I’m a visiting research student at EPFL, advised by Prof. Josie Hughes. I am also a second-year M.S. student at Aalto University, majoring in Robotics. Previously, I received my B.Eng degree in Automation from Tongji University in June 2024, where I was fortunately supervised by Prof. Rui Fan.

My research interests include computer vision, robot perception, robot manipulation, and biomedical signal processing. Currently, my work focuses on robot tactile sensing and RL-based manipulation.

If you are interested in connecting with me, please feel free to reach out.

Email: dacheng.zhou [at] epfl.ch

📝 Publications

IEEE Sensors Journal

Quantitative assessment of muscle fatigue based on improved gramian angular difference field
Yu Liu, Jian Zhou, Dacheng Zhou, Linna Peng
IEEE Sensors Journal

Book Chapter

Road Environment Perception for Safe and Comfortable Driving
Sicen Guo, Yu Jiang, Jiahang Li, Dacheng Zhou, Shuai Su, Mohammud Junaid Bocus, Xingyi Zhu, Qijun Chen and Rui Fan
Autonomous Driving Perception: Fundamentals and Applications

IEEE T-ITS

UDTIRI: An online open-source intelligent road inspection benchmark suite
Sicen Guo, Jiahang Li, Yi Feng, Dacheng Zhou, Denghuang Zhang, Chen Chen, Shuai Su, Xingyi Zhu, Qijun Chen and Rui Fan
IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Transportation Systems (T-ITS)

🛠 Selected Projects

🎖 Honors and Awards

• 2024, 2025, 2026: Finland National Scholarship (Full Funding and Highest Scholarship, by Finland Ministry of Education and Culture)

• 2021, 2022, 2023: Outstanding Undergraduate Scholarship (3 consecutive years)

• 2022: Provincial Prize, China Undergraduate Mathematical Contest in Modeling (CUMCM)
• 2018, 2019: Provincial Prize, Chinese Chemistry Olympiad (CChO)

💬 Invited Talks

• 2025.11 — Guest speaker at “AI + Metaphysics Startup Closed-Door Forum”, held by Next by NEXT.

🧩 Miscellaneous

My favorite game is GeoGuessr🌍. My favorite singer is Cheer Chen🎸.

I enjoy a wide range of sports, including hiking, soccer, rock climbing, and squash.