Fangqiang Ding

about me

I am a third-year PhD student from the School of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, sponsored by the EPSRC CDT in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, supervised by Prof. Chris Xiaoxuan Lu and Prof. Barbara Webb. My research focuses on advancing the robustness, efficiency, and privacy-awarness of perception systems for embodied AI. This encompasses applications in mobile robots, autonomous vehicles, IoT and xR-integrated systems, aiming to facilitate their widespread, long-term and non-intrusive deployment in the wild. Currently, my works mainly involve the mmWave imaging radar and thermal camera sensors, leveraging their unique sensing resilience to cope with adverse weather and illumination conditions in real world. I am also keen to incorporate full-spectral multi-modal fusion into my research field.

Before coming to Edinburgh, I received my B.Eng degree with the highest honour - Academic Star and was awarded double National Scholarships from Tongji University (2017-2021).

👉 I am looking for self-motivated UG/Ms students to work with on cutting-edge research projects on

• Thermal Camera-based Scene Completion for Autonomous Driving
• mmWave Modality Comprehension Powered by Large Language Model
• Efficient Dynamic Scene Mapping with Tightly Coupled Multi-Modal Fusion

Support in the form of computational and sensory tools, robot platform, 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!