Chih-hong Cheng
Professor (W2 With Tenure) at Carl von Ossietzky Universität Oldenburg
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Top SchoolChih-hong Cheng is a tenured professor and researcher with nine years of focused experience in safety engineering for highly automated driving and AI/ML, combining academic leadership with hands-on tool development for automotive customers. He has steered safety assurance teams at Fraunhofer and industry R&D at DENSO, and has repeatedly bridged theory and practice by shipping validation tools used by leading OEMs. His work spans positions across top European institutions (TUM, Chalmers, Oldenburg) and international research stints, reflecting a knack for translating rigorous research into deployable solutions. Known for creating novel safety concepts for autonomous systems, he often embeds coding and empirical validation into his research, helping partners both understand and improve their autonomy functions. An understated strength is his ability to operate across academia and industry simultaneously, accelerating technology transfer in a tightly regulated domain.
9 years of coding experience
9 years of employment as a software developer
visiting student researcher EECS, visiting student researcher EECS at University of California, BerkeleyPhD Informatics, PhD Informatics at Technical University of Munich
Japanese, German, English, Chinese
Github Skills (26)
simulation10
imitation-learning10
unreal-engine-410
simulator10
deep-reinforcement-learning10
computer-vision10
ros10
carla10
toolbox9
artificial-neural-networks9
artificial-intelligence9
cross-platform9
verification9
ranking9
self-driving-car9
Programming languages (3)
Github contributions (5)
dependable-ai/nn-dependability-kit
Jul 2018 - Aug 2019
Toolbox for software dependability engineering of artificial neural networks
Contributions:88 commits, 4 PRs, 54 pushes in 1 year 1 month
dependabilitydeep-learningtoolboxneural-networksmachine-learning
SEMTA-Group/FairGenAI
May 2024 - Aug 2024
Fairness specification, assessment, and enforcement for generative AI
Contributions:10 PRs, 12 pushes, 13 branches in 3 months
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