Xianjia Yu
PhD
Department of Computing xianjia.yu@utu.fi ORCID identifier: https://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9042-3730 |
Areas of expertise
Robotics, Perception, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Sensor Fusion, Federated Learning
Robotics, Perception, Machine Learning, Computer Vision, Sensor Fusion, Federated Learning
Research community or research topic
Multi-robot system perception, machine learning, sensor fusion, federated learning
Multi-robot system perception, machine learning, sensor fusion, federated learning
Biography
Dr. Xianjia Yu is a postdoctoral researcher at the TIERS Lab, University of Turku, and an automation researcher and engineer at Kaptas Oy. He earned his D.Sc. (Tech.) in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from the University of Turku in 2024, and holds dual Master’s degrees from the University of Turku and Fudan University. His research focuses on multi-modal sensing, sensor fusion, machine learning, and robotic perception.
Research
multi-modal sensing, sensor fusion, machine learning, and robotic perception
Teaching
Previously involved in three-course teaching:
Hardware Accelerators for Robotics & AI
Robotics and Autonomous Systems
Perception and Navigation in Robotics
Publications
- Event-based Sensor Fusion and Application on Odometry: A Survey (2025) 2025 IEEE 6th International Conference on Image Processing, Applications and Systems (IPAS) Zhang, Jiaqiang; Yu, Xianjia; Sier, Ha; Zhang, Haizhou; Westerlund, Tomi
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Comparison of Middlewares in Edge-to-Edge and Edge-to-Cloud Communication for Distributed ROS 2 Systems (2024)
- Journal of Intelligent and Robotic Systems
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Federated learning enhanced multi-modal sensing and perception in a collaborative multi-robot system (2024) Yu, Xianjia
(G5 Article dissertation ) - A Benchmark for Multi-Modal LiDAR SLAM with Ground Truth in GNSS-Denied Environments (2023)
- Remote Sensing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Benchmarking UWB-Based Infrastructure-Free Positioning and Multi-Robot Relative Localization: Dataset and Characterization (2023) 2023 IEEE Sensors Applications Symposium (SAS) Torrico Morón Paola, Salimpour Sahar, Fu Lei, Yu Xianjia, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Blockchain and Emerging Distributed Ledger Technologies for Decentralized Multi-robot Systems (2023)
- Current Robotics Reports
(A2 Refereed review article in a scientific journal ) - Exploiting redundancy for UWB anomaly detection in infrastructure-free multi-robot relative localization (2023)
- Frontiers in Robotics and AI
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - General-Purpose Deep Learning Detection and Segmentation Models for Images from a Lidar-Based Camera Sensor (2023)
- Sensors
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - LiDAR-Generated Images Derived Keypoints Assisted Point Cloud Registration Scheme in Odometry Estimation (2023)
- Remote Sensing
(A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal) - Towards Robust UAV Tracking in GNSS-Denied Environments: A Multi-LiDAR Multi-UAV Dataset (2023) 2023 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Biomimetics (ROBIO) Catalano Iacopo, Yu Xianjia, Peña Queralta Jorge
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - UAV Tracking with Lidar as a Camera Sensor in GNSS-Denied Environments (2023)
- International Conference on Localization and GNSS
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - UAV Tracking with Solid-State Lidars: Dynamic Multi-Frequency Scan Integration (2023) 2023 21st International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) Catalano Iacopo, Sier Ha, Yu Xianjia, Westerlund Tomi, Peña Queralta Jorge
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Distributed Robotic Systems in the Edge-Cloud Continuum with ROS 2: a Review on Novel Architectures and Technology Readiness (2022) 2022 Seventh International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC) Zhang Jiaqiang, Keramat Farhad, Yu Xianjia, Montero Hernández Daniel, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Federated Learning for Vision-based Obstacle Avoidance in the Internet of Robotic Things (2022) 2022 Seventh International Conference on Fog and Mobile Edge Computing (FMEC) Yu Xianjia, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Multi-Modal Lidar Dataset for Benchmarking General-Purpose Localization and Mapping Algorithms (2022)
- IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Towards Lifelong Federated Learning in Autonomous Mobile Robots with Continuous Sim-to-Real Transfer (2022)
- Procedia Computer Science
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Adaptive Lidar Scan Frame Integration: Tracking Known MAVs in 3D Point Clouds (2021) 2021 20th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR) Li Qingqing, Yu Xianjia, Peña Queralta Jorge, Westerlund Tomi
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Applications of UWB Networks and Positioning to Autonomous Robots and Industrial Systems (2021) 2021 10th Mediterranean Conference on Embedded Computing (MECO) Yu Xianjia, Li Qingqing, Peña Queralta Jorge, Heikkonen Jukka, Westerlund Tomi
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Cooperative UWB-Based Localization for Outdoors Positioning and Navigation of UAVs aided by Ground Robots (2021) 2021 IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Systems (ICAS) Proceedings Yu Xianjia, Li Qingqing, Peña Queralta Jorge, Heikkonen Jukka, Westerlund Tomi
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication ) - Federated Learning in Robotic and Autonomous Systems (2021)
- Procedia Computer Science
(A4 Refereed article in a conference publication )
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