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Research, teaching, professional service, and recognition.
Profile
| Name | Shenghai Yuan |
| Label | Senior Research Fellow, CARTIN, Nanyang Technological University |
| shyuan@ntu.edu.sg | |
| Url | https://snakehaihai.github.io/ |
| Summary | Robotics researcher working on spatial intelligence, reliable localization, multi-sensor fusion, SLAM, and embodied AI. |
Work
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2025 - 2026 -
2022.05 - Present Senior Research Fellow
Nanyang Technological University
Centre for Advanced Robotics Technology Innovation (CARTIN).
- Spatial intelligence, multi-sensor localization, SLAM, UWB-aided state estimation, and embodied AI.
- Proposal writing, technical planning, recruitment, and delivery of externally funded and industry-linked robotics projects.
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2019.11 - 2022.05
Education
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2020.07 Doctor of Philosophy
Nanyang Technological University
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Convocation: July 2020
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2013.07 Bachelor of Engineering
Nanyang Technological University
Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Convocation: July 2013
Grants & Funding
- 2026
Awards
- 2026
Outstanding Reviewer Award
NeurIPS
- 2026
Outstanding Reviewer Award
European Conference on Computer Vision (ECCV)
- 2026
Outstanding Reviewer Award
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L)
- 2026.07
Best Associate Editor Award
Unmanned Systems
- 2026.06.04
Best Poster Award
Robot Meets Prior Map Workshop, ICRA
- 2025
Best Associate Editor Award
Unmanned Systems
- 2025
Outstanding Reviewer Award
IEEE/CVF CVPR
- 2025
Best Paper Award Candidate
IEEE ICRA
- 2024
Outstanding Reviewer Award
IEEE ICRA
- 2023
Best Entertainment and Amusement Paper Award
IEEE/RSJ IROS
- 2023
Third Place, Visual-Inertial Track
ICCV SLAM Challenge
- 2021
Second Place, Academic Track
Hilti SLAM Challenge
- 2013–2017
Nanyang Graduate Scholarship
Nanyang Technological University
Professional Service
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2027 - Present -
2027 - Present -
2026 - Present -
2025 - Present -
2025 - Present -
2023 - Present -
2022 - 2025 -
2022 - Present -
Challenge and Workshop Organizer
CVPR 2024
UAV Tracking and Pose Estimation Challenge; 7th UG2+ Workshop.
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Workshop and Competition Organizer
IROS 2024 and 2025
Cooperative Aerial Robot Inspection Challenge (CARIC); Multi-Robot Perception and Navigation Challenges.
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Organizer
IROS 2026
Special Sessions on Space Robotics; Workshop and Competition on Intelligent Information Gathering for Multi-Robot Systems.
Interests
| Robotics and spatial intelligence | |
| SLAM | |
| Multi-sensor fusion | |
| UWB localization | |
| Semantic mapping | |
| Embodied AI | |
| Multi-robot autonomy |