Ruohan Gao

Ruohan Gao is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Computer Science at University of Maryland, College Park, leading the UMD Multisensory Machine Intelligence Lab. He holds affiliations with UMIACS, MRC, and AIM institutes.

His research focuses on

• Computer vision and machine learning
• Multisensory machine intelligence (sight, sound, touch)
• Robotic manipulation through sensory fusion
• Audio-visual spatialization
• Sim2Real transfer methods

His recent publications (2025-2022) span

• ICCV (5 papers)
• CVPR (6 papers)
• CoRL (4 papers)
• ECCV (2 papers)
• BVMC (1 paper)

covering topics like differentiable acoustic rendering, audio-visual navigation, and embodied AI systems.

Scientific recognition includes

• Michael H. Granof Award (UT Austin Top Dissertation)
• BMVC Best Paper Runner-Up
• CVPR Highlight Paper
• CVPR Best Paper Finalist

He actively mentors students and collaborates with institutions including Stanford University, UT Austin, and Northwestern University (future affiliation).