Shaojie SHEN
Associate Professor
Electronic and Computer Engineering
About
Shaojie Shen received his B.Eng. degree in Electronic Engineering from the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) in 2009. He received his M.S. in Robotics and Ph.D. in Electrical and Systems Engineering in 2011 and 2014, respectively, all from the University of Pennsylvania. He joined the Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering at the HKUST in September 2014 as an Assistant Professor, and is promoted to Associate Professor in July 2020. He is the founding director of the HKUST-DJI Joint Innovation Laboratory (HDJI Lab). His research interests are in the areas of robotics and unmanned aerial vehicles, with focus on state estimation, sensor fusion, localization and mapping, and autonomous navigation in complex environments. He was the regional program chair of SSRR 2017 and program co-chair of SSRR 2015. He is currently serving as associate editor for T-RO and AURO, and senior editor for IROS 2020-2022.
Research Interests
RoboticsUnmanned Aerial VehiclesEstimation and Control for Aerial RobotsSensor FusionAutonomous NavigationComputer VisionField Robotics
Last updated: 4/10/2026