Fangqiang Ding

about me

🤖 I am an Assistant Professor at HKUST(GZ), where I direct the PAIRS Lab (Physical AI and Robotic Systems Laboratory). My research centers on Trustworthy and Scalable Physical AI: developing next-generation intelligent physical systems (e.g., robots, self-driving cars, wearables, industrial and AIoT devices), that can operate safely and robustly in the real world, respect and protect humans, scale in a data- and resource-effcient way, and continously adapt to broader tasks. My long-term vision is to build a human-machine symbiotic ecosystem where human and physical AI systems coexist, collaborate and co-evolve in the real world.

🎓 Before joining HKUST(GZ), I was a Postdoctoral Associate at MIT, working with Dr. Hermano Igo Krebs and was a Research Fellow at Technion. I received my Ph.D. in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from The University of Edinburgh and my B.Eng. in Mechanical Engineering from Tongji University. I was honored to be awarded a RSS Pioneer 2025 for my work on robust spatial perception for robotics.

🤝 If you would like to explore collaboration opportunities, please feel free to reach out via email. I am also actively recruiting self-motivated PhD students, MPhil students, RAs, and interns for my group at HKUST(GZ). For prospective applicants, please see the group page and group website for details. Email · Google Scholar