Gang Chen, associate professor and doctoral supervisor of Sun Yat-sen University’s Hundred Talents Program. He graduated from the Department of Computer Science at the Technical University of Munich. He received a Bachelor of Engineering in Biomedical Engineering, a Bachelor of Science in Mathematics and Applied Mathematics (double degree), and a Master of Engineering in Control Science and Engineering from Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2008 and 2011. Mainly engaged in the research of robotic systems, computer architecture (for unmanned vehicles), embedded systems, etc. Published 40+ papers in domestic and foreign academic conferences and journals in related fields in the past 5 years, including top conferences in the field of embedded systems such as RTSS, DAC, DATE, EMSOFT, and top journals such as TC, TECS, TCAD, TODAES, etc. Published more than 15 papers (up to 90+ citations per paper, 5 CCF-A papers, 11 CCF-B papers). Won the IEEE ESTIMedia 2013 Best Paper Award. Instruct students to participate in the 2018 National University Bio-Networking Design Competition (TI Cup) Northeast Division Special Prize (ranking 1/54) and the National Division First Prize (ranking 13/120), won in the 16th National College Robot Competition in 2017 The first prize in the northern division and the first prize in the national division. In 2018, the 17th National College Robot Competition won the runner-up and special prize in the national division (rank 2/184). In terms of academic services, he served as the deputy editor of Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers (JCSC), the chairman of the program committee of the 15th National Embedded Systems Conference (ESTC 2017), and a member of the program committee of IIoT, ISORC and other international conferences .
Research fields:
Robotic Systems, Computer Architecture (for unmanned vehicles), Embedded Systems
1.PhoneBit: Efficient GPU-Accelerated Binary Neural Network Inference Engine for Mobile Phones
This work has been accepted by DATE 2020 (with 26% acceptance rate) and the paper is available at here (https://arxiv.org/pdf/1912.04050.pdf). The source code will also be released soon.
2.StereoBit: Real-Time Deep Learning based Stereo Estimation
Demo1: StereoBit is implemented at Titan XP （60FPS, KITTI benchmark settings）
Demo2: Stereo Estimation Chip (evaluated on FPGA)
3.PhoneUAV: Smart Phone based UAV
- All UAV-related functionality (such as Flight-control, navigation, image transmission) is integrated into Phone.
- Safety-Critical Design
Demo3: PhoneUAV
Education background:
- PhD, Computer Science, Technical University of Munich, Germany, 2011.10- 2016.01
- Master, Control Science and Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2008.09-2011.05
- Bachelor, Biomedical Engineering, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2004.09-2008/06Bachelor, Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Xi’an Jiaotong University, 2004.09-2008.06
Work experience:
- Associate Professor (Hundred Talents Program, Doctoral Supervisor), School of Data and Computer, Sun Yat-sen University, 2018.11-present
- Associate Professor, Northeastern University, School of Computer Science and Engineering, 2016.07-2018.10
- Software Engineer, Marvell Technology Group, 2011.05-2011.09
Awards and honors:
- 2019 International Competition of Autonomous Walking Intelligent Robots (RUNNING ROBOT) first prize (a prize of $2,000, ranking third), 2019 (Instructor)
- The 17th National University Student Robotics Competition RoboMaster Mecha Masters (National Division) Grand Prize, runner-up (a prize of 300,000 RMB, ranking 2/184), 2018 (instructor, joint guidance with teachers Lu Zhiguo and Liu Chong)
- National University Biological Networking Design Competition (TI Cup) Regional Competition Special Prize (ranking 1/54) and National Competition Regional First Prize (ranking 13/120), 2018 (Instructor)
- Special Prize of the China-US Maker Competition Regional Competition, 2018 (Instructor)
- The 16th National University Robot Competition RoboMaster Mecha Masters (National Division) First Prize, 2017 (Instructor, joint guidance with teachers Lu Zhiguo and Liu Chong)
- IEEE Symposium on Embedded Systems for Real-Time Multimedia (ESTIMedia), Best Paper Award, 2013
Main academic part-time jobs:
- International Workshop on Industrial Internet of Things (IIOT 2019) Member of the Program Committee
- IEEE International Symposium on Real-time Distributed Computing (ISORC 2019) Member of the Program Committee
- Journal of Circuits, Systems, and Computers (JCSC) Associate Editor of Journal
- ESTC 2017 Chairman of the Program Committee
- Reviewers of important journals/conferences:TC, TII, TECS,TODAES, JRTS, TCAD, DAES, EMSOFT 2016, RTSS 2016, DAC 2016, 2017, RTAS 2016