PhD/Mphil/Postdoc Positions
We are always looking for highly-motivated candidates who are
interested in developing intelligent vision and control techniques
to enhance the intelligence and autonomy of robots including UAVs.
- Topics:
We are interested in topics that are
essential to enhancing the intelligence of robots, which include
but are not limited to:
Deep Learning and Deep Reinforcement Learning-based Navigation for
robots and UAVs
- Deep learning-based scene understanding, object detection and
tracking, Large Language Models (LLM)
- Deep reinforcement learning-based control and navigation.
Vision-based navigation and control for Robotics
- Vision-based motion planning and obstacle avoidance
- Vision-based object detection and tracking
Swarm robotics
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Cooperative SLAM, cooperative control and multi-robot obstacle
avoidance for a swarm of robots.
- Multi-agent reinforcement learning
Visual Odometry and SLAM for robots
- Event-based, vision-based or lidar-based visual odometry
- Event-based, vision-based or lidar-based mapping
Soft and continuum arms
- Dynamic control and grasping of soft/continuum arms
- Requirements:
The candidate should have a relevant research background (Learning, UAV,
robots) and programming skills with C/C++ and ROS. Experience
with drone development skills such as ROS/Gazebo, OpenCV and PX4 is a plus.
We encourage students with a Master's degree to apply for PhD
positions. If you are an undergraduate but with extensive
experience in robotics or UAVs, you are also welcome.
- How
to apply:
Please email your CV, a PPT file that
describes your research experience in detail, and academic
transcripts to Dr. Peng Lu (lupeng@hku.hk),
quoting [PhD/Mphil/Postdoc Application]+[your name] in the email subject.
Hong Kong PhD Fellowship
You are encouraged to apply for this fellowship to pursue a PhD
that is under my supervision. For details please refer to Hong
Kong PhD Fellowship Scheme or HKU
Presidential PhD Scholarship .
Please contact me regarding the preparation of the research
proposal. Topics include but are not limited to learning-based
vision or control techniques for robotics.
Visiting scholars / internships
Visiting scholars (PhDs and professors) and internships (MScs,
PhDs) are welcome. Please send your CV to me (lupeng@hku.hk),
quoting [Visiting Scholar (or Internship) Application]+[your name]
in the email subject.
Visiting less than six months will NOT be considered.