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General Information

Full Name Yang Chen
Languages Chinese, English, Japanese

Education

  • 2023
    Ph. D. in Human Informatics
    Doctoral Program in Empowerment Informatics, University of Tsukuba, Japan
    • Supervised by Prof. Kenji Suzuki, Aritificial Intelligence Laboratory
    • Thesis title
      • A Study on Upper-body based Shared Navigation Control for Assistive Mobility Devices (支援モビリティのための上体によるナビゲーション共有制御に関する研究)
  • 2017
    Bachelor in Engineering
    Jilin University, Changchun, China
    • Supervised by Prof. DongF. Wang, JML
    • Thesis title
      • Explore the Way of Designing the Piezoelectric Dividing Structure to Both Realize the Stress Distributing Evenly and Achieve Largest Output Voltage

Internship

  • Aug. 2019 - Oct. 2019
    Research internship
    École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
  • Aug. 2021 - Present
    Research internship
    National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST)
    • Supervised by Prof. Fumio Kanehiro, CNRS-AIST JRL (Joint Robotics Laboratory).
    • Research topic
      • Complementary SLAM for Immersive Teleoperation with A Humanoid

Working Experience

  • Apr. 2024 - Mar. 2025
    Post-doc
    University of Tsukuba
  • Jun. 2023 - Dec. 2023
    Visiting post-doc
    ETH Zurich
  • Apr. 2023 - Mar. 2024
    JSPS research fellow (PD)
    University of Tsukuba
  • Apr. 2020 - Nov. 2022
    Research assistant
    University of Tsukuba

Skills

  • Experienced research skills
    • Problem formulizing, algorithm design, user-centered design, hands-on mechatronics skill, signal processing, experiment design, user study, statistical analysis.
  • Experienced engeering skills
    • Programming language: Python, MATLAB, C++, Arduino
    • 3D/2D Modelling: CATIA, Solid works, AutoCAD, Fusion 360
    • Electronics: EAGLE
    • Version control tool: Git
    • Operating system: Linux, Windows, Mac OS
    • Other software tools: ROS1, ROS2, Unity, Docker
    • Sensor experience: IMU, force sensitive resistor (FSR), Depth/tracking camera, 2D/3D lidar, Ultra-wideband technology (UWB), in wheel encoder, Motion capture
    • Single board computer: UP board, Raspberry pi, Jetson Nano/Xavier/Orin
  • Ongoing knowledge/skill
    • Reinforcement learning, etc.

Honors and Awards

  • 2022
    • Finalist of the ANA Avatar XPRIZE international competition: Team Janus
    • JST SPRING Fellowship Qualified Student (Class 1)
  • 2019
    • Finalist (5/80, $500,000 grant received) in Toyota Mobility Unlimited Challenge: Team Qolo
  • 2017
    • 1st prize in First Robot Competition of Jilin University

Research Grants

  • 2022 - 2024
    Grant-in-Aid for JSPS Fellows
    • 2300,000 Japanese yen
  • 2021
    JSP SPRING Research Grant
    • 250,000 Japanese yen
  • 2021
    Challenge Grant
    • 300,000 Japanese yen
  • 2020
    Challenge Grant
    • 300,000 Japanese yen
  • 2019
    Challenge Grant
    • 300,000 Japanese yen

Scholarship

  • 2022 - 2024
    JSPS Fellowship (DC2), JSPS
  • 2021 - 2022
    JST SPRING Fellowship (1st-class), JST
  • 2018 - 2021
    Special Fellows Scholarship, University of Tsukuba
  • 2015 - 2017
    University Scholarship (3rd-class), Jilin University

Academic service

Reviewer TMECH 2022, RAL 2022, IROS 2022, HRI 2023, RAL 2023.

Other Interests

Hobbies Bouldering, Basketball, etc.
Interests Self-development, industry design, etc.