Cheng Huimin

Adjunct Instructor

Biography

Huimin received his Master of Computing (Artificial Intelligence) and Bachelor of Engineering (Electrical Engineering) degrees in 2022 and 2019 respectively. As an adjunct instructor at the Engineering Design and Innovation Centre, he supervises and guides students working on robotics-related projects, particularly those involving vision-based autonomy and embedded real-time systems.

Prior to his current appointment, Huimin was a research engineer at Motional Singapore Pte Ltd, focusing on R&D of next generation calibration infrastructure for robotaxi. Prior to that, he worked as an Associate Scientist and later as Research Scientist (B) in Temasek Laboratories focusing on visual SLAM algorithm and multi-camera perception system design. During the same period of his appointment, he became the one of the founding staff supervisors of the NUS RoboMaster Team, competing for the annual RoboMaster Robotics Competition based in Shenzhen.

Research Interests / Areas

Multi-camera visual SLAM; real-time and distributed systems; multi-camera and IMU calibration; low-light and HDR image enhancement.

Personal Interests

Racket sports, hiking, guitar, and social dance.

Research Publications

Y. Zhou et al., “Towards Autonomy of Micro Aerial Vehicles in Unknown and GPS-denied Environments,” in IEEE Transactions on Industrial Electronics (2020)

X. Liu et al., “Learning-based Low Light Image Enhancement for Visual Odometry,” in IEEE International Conference on Control & Automation (ICCA) (2020)

H. Cheng and Z. Gao, “UAV-based Moving Object Detection Based on Sliding-Window Trajectories Analysis,” in 2018 3rd International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM) (2018)