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Our Team

AVL members represent multiple departments across Jacob’s School of Engineering at UCSD including CSE, ECE, and MAE. With their diverse backgrounds, our members actively contribute to projects that include hardware design and synthesis, systems engineering, software engineering, perception, planning and controls.

Professor and Graduate Students

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Dr. Henrik I. Christensen

Dr. Henrik I. Christensen

Principal Investigator and Research Advisor

Henrik I. Christensen is the director of Robotics at UC San Diego and the Qualcomm Chancellor’s ch

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Seth Farrell

Seth Farrell

Perception

Seth is a PhD student in the Computer Science and Engineering department. He graduated from the Univ

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Jing-yan Liao

Jing-yan Liao

Tracking and Prediction

Jing-Yan is a PhD student in UCSD CSE. He received his master degree in UCSD ECE and his bachelor de

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Zihan Zhang

Zihan Zhang

Perception

Zihan is a P.h.D student at the Computer Science & Engineering department working with professor Hen

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Robin Wang

Robin Wang

Behavioral Planning

Robin is a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science and Engineering department at UCSD. He received his

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Hesam Mojtahedi

Hesam Mojtahedi

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Chenghao Li

Chenghao Li

Autonomous Scooter

Chenghao is a master’s student in Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Control at the ECE Department

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Tong Shen

Tong Shen

Autonomous Scooter

Tong Shen is a master’s student in Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Control at the ECE Departmen

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Jayanti Lahoti

Jayanti Lahoti

Detection Team

MS student in Computer Science

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Akshar Tumu

Akshar Tumu

Mapping and Perception

Akshar Tumu is a Master’s student in the Computer Science & Engineering department at UC San Diego

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Abhijit Ravichandran

Abhijit Ravichandran

Behavioral Planning

Abhijit is a Master's student at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in UC San Diego.

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Dr. Henrik I. Christensen

Principal Investigator and Research Advisor

Henrik I. Christensen is the director of Robotics at UC San Diego and the Qualcomm Chancellor’s chair of robot systems. Dr. Christensen received his academic training (M.Sc and Ph.D.) from Aalborg University in Denmark. He has since then held positions at Aalborg University, University of Pennsylvania, and Georgia Tech before joining UC San Diego. Dr. Christensen does research on robotics, computer vision and AI with an emphasis on a systems approach to problems. He has published more than 350 papers and serves on multiple editorial boards. He is the Editor of Trends and Foundations in Robotics. Dr. Christensen was the editor of the US National Robotics Roadmap 2009, 2013 and 2016. He won the Joseph Engelberger Award 2011, which is the premier robotics industry award. He was also named Boeing Supplier of the Year and received an honorary doctorate (Dr. Techn. h.c.) from Aalborg University 2014. Dr. Christensen is the co-founder of multiple companies and serves as an advisor to companies, governments, and organizations across 4 continents.

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Seth Farrell

Perception

Seth is a PhD student in the Computer Science and Engineering department. He graduated from the University of California, San Diego with a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering with a focus on Machine Learning and a Master's in Electrical Engineering in the Intelligent Systems Robotics & Control concentration. He is currently working on perception systems for the Autonomous Scooter Project.

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Jing-yan Liao

Tracking and Prediction

Jing-Yan is a PhD student in UCSD CSE. He received his master degree in UCSD ECE and his bachelor degree in National Taiwan University. Currently his main research focus is in tracking and trajectory prediction.

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Zihan Zhang

Perception

Zihan is a P.h.D student at the Computer Science & Engineering department working with professor Henrik I. Christensen. She graduated both Bachelor’s and Master's degrees in Computer Science at the University of California, San Diego. She is interested in the intersection of robotics and deep learning. She is currently working on the trajectory prediction and intent recognition projects at AVL.

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Robin Wang

Behavioral Planning

Robin is a Ph.D. student in the Computer Science and Engineering department at UCSD. He received his bachelor's degree in Applied Mathematics and Computer Science at UC Irvine. His research focuses on building a scalable and safe planning system for autonomous vehicles that can operate in complex urban environments.

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Hesam Mojtahedi

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Chenghao Li

Autonomous Scooter

Chenghao is a master’s student in Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Control at the ECE Department of UCSD. He received his bachelor’s degree from Chongqing University, China and University of Cincinnati, Ohio. He is currently working on Autonomous Scooter Project in the Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory (AVL).

