Welcome to the "Vehicle Computing Lab" at W&M
"Focus on the students, since
graduating great students means you'll produce great research, while focusing on the
research may or may not graduate great students" -- Dr. David Notkin and Dr. Yuan Xie
Stay humble, remain
reliable, and always aim high.
We often overestimate what we can do in a year, but largely underestimate what can be achieved in five years or more.
Dream it, believe it, and achieve it!
Principal Investigator
Collaborating Graduate Students
Yichen Luo
Research Interests (Fall 2023)
- Internt of Things, Wireless Sensor Network, Sensor Systems, Applied AI
Representative Achievements & Awards @ W&M
- 2024 IEEE Travel Grant Award
- 2024 Research Assistant Fellowship, Vehicle Computing Lab
Professional Experience and Internships @ W&M
- Summer Research Intern, The CAR Lab, 2024
Publications @ W&M
- Accepted: two papers as the first author; Under review：two papers as the first author and one as a co-author.
Junzhou Chen
Research Interests (Fall 2024)
- Robotics, Image Processing, Generative AI
Professional Experience and Internships @ W&M
- Summer Research Intern, The CAR Lab, 2024
Publications @ W&M
- Accepted: one paper as the first author and one as a co-author; Under review：one as a co-author.
FNU Sumaiya
External Collaborating Students; Advisor: Dr. Zheng Dong
Research Interests
- Real-time Systems, Deep Learning, Software-Defined Vehicles
Representative Achievements & Awards @ W&M
- 2024 IEEE Travel Grant Award
Publications Guided by Me
- One published first-author paper, and one first-author paper is under review.
Collaborating Undergraduate Students
Myra Cropper
Research Interests
- Autonomous Driving, Robotics, Hybrid and Electric Vehicles,
Representative Achievements & Awards
- 2024 Research Assistant Fellowship, Vehicle Computing Lab
- 2024 Best Financial Hack @ TribeHacks
- 2024 Elias Paparis Fellowship
- 2024 Dean’s List
- 2023 SAN’s National Cyber Scholarship Winner
- 2023 Best William & Mary Themed Hack @ Cypher VIII
Professional Experience and Internships
- ML/AI/Cloud Computing Intern, EverWatch – Booz Allen Company. Summer 2024
- Student Researcher, Vehicle Computing Lab. Spring 2024 – Present
- Software Engineering Intern, Hardwire. Summer 2023
- Software Engineer, Disinformation Lab, Fall 2022 – Spring 2024
- Core Member/Assistant, Google Student Developer Club. Fall 2022 – Present
- Helpdesk Technician, Tech MD. Summers 2021 & 2022
Xinyu Chen
Research Interests
- Connected Health, Wearable Sensors, Computer Vision
Representative Achievements & Awards
- 2024 IEEE Travel Grant Award
- 2024 Dean’s List
Professional Experience and Internships
- Autonomous Vehicle Research Intern, Vehicle Computing Lab. Jan. 2024 - Present
- Research Intern supervised by Dr. Gang Zhou. Jun. 2023 - Present
- Remote Intern, JP Morgan. Jun. 2022 – Dec. 2022
Publications
- One co-authored conference paper, supervised by me, is under review.
Pippa Scroggins
Research Interests
- Diagnostic and prognostic applications for industrial systems
- Aeronautics and vehicle management
- Autonomous systems
Professional Experience and Internships
- Software Engineer, Greystones Group. August 2024 - Present
- Research on Turbofan Engine Prognostics in Aircraft, Vehicle Computing Lab. Spring 2024 - Present
- Data Scientist Intern, Greystones Group. June 2023 - August 2024
- Technical Analyst, DisinfoLab @ W&M. January 2023 - May 2023
- Software Engineer Intern, Lalela Innovations. Summer 2022
Publications
- One first-authored conference paper, supervised by me, is under review.
Alex Longo
Research Interests
- Cybersecurity Analysis and Penetration Testing
- Software Development
- Edge Computing for IoT Devices
- Front end UI Programming and Human-Computer Interaction (HCI)
Professional Experience and Internships
- Research Intern, Vehicle Computing Lab. Summer 2024 - Present
- Helpdesk Technician, Tech MD. Summer 2024 - Present
Alexandre Passin
Research Interests
- Robotics, Internet of Things, and Human Computer Interaction
Major Professional Experience and Internships
- Summer Intern at National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). 2024
- Research Intern, Vehicle Computing Lab. Summer 2024
- Makerspace Engineer, Makerspaces @ W&M. Nov. 2022 - Present
- Student Researcher, Applied Research Center @ W&M. Oct. 2022 - Feb. 2023
Previously Mentored Students
Nino Wang
Research Interests
- Optimization, Heuristic Algorithms, Autonomous Driving
Current Employment
- PhD student in Industry Engineering @ Ohio State University, Fall 2024
Thesis Title
- "Enabling Robust Path Planning for Autonomous Vehicles Using Improved Ant Colony Algorithm"🧑🎓, Spring 2024
