Ray (Rui) Zhang 张锐

I’m currently a Research Scientist at Toyota Research Institute, where I develop realtime perception algorithms for autonomous robots. My research interest lies in the theory and applications of robot perception, computer vision, and geometric deep learning methods.

Previously, I completed my Robotics PhD at Computational Autonomy and Robotics Laboratory (CURLY) and the Perceptual Robotics Laboratory (PeRL) at University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, adviced by Professor Maani Ghaffari and Professor Ryan Eustice. I also had collabrations with Professor Jessy Grizzle and research internships at Amazon Lab126 and Mathworks. Additionally, I served as a student investor in the space of Robotics/AI at Wolverine Venture Fund.