Yongbo Chen (陈勇波)

Work experience:

• 2021-2025  I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the School of Computing, Australian National University (ANU) collaborating with Prof. Hanna Kurniawati. 

• 2024 I was a Teaching Fellow at Robotics Institute, University of Technology Sydney.

• 2020-2021  I was a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in the Centre for Autonomous Systems (CAS), Faculty of Engineering and Information Technology (FEIT), University of Technology Sydney (UTS) collaborating with Prof. Shoudong Huang and Dr. Liang Zhao. 

Education:

I received my PhD from FEIT, University of Technology Sydney (UTS), Australia, supervised by Prof. Shoudong Huang and Dr. Liang Zhao. 

Selected Publications:

• Anchor selection for simultaneous localization and mapping based on graph topology and sub-modular optimization (IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2022)

• Cramer-Rao bounds and optimal design metrics for pose-graph SLAM (IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2021)

• Active SLAM for mobile robots with area coverage and obstacle avoidance (IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics 2020)

• Structure-to-Shape Aortic 3D Deformation Reconstruction for Endovascular Interventions (IEEE Transactions on Robotics 2023)

• Broadcast your weaknesses: cooperative active pose-graph SLAM for multiple robots (IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2020)

• Dense isometric non-rigid shape-from-motion based on graph optimization and edge selection (IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters 2020)

• Multi-UAV task assignment with parameter and time-sensitive uncertainties using modified two-part wolf pack search algorithm (IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems 2018)

• POMDP Planning for Object Search in Partially Unknown Environment (Neurips 2023)

Research Interests：

• Learning aided POMDP methods, like large language model (LLM) (In exploration) 

• Partially observable Markov decision process (In exploration) 

• Deformable simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM) (In exploration)

• Active SLAM (2018-2021)

• Graph structure of SLAM (2018-2021)

• Unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) task planning, path/trajectory planning (2013-2017)

News：

• June, 2025 I will serve as an Associate Editor for IEEE RAL. 

• April, 2025 I serve as the publication co-Chair 2025 IEEE International Conference on Real-time Computing and Robotics (IEEE RCAR 2025).

• January, 2025 I will serve as an Associate Editor for IROS2025. 

• August,2024 I will serve as an Associate Editor for ICRA2025. 

• Aug, 2024 [Teaching] I serve as the subject coordinator and main lecturer for two courses at UTS: 49329 Control of Mechatronic Systems - Spring 2024 with about 40 Master students and 49928 Design Optimisation for Manufacturing - Spring 2024  with about 100 Master students.

• January, 2024 [Conference Paper] Our paper "Increasing SLAM Pose Accuracy by Ground-to-Satellite Image Registration " was accepted by ICRA 2024. [CORE2023 A*] 

• January, 2024 I will serve as an Associate Editor for IROS2024. 

• Oct, 2023 [Conference Paper] Our paper "3D Intra-articular Dense Reconstruction from Arthroscopic Images" was accepted by ROBIO 2023. 

• Sep, 2023 [Conference Paper] Our paper "POMDP Planning for Object Search in Partially Unknown Environment" was accepted by Neurips 2023. [CORE2023 A*]

• July, 2023 [Talk] I was invited to present a talk at RSS 2023 Workshop on Spectral Graph-theoretic Methods for Estimation and Control. 

• April, 2023 [Journal Paper]  Our paper "Structure-to-Shape Aortic 3D Deformation Reconstruction for Endovascular Interventions" was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Robotics. [ERA2010 A*]

• March, 2023 I will serve as an Associate Editor for IROS2023. 

• May, 2022 My joined industrial project about "Robot for Timber Construction" is reported in the 7 News 7 news AFR article 

• March, 2022 I will serve as an Associate Editor for IROS2022. 

• August, 2021 I will join Research School of Computer Science, Australian National University as a postdoctoral research fellow.

• March, 2021 [Conference Paper] Our paper "Some Research Questions for SLAM in Deformable Environments" was accepted by IROS 2021. [CORE2023 A]

• July, 2021: I will serve as the group project coordinator of Winter school in SLAM. 

• April, 2021 [Journal Paper]  Our paper "Anchor selection for SLAM based on graph topology and sub-modular optimization" was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Robotics. [ERA2010 A*]

• March, 2021 [Conference Paper]  Our paper "Invariant EKF based 2D Active SLAM with Exploration Task" was accepted by ICRA 2021. [CORE2023 A*]

• January, 2021 I will serve as an Associate Editor for IROS 2021. 

• July, 2020 [Journal Paper]  Our paper "Dense Isometric Non-Rigid Shape-From-Motion Based on Graph Optimization and Edge Selection" was accepted by IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters with IROS option. [CORE2020 A]

• June, 2020 [Journal Paper] Our paper "Cramer-Rao bounds and optimal design metrics for pose-graph SLAM" was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Robotics. [ERA2010 A*]

• April, 2020 [Journal Paper] Our project paper "Submap-Based Indoor Navigation System for the Fetch Robot" was accepted by IEEE Access.

• January, 2020 [Journal Paper] Our paper "Broadcast your weaknesses: cooperative active pose-graph SLAM for multiple robots" was accepted by IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters with ICRA option. [CORE2023 A*]

• January, 2020 [Journal Paper] Our paper "Active SLAM for mobile robots with area coverage and obstacle avoidance" was accepted by IEEE/ASME Transactions on Mechatronics. [ERA2010 A]

• June, 2019 [Conference Paper] Our paper "On-line 3D active pose-graph SLAM based on key poses using graph topology and sub-maps“ was accepted by ICRA 2019. [CORE2023 A*]

• June, 2018 [Conference Paper] Our paper "Efficient active SLAM based on submap joining, graph topology and convex optimization" was accepted by ICRA 2018. [Student travel award, CORE2023 A*]

• April, 2018 [Journal Paper] Our paper "Multi-UAV Task Assignment with Parameter and Time-Sensitive Uncertainties Using Modified Two-Part Wolf Pack Search Algorithm" was accepted by IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems. [ERA2010 A]