Cheng Wang

I am currently a research associate at the Autonomous Agents Research Group, University of Edinburgh, working with Assoc. Prof. Stefano Albrecht. I obtained my Ph.D. at the Institute of Automotive Engineering, Technical University of Darmstadt, supervised by Prof. Hermann Winner. After my Ph.D., I joined DJI Automotive as a senior Engineer, mentored by Assoc. Prof. Yuxin Zhang.

I am leading the AutoSafe lab, where the lab’s vision is to design and deploy safe and trustworthy robotics to benifit human beings and the society. My research interest is AI safety, driver behavior modeling, safety assurance and motion planning.

I will join the Robotics Group (leading by Prof. Yvan Petillot) at the Heriot-Watt University as an assistant professsor on April, 2024. Meantime, I will be affiliated with the National Robotarium and the Edinburgh Center for Robotics. I will hire 1~2 Ph.D. candidates after I join. Full funding is possible. The starting date is expected to be fall 2024. Sending me an Email if you are interested in.

news

Apr 02, 2024	I was awarded the “DAAD AInet Fellowship”.
Feb 12, 2024	I was awarded the “Marie Curie Postdoctotal Fellowship”.
Jan 10, 2024	Our paper about “Casual explanation for stochastic sequential multi-agent decision-making” is accpeted by AAMAS 2024.
Dec 07, 2023	Our paper about “Runtime unknown unsafe scenarios identification for SOTIF of autonomous vehicles” is accepted by Accident Analysis and Prevention.
Oct 22, 2023	Our paper about “The application of driver models in the safety assessment of autonomous vehicles: perspectives, insights, prospects” is accepted by IEEE Transaction on Intelligent Vehicles.

selected publications

AAP

Runtime unknown unsafe scenarios identification for SOTIF of autonomous vehicles

Cheng Wang , Kai Storms , Ning Zhang , and 1 more author

Accident Analysis & Prevention, 2024

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@article{wang2024runtime,
  title = {Runtime unknown unsafe scenarios identification for SOTIF of autonomous vehicles},
  author = {Wang, Cheng and Storms, Kai and Zhang, Ning and Winner, Hermann},
  journal = {Accident Analysis \& Prevention},
  volume = {195},
  pages = {107410},
  year = {2024},
  publisher = {Elsevier},
}

IEEE T-IV

The Application of Driver Models in the Safety Assessment of Autonomous Vehicles: Perspectives, Insights, Prospects

Cheng Wang , Fengwei Guo , Ruilin Yu , and 2 more authors

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2023

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@article{wang2023application,
  title = {The Application of Driver Models in the Safety Assessment of Autonomous Vehicles: Perspectives, Insights, Prospects},
  author = {Wang, Cheng and Guo, Fengwei and Yu, Ruilin and Wang, Luyao and Zhang, Yuxin},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}

IEEE T-IV

The AD4CHE Dataset and its Application in Typical Congestion Scenarios of Traffic Jam Pilot Systems

Yuxin Zhang , Cheng Wang* , Ruilin Yu , and 4 more authors

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2023

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@article{zhang2023ad4che,
  title = {The AD4CHE Dataset and its Application in Typical Congestion Scenarios of Traffic Jam Pilot Systems},
  author = {Zhang, Yuxin and Wang*, Cheng and Yu, Ruilin and Wang, Luyao and Quan, Wei and Gao, Yang and Li, Pengfei},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles},
  year = {2023},
  publisher = {IEEE}
}

IEEE T-ITS

Online safety assessment of automated vehicles using silent testing

Cheng Wang , Kai Storms , and Hermann Winner

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems, 2021

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@article{wang2021online,
  title = {Online safety assessment of automated vehicles using silent testing},
  author = {Wang, Cheng and Storms, Kai and Winner, Hermann},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems},
  volume = {23},
  number = {8},
  pages = {13069--13083},
  year = {2021},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}

IEEE T-IV

Reduction of uncertainties for safety assessment of automated driving under parallel simulations

Cheng Wang , Fanglei Xiong , and Hermann Winner

IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2020

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@article{wang2020reduction,
  title = {Reduction of uncertainties for safety assessment of automated driving under parallel simulations},
  author = {Wang, Cheng and Xiong, Fanglei and Winner, Hermann},
  journal = {IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles},
  volume = {6},
  number = {1},
  pages = {110--120},
  year = {2020},
  publisher = {IEEE},
}