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (TIE), IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC), IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)
For more details, please refer to my CV.