Fangqiang Ding

about me

I am a third-year PhD student (since Fall 2021) from the MAPS Lab at the University of Edinburgh, sponsored by the EPSRC CDT in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, supervised by Dr. Chris Xiaoxuan Lu and Prof. Barbara Webb. My expertise lies in developing robust and privacy-aware spatial, semantic and motion perception systems for embodied AI, encompassing mobile robots, autonomous vehicles (AVs), extended reality (XR) and human-robot interaction (HRI) devices. At the core of my research is exploiting two types of sensors, the mmWave imaging radar and thermal camera, to cope with robustness challenges and privacy concerns found in perception for mobile autonomy and human behaviour recognition.

Before coming to Edinburgh, I received my B.Eng degree with the highest honour - Academic Star in 2020 from Tongji University (2017-2021).

👉 I am looking for self-motivated UG/Ms students to work with on cutting-edge research projects on AVs perception, multi-modal LLM and robot navigation. Support in the form of computational and sensory tools, alongside practical supervision and direction, is available.

👉 I am actively looking for a research intern position this year. Shoot me an email if you think I am a good fit!