Heng-shengĀ Chang
Postdoctoral Researcher at Coordinated Science Laboratory at University of Illinois
Urbana-Champaign Area United States
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Top SchoolHeng-sheng Chang is a postdoctoral researcher and engineer with 8+ years of experience bridging robotics and machine learning, currently based at the Coordinated Science Laboratory, University of Illinois. He specializes in system modeling, control theory, and state estimation, turning principled theoretical insights into efficient algorithms and deployable infrastructure. His work focuses on uncovering fundamental structure in complex dynamical systems and translating that structure into interpretable, high-performance learning methods. Heng-sheng has a strong teaching and mentoring background across graduate and undergraduate courses, and practical industry experience as a robotics engineer. He combines rigorous mathematical reasoning from his PhD with hands-on system building, making him adept at moving ideas from theory to real-world experiments. An intellectually curious researcher, he blends interests in AI, robotics, and algorithmic mathematics to tackle interdisciplinary problems.
8 years of coding experience
7 years of employment as a software developer
Bachelorās Degree, Mechanical Engineering, Bachelorās Degree, Mechanical Engineering at National Taiwan UniversityDoctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Science and Engineering, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Mechanical Science and Engineering at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Github Skills (43)
simulation10
python10
machine-learning10
vehicle-detection10
mechanics10
deep-learning10
gpu10
elastica10
convolutional-neural-networks9
kalman-filter9
numpy9
octopus9
autograd9
neural-network9
pid-control9
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
hanson-hschang/Feedback-Particle-Filter
Jun 2019 - Sep 2019
Contributions:9 commits, 34 pushes, 2 branches in 2 months
hanson-hschang/COOMM
Mar 2022 - Sep 2022
Control Oriented Octopus Muscle Model
Contributions:1 review, 23 commits, 1 PR in 6 months
octopusmusclearm
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