Tingjun Lei
- Assistant Professor, SEECS
Contact Info
- Email: tingjun.lei@UND.edu
- Office: 701.777.3233
Office Address
Upson Hall II Room 266Q
243 Centennial Drive Stop 7165
Grand Forks, ND 58202-7165
Upson II Room 366Q
Websites
Biography
Dr. Tingjun Lei is currently an Assistant Professor in the School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at the University of North Dakota. He received his Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from Mississippi State University under Dr. Chaomin Luo. He was honored with the Year 2024 Best Paper Award from Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics and received Best Paper Awards from the 2022 International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ICSI 2022) and the 2024 American Society for Engineering Education (ASEE ECE Division). Dr. Lei serves as an Editorial Board Member for Intelligence and Robotics, Robot Learning, and Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics. He has also actively contributed as a Technical Program Committee (TPC) member for numerous international conferences, including IEEE CEC, IEEE IJCNN, ICSI, and PRIS. He was awarded the Early Career Scholars Award by the University of North Dakota and the Best Graduate Researcher Award by the ECE Department at Mississippi State University. His two papers have been selected and featured as cover articles on Intelligence and Robotics. His research spans multiple interdisciplinary areas, including bio-inspired artificial intelligence (AI), robotics and autonomous systems, optimization and evolutionary computation, human-autonomy teaming (HAT), intelligent transportation systems, and applied machine learning.
- Robotics and Autonomous Systems
- Bio-inspired Artificial Intelligence (AI)
- Optimization and Evolutionary Computation
- Applied Machine Learning / Deep Learning
- Human-Autonomy Teaming (HAT), Human Robot Interaction (HRI)
- Intelligent Transportation Systems
All my publications can be found on Google Scholar.
A complete list of my publications is also available on my personal website.
A complete list of my awards and honors can be found on my personal website.
- 2025 Early Career Scholars Award (University of North Dakota)
- 2024 Best Junior Editorial Member (Intelligence and Robotics Journal)
- 2024 Year 2024 Best Paper Award (“Graph-Based Robot Optimal Path Planning with Bio-Inspired Algorithms”, Biomimetic Intelligence and Robotics)
- 2024 Distinguished Reviewer (Intelligence and Robotics Journal)
- 2024 Best Paper Award ("Enhancing Student Learning in Robot Path Planning Optimization through Graph-Based Methods", 2024 ASEE Annual Conference, Electrical and Computer Engineering Division)
- Paper Selected and Featured as Cover Article ("A Bio-Inspired Algorithm in Image-Based Path Planning and Localization Using Visual Features and Maps", Intelligence and Robotics Journal, vol. 3, no. 2)
- 2022 Paper Selected and Featured as Cover Article ("An Informative Planning-Based Multi-Layer Robot Navigation System as Applied in a Poultry", Intelligence and Robotics Journal, vol. 2, no. 4)
- 2022 Best Paper Award ("A Bio-Inspired Neural Network Approach to Robot Navigation and Mapping with Nature-Inspired Algorithms", 2022 13th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, ICSI’ 2022)
A complete list of my academic professional activities can be found on my personal website.
Journal Editor and Special Issue Organizer
- Editorial Board Member, Intelligence and Robotics
- Youth Editorial Board Member, Robot Learning
- Special Issue Guest Editor, Intelligence and Robotics (Special Issue: Bio-inspired Intelligence for Robotics and Autonomous Systems: Advances and Applications)
- Special Issue Guest Editor, Electronics (Special Issue: Smart Robotics and Autonomous Systems )
Conference and Session Organizer
- Publicity Chair: 2025 International Conference on Computer Vision, Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence (CVPRAI 2025)
- Special Session Organizer: “Bio-inspired Intelligence and Evolutionary Computation for Robotics and Autonomous Systems” on 2025 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE CEC’ 2025)
- Special Session Organizer: “Biologically Inspired Neural Networks and Learning Systems for Robotics and Mechatronics” on 2025 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IEEE IJCNN’ 2025)
- Session Chair: 2024 IEEE 4th Cyber Awareness and Research Symposium 2024 (CARS’ 2024)
- Special Session Organizer: “Biologically Inspired Intelligence for Mechatronics and Robotics” on 2024 International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ICSI’ 2024)