Principal Investigator
Postdoctoral researcher
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
Juanwu (David) Lu
Education Background
M.S. in Civil Engineering
University of California, Berkeley
Research Interests
Microscopic Traffic Simulation, Driver Behavior, Autonomous Vehicles
Internship
Zoox, 2024 Summer
Waymo Research, 2025 Summer
Email: juanwu [at] purdue [dot] edu
Sung-Yeon Park
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 Research, 2026 Summer
Email: sungyeon [at] purdue [dot] edu
Juntong Peng
Education Background
B.S. in Information Engineering
Shanghai Jiao Tong
University
Co-supervisor
Prof. Yaobin Chen
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Connected Autonomous Vehicles, Motion Prediction
Internship
Toyota, 2025 Summer
Email: juntong [at] purdue [dot] edu
Zichong Yang
Education Background
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Carnegie Mellon University
Co-supervisor
Prof. Jitesh Panchal
Research Interests
Computer Vision, Human Pose Estimation, Human Trajectory Prediction
Internship
XPENG, 2025 Summer & Fall
Email: zichong [at] purdue [dot] edu
Yupeng Zhou
Education Background
M.S. in Mechanical Engineering
Purdue University
Co-supervisor
Prof. Bin Yao
Research Interests
Robotics, Controls, Autonomous Vehicles
Email: zhou1346 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Guanxiao Li
Education Background
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Co-supervisor
Prof. Lingxi Li
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Multimodal LLMs, Deep Reinforcement Learning
Email: li4992 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Yaguang Li
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
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
Education Background
Honors Bachelor of Science in Computer Science
University of Toronto
Research Interests
Reinforcement Learning, Robotics, Transfer Learning
Email: deng334 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Master students
Luyang Jiang
Education Background
B.Eng. In Computer Engineering
University of British
Columbia
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Computer Vision, Machine Learning
Internship
Wonder, 2024 Summer
Email: jian1078 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Undergraduate students
Manav Gagvani
Current Enrollment
B.S. in Computer Engineering
Purdue University
Research Interests
Learned Autonomy, Robotic Foundation Models, Embedded ML
Email: mgagvani [at] purdue [dot] edu
Kyungmin Kim
Current Enrollment
B.S. in Computer Science
Purdue University
Research Interests
Autonomous driving, Control, Motion Prediction
Email: kim3508 [at] purdue [dot] edu
Visiting Scholar
Alumni
Can Cui
Education Background
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
Research Interests
LLMs in Automated Driving, Digital Twin, ADAS, Machine learning, Controls
Internship
Cummins, 2024 Summer
Toyota, 2025 Spring
First Employment
Bosch AI Center
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 2026
Email: cancui [at] purdue [dot] edu
Yunsheng Ma
Education Background
M.S. in Computer Science
New York University
Research Interests
Autonomous Driving, Foundation Models, Spatial Reasoning
Internship
Toyota, 2024 Summer
Bosch AI, 2024 Fall & 2025 Spring
Waymo Research, 2025 Summer & Fall
First Employment
Waymo
Purdue Degree
Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, 2026
Email: yunsheng [at] purdue [dot] edu
Prashanth Sankaranarayanan
First Employment
Field Robotics
Purdue Degree
M.S. in Robotics, 2026
Zihao Li
First Employment
North Central Texas Council of Governments
Purdue Degree
M.S. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, 2024
