Guoyang ZHAO (赵国洋) is currently a Ph.D. student in ROAS (Robotics and Autonomous Systems) at HKUST (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou), under the supervision of Prof. Jun MA at the IADC (Intelligent Autonomous Driving Center).
He received his M.Phil. degree in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from HKUST, where he was advised by Prof. Ming LIU. Prior to that, he obtained his B.Sc. degree in Logistics Engineering from NEAU (Northeast Agricultural University), China.

His research interests lie in robotic perception, computer vision, and deep learning.

🔥 News

• 2025.05: 🏆 Selected as Best Paper Award Finalist at ICRA 2025, held in Atlanta, USA.
• 2025.04: 📰 One paper accepted by IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (TITS).
• 2025.03: 📰 Another paper accepted by TITS, marking two TITS papers this year!
• 2025.02: ✍️ Two first-author papers accepted to ICRA 2025.
• 2024.11: 🌏 Attended and presented at IEEE ROBIO 2024 in Bangkok, Thailand.
• 2024.10: 🏅 Attended and presented at IEEE/RSJ IROS 2024 in Abu Dhabi, UAE, and received the Best Paper Award in workshop.
• 2024.09: 🎓 Started my Ph.D. journey at HKUST (GZ), Robotics and Autonomous Systems.
• 2024.07: 📰 Two papers accepted by IEEE ITSC 2024.
• 2024.08: 🎓 Successfully passed M.Phil. thesis defense at HKUST (GZ).
• 2024.05: 🌏 Attended IEEE ICRA 2024 in Yokohama, Japan.

📝 Publications

🎖 Honors and Awards

Awards

• 2025.03 Best Conference Paper Award Finalist at IEEE ICRA 2025, Atlanta, USA
  
• 2024.10 Best Paper Award – First Place at Workshop on AI and Robotics for Future Farming, IEEE IROS 2024, Abu Dhabi, UAE
  
• 2022.03 Third Prize of the 17th “Challenge Cup” National College Students’ Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition Top-1% (leader)
  
• 2021.10 Silver Prize of the 7th China International “Internet+” College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition Top-0.5% (leader)
  
• 2021.07 Gold Prize of the 7th Heilongjiang Province “Internet+” College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (leader)
  
• 2021.05 First Prize of the 17th “Challenge Cup” Heilongjiang Province College Students’ Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition (leader)
  
• 2020.10 Second Prize of the 8th China TRIZ Cup College Students’ Innovation Method Competition (leader)
  
• 2020.08 First Prize of the 13th China College Students’ Computer Design Competition Top-1% (leader)
  
• 2020.07 Gold Prize of the 6th Heilongjiang Province “Internet+” College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition
  
• 2020.07 Silver Prize of the 6th Heilongjiang Province “Internet+” College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (leader)
  
• 2020.04 National Excellent Project of College Students’ Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program (leader)
  
• 2019.12 Second Prize of the First National College Students’ Intelligent Mechatronics System Innovation Design Competition
  

Honors

• 2025.03 Awarded ICRA 2025 Travel Grant, Atlanta, USA
  
• 2024.09 Awarded Ph.D. Postgraduate Studentship (PGS)
  
• 2022.09 Awarded M.Phil. Postgraduate Studentship (PGS)
  
• 2022.06 Honorary title of “Outstanding Graduates” of Northeast Agricultural University
  
• 2021.09 National Enouragement Scholarship
  
• 2021.09 Honorary title of “Triple-A student “ of Northeast Agricultural University
  
• 2021.09 Science and Technology Innovation Scholarship of Northeast Agricultural University
  
• 2020.09 Honorary Title of “Double Innovation Star” of Northeast Agricultural University
  
• 2020.09 Honorary title of “Triple-A student “ of Northeast Agricultural University
  
• 2020.09 National Encouragement Scholarship
  
• 2020.09 Science and Technology Innovation Scholarship of Northeast Agricultural University
  
• 2019.09 Social Work Scholarship of Northeast Agricultural University
  
• 2019.09 Triple-A student scholarship of Northeast Agricultural University
  

📖 Educations

• 2024.09 - 2022.04 (now), Ph.D. in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou.
• 2022.09 - 2024.08, M.Phil. in Robotics and Autonomous Systems, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Guangzhou.
• 2018.08 - 2022.07, B.Sc. in Logistics Engineering, Northeast Agricultural University.

💻 Internships

• 2025.03 – 2026.03, Ideation Project at Hong Kong Science and Technology Parks (HKSTP)
• 2024.09 – 2025.09, Bridge Program at Lab of Future Technology, HKUST(GZ)
• 2024.09 – 2024.12, 2024 Fall Accelerator Program of MiraclePlus
• 2023.06 – 2023.07, Sustainability and Design Thinking Certificate Program at HKUST, Hong Kong
• 2019.07 – 2019.08, Training Program for AI Talents in Chinese Universities sponsored by the Ministry of Education and Intel Corporation