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Tong Shen

Autonomous Scooter

Tong Shen is a master’s student in Intelligent Systems, Robotics, and Control at the ECE Department of UCSD. He received his bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering from the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen. He is currently working on the perception and navigation of autonomous scooters in the Autonomous Vehicle Laboratory (AVL).

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Jayanti Lahoti

Detection Team

MS student in Computer Science

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Akshar Tumu

Mapping and Perception

Akshar Tumu is a Master’s student in the Computer Science & Engineering department at UC San Diego. He received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science with a Minor in Data Science from BITS Pilani, India. Akshar's research interest lies in applying NLP and Multimodal AI for robotic applications, particularly in Autonomous Driving. His current research focuses on HD Map generation using LLMs and refining object detection using vision-language models. He has previously worked on Deep Learning and Multimodal AI applications at Michigan State University and Australian National University. Akshar is passionate about advancing AI for autonomous systems.

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Abhijit Ravichandran

Behavioral Planning

Abhijit is a Master's student at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering in UC San Diego. He received his Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering from the National University of Singapore, where he gained valuable experience working on robotics projects. He is currently working on a project involving high-definition mapping for autonomous navigation within the UC San Diego campus.

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Undergraduate Students

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Shashank Venkatramani

UCSD Digital Twin

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Evan Yao

Graduated

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Pragnya Korti

Undergraduate Researcher

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Cynthia Tang

Graduated

Shashank Venkatramani

UCSD Digital Twin

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Evan Yao

Graduated

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Pragnya Korti

Undergraduate Researcher

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Cynthia Tang

Graduated

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Alumni

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Dr. David Paz Ruiz

Now at BOSCH Corporate Research

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Dr. Henry Zhang

Now at BOSCH Corporate Research

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Pojung Lai

Now at Qualcomm

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Sumukha Harish

Now at Lucid Motors

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Nathan Chan

Now at Qualcomm

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Shawn Winston

Now at Qualcomm

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Yuqing Jiang

Now at Facebook

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Qinru Li

Now at Waymo

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Hao Xiang

Now at UCLA (PhD student)

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Yunhai Han

Now at Georgia Tech (PhD student)

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Yuhan Liu

Now at Rutgers (PhD student)

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Dominique Meyer, PhD

LiMAR AI Inc, Founder & CEO

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Srinidhi Srinivas

Now at Autodesk Research

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Parth Doshi

Now at Cruise

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Parthasarathi Kumar

Now at AMD

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Varun Vupparige

Now at Nexteer Automotive

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Kai Chuen Tan

Now at Genista Biosciences

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Siddharth Dey

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Narayanan Elavathur Ranganatha

Now at Qualcomm

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Hitvarth Diwanji

Now at Matic Robotics

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Andrew Liang

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Jessica Zhong

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Andres Gutierrez

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Yifan Wang

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Trivikram Choudhury

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Rami Altai

Dr. David Paz Ruiz

Now at BOSCH Corporate Research

  • dpazruiz@ucsd.edu | avl.ucsd.edu/dfpazr/
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Dr. Henry Zhang

Now at BOSCH Corporate Research

  • hyzhang@ucsd.edu | www.henryzhangzhy.github.io/
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Pojung Lai

Now at Qualcomm

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Sumukha Harish

Now at Lucid Motors

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Nathan Chan

Now at Qualcomm

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Shawn Winston

Now at Qualcomm

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Yuqing Jiang

Now at Facebook

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Qinru Li

Now at Waymo

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Hao Xiang

Now at UCLA (PhD student)

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Yunhai Han

Now at Georgia Tech (PhD student)

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Yuhan Liu

Now at Rutgers (PhD student)

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Dominique Meyer, PhD

LiMAR AI Inc, Founder & CEO

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Srinidhi Srinivas

Now at Autodesk Research

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Parth Doshi

Now at Cruise

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Parthasarathi Kumar

Now at AMD

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Varun Vupparige

Now at Nexteer Automotive

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Kai Chuen Tan

Now at Genista Biosciences

  • kctan@ucsd.edu | https://www.kaichuentan.ml/
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Siddharth Dey

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Narayanan Elavathur Ranganatha

Now at Qualcomm

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Hitvarth Diwanji

Now at Matic Robotics

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Andrew Liang

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Jessica Zhong

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Andres Gutierrez

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Yifan Wang

  • yiw193@ucsd.edu
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Trivikram Choudhury

  • trivikramchoudhury@gmail.com
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Rami Altai

  • raltai@ucsd.edu
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