Hsiao-Yu (Grayson) Chen

 Grayson received his Ph.D. from the Department of Industrial and Systems Engineering, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), and is now a Postdoctoral Research Associate at CACMS, which he joined in Aug 2026. He was previously with AUVSL from Aug 2021 to Aug 2026. He holds a Physics B.Sc. and Photonics Technology M.Sc. degree and 6-year working experience in the industry. His research focuses on obstacle detection in outdoor environments, terrain classification for ground vehicles, and underwater perception using sonar-guided visual recognition. The learning-based algorithms adapt to the self-designed sensor module, including RGB stereo camera, Near Infrared camera, LiDAR, and acoustic sonar.