Projects per year
Personal profile
Research interests
Electronic & Computer Engineering - Robotics
Electronic & Computer Engineering - Unmanned aerial vehicles
Electronic & Computer Engineering - Estimation and control for aerial robots
Computer Science / Information Technology - Sensor fusion
Computer Science / Information Technology - Autonomous navigation
Computer Science / Information Technology - Computer vision
Computer Science / Information Technology - Field robotics
Electronic & Computer Engineering - Unmanned aerial vehicles
Electronic & Computer Engineering - Estimation and control for aerial robots
Computer Science / Information Technology - Sensor fusion
Computer Science / Information Technology - Autonomous navigation
Computer Science / Information Technology - Computer vision
Computer Science / Information Technology - Field robotics
Position Held
Director of HKUST-DJI Joint Innovation Laboratory
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Education/Academic qualification
PhD in Electrical and Systems Engineering, PhD, University of Pennsylvania
2014
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 7 Affordable and Clean Energy -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Hong Kong Center of Construction Robotics (HKCRC)
BOCK, T. (PI), GHAOUI, L. E. (PI), ZHANG, L. (PI), CHANG-HASNAIN, C. J. (PI), MA, Y. (PI), CHENG, J. C. P. (PI), CHEN, Q. (PI), CHEN, K. J. (CoI), LIU, M. (CoI), QIU, L. (CoI), SHEN, S. (CoI), LEUNG, S. W. W. (CoI), FAN, Z. (CoI), LI, Z. (PI), CHEN, L. (CoI), LEE, Y.-K. (PI), WANG, M. Y. (PI), ZHANG, Q. (PI), QUAN, L. (CoI), SASTRY, S. S. (PI), CHENG, K.-T. T. (CoI) & WANG, Y. (CoI)
Innovation and Technology Commission
1/05/20 → 30/04/30
Project: Research
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Omnidirectional Visual-Inertial Dense Mapping for Consumer Drones
SHEN, S. (PI)
1/01/18 → 31/12/20
Project: Research
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Monocular Visual-Inertial State Estimation and Dense 3D Mapping for Autonomous Aerial Robots
SHEN, S. (PI)
1/01/17 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
Research output
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AD-planner: adaptive in-flight delivery using a quadrotor with a suspended payload
LI, H., XU, Y., FENG, C., ZHOU, B. & SHEN, S., 6 Jul 2026, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on Robotics. p. 1-20 20 p., 11595550.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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Advancing Multi-agent Traffic Simulation via R1-Style Reinforcement Fine-Tuning
PEI, M., Shi, S. & Shen, S., Apr 2026, 14th International Conference on Learning Representations, ICLR 2026. International Conference on Learning Representations, ICLR, 17 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Conference Paper published in a book › peer-review
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DLWM: Dual Latent World Models enable Holistic Gaussian-centric Pre-training in Autonomous Driving
Zhu, Y., Xue, Y., Zhang, H., Jiang, G., Zhou, W., Yan, X., Gao, J., Cai, Y., Liu, B., Li, Z. & Shen, S., 2026, Proceedings - 2026 IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition , CVPR 2026. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 11 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Conference Proceeding/Report › Conference Paper published in a book › peer-review
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Fast and Scalable Game-Theoretic Trajectory Planning with Intentional Uncertainties
Huang, Z., Xie, Y., Ma, B., Shen, S. & Ma, J., 26 May 2026, In: IEEE Transactions on Robotics. p. 1-21 21 p., 11535310.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
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FC-Vision: Real-Time Visibility-Aware Replanning for Occlusion-Free Aerial Target Structure Scanning in Unknown Environments
Feng, C., Xu, Y. & Shen, S., 2 Jul 2026, In: IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters. 11, 8, p. 9907-9914 8 p., 11593136.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal Article › peer-review
Activities
- 41 Editorial work
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IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (Journal)
SHEN, S. (Senior Editor)
1 Aug 2023 → 1 Dec 2026Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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International Journal of Robotics Research (IJRR) (Journal)
SHEN, S. (Associate Editor)
1 Jan 2023 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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The 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022) (Journal)
SHEN, S. (Senior Editor)
1 Dec 2019 → 1 Dec 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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The IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) (Journal)
SHEN, S. (Associate Editor)
1 Sept 2019 → 1 Dec 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
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Virtual Reality & Intelligent Hardware (Journal)
SHEN, S. (Editor)
1 Jan 2019 → …Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work › Editorial work
Awards
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The 2024 AI 2000 Most Influential Scholar Award Honorable Mention (Robotics)
SHEN, S. (Recipient), Aug 2025
Prize: Honorary Award
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2023 IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L) Best Paper Award
SHEN, S. (Recipient), May 2024
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize
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2023 IEEE Transactions on Robotics King-Sun Fu Memorial Best Paper Award
SHEN, S. (Recipient), Apr 2024
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize
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Finalist, Best Paper Award on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
SHEN, S. (Recipient), Apr 2024
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize
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IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters Best paper award
JIANG, C. (Recipient), Zhang, H. (Recipient), LIU, P. (Recipient), YU, Z. (Recipient), CHENG, H. (Recipient), Zhou, B. (Recipient) & SHEN, S. (Recipient), 2024
Prize: Best Paper Award and Prize
Courses
Datasets
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Autonomous Flights Inside Narrow Tunnels
WANG, L. (Owner), NING, Y. (Owner), Chen, H. (Owner), LIU, P. (Owner), XU, Y. (Owner), Xu, H. (Owner), Lyu, X. (Owner) & SHEN, S. (Owner), GitHub, 2025
https://github.com/HKUST-Aerial-Robotics/FINT
Dataset
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Multi-modal Integrated Prediction and Decision-making with Adaptive Interaction Modality Explorations
LI, T. (Owner), ZHANG, L. (Owner), Liu, S. (Owner) & SHEN, S. (Owner), GitHub, 2025
https://github.com/HKUST-Aerial-Robotics/MIND
Dataset
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LiDAR2BIM: Speak the Same Language: Global LiDAR Registration on BIM Using Pose Hough Transform
QIAO, Z. (Owner), HUANG, H. (Owner), LIU, C. (Owner), YU, Z. (Owner), SHEN, S. (Owner), Zhang, F. (Owner) & YIN, H. (Owner), GitHub, 2025
https://github.com/HKUST-Aerial-Robotics/LiDAR2BIM-Registration
Dataset
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A robust optimization-based asynchronous Multi-camera-IMU state estimator
WANG, L. (Owner), XU, Y. (Owner) & SHEN, S. (Owner), GitHub, 2025
https://github.com/HKUST-Aerial-Robotics/VINS-Multi
Dataset
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SLIM: Scalable and Lightweight LiDAR Mapping in Urban Environments
YU, Z. (Owner), QIAO, Z. (Owner), Liu, W. (Owner), YIN, H. (Owner) & SHEN, S. (Owner), GitHub, 2025
https://github.com/HKUST-Aerial-Robotics/SLIM
Dataset