Scholar
Liang Ding
Google Scholar ID: N_jCW-UAAAAJ
Professor in State Key Laboratory of Robotics and System, Harbin Institute of Technology
Citations & Impact
Citations
4,584
H-index
35
i10-index
129
Publications
20
Co-authors
45
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Contact
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Publications
Resume (English only)
Academic Achievements
- Published over 240 academic papers in journals such as Science/Nature Subjournals, IJRR, IEEE TRO/SMCA/TCyber/TIE, MMT, with more than 150 SCI papers, the highest impact factor being 25; Google Scholar citations exceeding 5000. First author or corresponding author of 5 cover papers in Science Robotics and National Science Review, 3 ESI Hot Papers/Highly Cited Papers, and 4 Best Paper Awards. Co-authored 5 books including 'Design of Lunar Rover Mobility System' and 'ROS2 Source Code Analysis and Engineering Application'. Granted and pending 104 invention patents (including 6 US patents). Received awards such as the First Prize of Natural Science of Heilongjiang Province, Second Prize of National Technological Invention, and Outstanding Young Scientist Award by CAST.
Research Experience
- Teaching Assistant at HIT (2009.11-2010.01); Lecturer at HIT (2010.02-2013.11); Associate Professor at HIT (2013.12-2014.11); Visiting Scholar at Ryerson University, Canada (2012.12-2013.06); Doctoral Supervisor at HIT (since 2014.04); Professor at HIT (since 2014.12). Principal investigator for over 40 projects including National Key R&D Program, National High-Quality Special Projects, and Mars Exploration Major Special Projects; key researcher in the second and third phases of the Lunar Exploration Project.
Education
- Bachelor's and Master's in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing and Automation from Harbin University of Science and Technology (1999.09-2006.02); Ph.D. in Mechanical Engineering from Harbin Institute of Technology (2006.03-2009.12); Jointly trained Ph.D. student at Tohoku University, Japan (2008.10-2009.10); Postdoctoral Researcher in Control Theory and Control Engineering at Harbin Institute of Technology (2010.05-2016.04).
Background
- Professor and doctoral supervisor at the National Key Laboratory of Robotics Technology and Systems, School of Mechatronics Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology. He is a recipient of the National High-Level Talent Program and the National Excellent Young Scientist Fund. His main research directions include planetary exploration vehicles, field legged robots, robot ground mechanics, and embodied intelligence.
Miscellany
- Academic positions include General Chair of ISTVS 2022 International Conference, Associate Editor of ICRA, Editorial Board Member of CJME and JBE, and member of 8 domestic and international conference committees. Supervised and co-supervised multiple doctoral and master's students who have won national scholarships, and jointly trained 9 doctoral students with CMU, ETH, and other universities.
