Shoudong Huang

Shoudong Huang is a Professor at the School of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, and Deputy Director of the UTS Robotics Institute. His research focuses on mobile robot navigation, SLAM, nonlinear state estimation, and surgical robotics. He has published over 200 papers and is recognized as one of the 100 Most Influential Scholars in Robotics (Aminer, 2018).

• PhD in Automatic Control, Northeastern University (China)
• Postdoctoral Research Fellow, University of Hong Kong (1998-2000)
• Research Fellow, Australian National University (2001-2003)
• Full-time academic roles at UTS since 2004

His work addresses challenges in robot localization across extreme environments (underwater, underground mining, surgical settings) and develops globally optimal SLAM algorithms with guaranteed performance. He has secured over $4 million AUD in external funding, including ARC Discovery grants and industry partnerships.

Recent publications emphasize cross-modal calibration (camera-LiDAR), interval analysis for bounded noise, and template-based deformable surface reconstruction. These span applications in autonomous driving, surgical navigation, and UAV guidance.

• Chancellor’s Medal for Research Excellence (2020)
• Supervisor of the Year (2023)
• Best Paper Award (2016 ICARCV)

Huang serves as Associate Editor for IEEE Transactions on Robotics and International Journal of Robotics Research, and has held leadership roles in top robotics conferences like IROS and RSS. His collaborations span MIT, USC, Zhejiang University, and industry partners including PMSW Research Pty Ltd and Multiplex Constructions Pty Ltd.