Our Team

A diverse group of researchers dedicated to advancing autonomous intelligence through vision and language.

Chief Scientist

A/Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Hamid Rezatofighi

Associate Professor, Department of Data Science & AI

Interested in Computer vision, Robot vision & Deep learning

Postdocs

Zhixi Cai

Zhixi Cai

Postdoc

Research Fellow (DARPA-ANSR), Monash University, 2024-now

Working on Neuro-symbolic visual reasoning

Sukai Huang

Sukai Huang

Postdoc

Research Fellow (DARPA-ANSR), Monash University, 2025-now

Working on LLMs for Planning & LLMs for embodied agents

Fucai Ke

Fucai Ke

Postdoc

Research Fellow (ONR), Monash University, 2026-now

Working on visual reasoning

Boying Li

Boying Li

Postdoc

Research Fellow (DARPA-ANSR), Monash University, 2023-now

Working on 3D Computer vision and robotics

PhD Student

Chris Austin

Chris Austin

PhD Student

Primary supervisor: Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Co-supervisor(s): Dr. Fabbrizio Horta (From UNSW)

Monash University, 2023-now

Working on AI based clinical decision support system for IVF using time-lapse data.

Sandika Biswas

Sandika Biswas

PhD Student

Primary supervisor: Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Co-supervisor(s): Prof. Subhasis Chaudhuri and Prof. Biplab Banerjee

Monash University - IIT Bombay, 2022-now

Working on Holistic 3D human & scene reconstruction from monocular video

Cristian Rojas Cardenas

Cristian Rojas Cardenas

PhD Student

Primary supervisor: Dr. Buser Say

Co-supervisor(s): Dr. Mor Vered and Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Monash University, 2025-now

Working on Robust neuro-symbolic planning

Stavya Datta

Stavya Datta

PhD Student

Primary supervisor: Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Co-supervisor(s): Prof. Pamela Carreno and Prof. Dana Kulic

Monash University, 2025-now

Working on Robot-human interaction using computer vision techniques and large language models.

Saikat Dutta

Saikat Dutta

PhD Student

Primary supervisor: Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Co-supervisor(s): Prof. Biplab Banerjee

Monash University - IIT Bombay, 2023-now

Working on Self-supervised approaches for dense prediction tasks from images

Chenhui Gou

Chenhui Gou

PhD Student

Primary supervisor: Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Co-supervisor(s): Prof. Jianfei Cai

Monash University, 2023-now

Working on Visual perception and Reasoning for AI agent.

Simindokht Jahangard

Simindokht Jahangard

PhD Student

Primary supervisor: Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Monash University, 2022-now

Working on Human social group and activity undrestanding

Tho Le

Tho Le

PhD Student

Primary supervisor: Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Co-supervisor(s): Prof. Jianfei Cai

Monash University, 2022-now

Working on Multi-modal object detection, tracking, and navigation

Mahyar Jahani Nasab

Mahyar Jahani Nasab

PhD Student

Primary supervisor: Dr. Buser Say

Co-supervisor(s): Dr. Mor Vered and Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Monash University, 2025-now

Working on Assured Neuro-symbolic Sequential Decision Making with Physics Informed Neural Networks

Hassan Saadatmand

Hassan Saadatmand

PhD Student

Primary supervisor: Dr. Mahsa Salehi

Co-supervisor(s): Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Monash University, 2025-now

Working on Time Series Analysis with Deep Learning

Meng Wei

Meng Wei

PhD Student

Primary supervisor: Prof. Jianfei Cai

Co-supervisor(s): Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Monash University, 2024-now

Working on Neural rendering & 3D reconstruction

Masters & Honours

Nishant Panchal

Nishant Panchal

Masters & Honours

Primary supervisor: Prof. Hamid Rezatofighi

Co-supervisor(s): Dr. Sukai Huang

Honours student, Monash University, 2026-now

Working on LLMs for Planning & LLMs for embodied agents.

Junyi Hao

Junyi Hao

Masters & Honours

Incoming master minor thesis student

Monash University, 2026-now

Working on visual reasoning.

Alumni

Huangying Zhan

Postdoc

Postdoc, University of Adelaide, 2020-2022

Now Scientist at OPPO US Research Center

Fucai Ke

PhD Student

PhD, Monash University, 2022-2026

Now Postdoc at Monash University

Ruth-Emely Pierau

PhD Student

PhD, Monash University, 2021-2025

Now Research Engineer at FFT (Future Fibre Technology)

Mohamed Salih

PhD Student

PhD, Monash University, 2020-2025

Chen Fei

PhD Student

PhD, University of Adelaide, 2018-2024

Now Postdoc at University of Adelaide

Mahsa Ehsanpour

PhD Student

PhD, University of Adelaide, 2018-2024

Researcher at Harrison.ai

Chamath Abeysinghe

PhD Student

PhD, Monash University, 2020-2024

Now Research Engineer at PrimeSens

Alan Tianyu Zhu

PhD Student

PhD, Monash University, 2018-2023

Now Scientist at Amazon

Kejie Li

PhD Student

PhD, University of Adelaide, 2017-2021

Now a Postdoc at the University of Oxford

Alireza Abedin Varamin

PhD Student

PhD, University of Adelaide, 2017-2020

Graduated with Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

Now Research Engineer at Aerometrex Pty. Ltd

Hoa Van Nguyen

PhD Student

PhD, University of Adelaide, 2016-2020

Graduated with Dean's Commendation for Doctoral Thesis Excellence

Now a Lecturer at Curtin University

Chongyu Liu

PhD Student

PhD, University of Adelaide, 2016-2019

Now working at KIKTech Robotics Pty. Ltd

Yuan Zou

Masters & Honours

Masters student, Monash University, 2025-2026

Riddhi Sawant

Masters & Honours

Masters student, Monash University, 2025-2026

Stavya Datta

Masters & Honours

Masters student, Monash University, 2024-2025

Now PhD at Monash University

Shuo Chen

Masters & Honours

Honours student, Monash University, 2023-2024

Shiki Wen

Masters & Honours

Masters student, Monash University, 2023-2024

Now working with EnergyAustralia as Software Engineer

Wangjie Zhong

Masters & Honours

Undergrad, Monash University, 2019-2023

Now working with Commonwealth Bank

Chris Austin

Masters & Honours

Master, Monash University, 2020-2022

Now PhD at Monash University

Kaustubh Kundu

Masters & Honours

Master, Monash University, 2021-2022

Now PhD at Monash University

Edward Vendrow

Masters & Honours

Undergrad & Master, Stanford University, 2018-2023

Now PhD at Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mihir Patel

Masters & Honours

Master, Stanford University, 2019-2021

Now A Quantitative Researcher at Citadel

Andrew Sharp

Masters & Honours

Master, Stanford University, 2019-2021

Now a data scientist working at Massachusetts General Hospital

Vida Adeli

Masters & Honours

Master, 2019-2021

Now PhD at University of Toronto

Krishna Mundada

Masters & Honours

Master, Monash University, 2019-2021

Vineet Kosaraju

Masters & Honours

Master, Stanford University, 2018-2020

Now working at OpenAI

Abhijeet Shenoi

Masters & Honours

Master, Stanford University, 2018-2020

Now working at Hakimo

Roman Kaskman

Masters & Honours

Master, Technical University of Munich, 2017-2018

Now working at Siemens

Nathan Tsoi

Masters & Honours

Undergrad, Stanford University, 2017-2018

Now a PhD student at Yale University

Farbod T. Motlagh

Masters & Honours

Undergrad-Honours degree, University of Adelaide, 2016-2019

Now working at Google AI