Scholar
Kejia Ren
Google Scholar ID: 1umO80wAAAAJ
Rice University
Citations & Impact
Citations
228
H-index
6
i10-index
3
Publications
15
Co-authors
0
Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Journal Articles: 'Object-Centric Kinodynamic Planning for Nonprehensile Robot Rearrangement Manipulation' published in IEEE Transactions on Robotics (T-RO), 2025; 'Collision-Inclusive Manipulation Planning for Occluded Object Grasping via Compliant Robot Motions' published in IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters (RA-L), 2025.
Research Experience
- Worked closely with Prof. Lydia E. Kavraki at Rice University and Dr. Andrew S. Morgan at the RAI Institute (formerly Boston Dynamics AI Institute); research intern at the RAI Institute in Spring 2025.
Education
- Ph.D. in Computer Science at Rice University, advised by Prof. Kaiyu Hang; M.S.E. in Robotics from Johns Hopkins University; B.E. in Vehicle Engineering from Tongji University.
Background
- Research interests: planning and control of contact-rich, physics-intensive robotic manipulation, leveraging informed search, constrained optimization, and learning. Field: Computer Science.
Co-authors