Principal Investigator
Postdoctoral Researchers
Jiaru Zhang
Education Background
Ph.D. in Computer Science and Technology
Shanghai Jiao Tong University
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Bayesian Deep Learning, Generative AI
Email: jiaru [at] purdue [dot] edu
Chuheng Wei
Education Background
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of California, Riverside
Research Interests
Multimodal Perception in Autonomous Driving, Cooperative Intelligence, Foundation Models
Email: wch [at] purdue [dot] edu
Hyun-Soo Yun
Education Background
Ph.D. in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Seoul National University
Research Interests
Travel Demand Modeling, Agent-Based Modeling
Email: hyunsoo [at] purdue [dot] edu
Ph.D. Students
Zichong Yang
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 8/2023-Now
(co-advised by Prof. Jitesh Panchal)
Education Background
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Human Pose Estimation, Human Trajectory Prediction
Internship
XPENG, 2025 Summer & Fall
Bosch Center for AI, 2026 Summer
Email: zichong [at] purdue [dot] edu
Sung-Yeon Park
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 8/2024-Now
Education Background
M.S. in Civil Engineering
Seoul National University
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Multimodal LLMs, 3D Scene Understanding
Internship
Honda Research Institute, 2026 Spring
Waymo AI Foundations, 2026 Summer & Fall
Email: sungyeon [at] purdue [dot] edu
Juntong Peng
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 8/2024-Now
(co-advised by Prof. Yaobin Chen)
Education Background
B.S. in Information Engineering
Shanghai Jiao Tong
University
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Motion Prediction
Internship
Toyota InfoTech Labs, 2025 Summer
Email: juntong [at] purdue [dot] edu
Yupeng Zhou
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering, 1/2025-Now
(co-advised by Prof. Bin Yao)
Education Background
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Research Interests
Robotics, Controls, Autonomous Vehicles
Email: zhou1346 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Guanxiao Li
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 1/2025-Now
(co-advised by Prof. Lingxi Li)
Education Background
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Multimodal LLMs, Deep Reinforcement Learning
Email: li4992 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Yaguang Li
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 8/2025-Now
Education Background
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Research Interests
Control and Learning Theory, Autonomous Driving, Robotics
Email: li5867 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Bingyao Du
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 8/2026-Now
Education Background
M.S. in Computer Science
Columbia University
Research Interests
Robot Learning, Computer Vision, Safe and Trustworthy Autonomy
Email: bingyao [at] purdue [dot] edu
Zeyun Deng
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Computer Science, 8/2024-Now
(co-advised by Prof. Ruqi Zhang)
Education Background
Honors Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Toronto
Research Interests
Reinforcement Learning, Robotics, Transfer Learning
Internship
AWS AI, 2026 Summer
Email: deng334 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Joochan Kim
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 8/2026-Now
Education Background
M.S. in Computer Science and Engineering
Seoul National University
Research Interests
Robotics, Autonomous Vehicles, Foundation Models
Email: joochan [at] purdue [dot] edu
Ruijie Chen
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 8/2026-Now
Education Background
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Research Interests
Foundation Models, Autonomous Vehicles
Email: ruijiech [at] purdue [dot] edu
Master students
Luyang Jiang
Purdue Degree
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 8/2024-Now
Education Background
B.Eng. In Computer Engineering
University of British
Columbia
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
Email: luyang [at] purdue [dot] edu
Undergraduate students
Manav Gagvani
Purdue Degree
B.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 8/2024-Now
Research Interests
Learned Autonomy, Robotic Foundation Models, Embedded ML
Internship
SpaceX, 2026 Summer
Email: mgagvani [at] purdue [dot] edu
Kyungmin Kim
Purdue Degree
B.S. in Computer Science, 8/2020-Now
Research Interests
Autonomous driving, Control, Motion Prediction
Email: kim3508 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Visiting Scholar
Alumni
Juanwu (David) Lu
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 1/2023-6/2026
First Employment
Research Scientist at Toyota Research Institute
Research Interests
Generative Models, Motion Prediction, Machine Learning
Internship
Zoox, 2024 Summer
Waymo AI Foundations, 2025 Summer
Yunsheng Ma
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 1/2023-2/2026
First Employment
Research Scientist at Waymo AI Foundations
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Foundation Models, Spatial Reasoning
Internship
Toyota InfoTech Labs, 2024 Summer
Bosch Center for AI, 2024 Fall & 2025 Spring
Waymo AI Foundations, 2025 Summer & Fall
Can Cui
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 1/2023-12/2025
First Employment
Research Scientist, Bosch Center for AI
Research Interests
Foundation Models, Digital Twin, ADAS, Machine Learning, Control
Internship
Cummins, 2024 Summer
Toyota InfoTech Labs, 2025 Spring
Prashanth Sankaranarayanan
Purdue Degree
M.S. in Robotics, 9/2024-6/2026
First Employment
Robotics Engineer, Field Robotics
Zihao Li
Purdue Degree
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 9/2022-6/2024
First Employment
Transportation System Modeler
North Central Texas Council of Governments
Internship
NREL, 2023 Fall, 2024 Spring & Summer
