Chiang-Heng Chien

I am a sixth-year Ph.D. candidate in Electrical and Computer Engineering at Brown University. My research is mainly focused on multiview geometric vision problems such as robust camera pose estimation and 3D reconstruction. Currently, I am exploring generalized camera geometry, local differential geometry, and efficient polynomial-system solvers for solving problems in visual odometry, Structure-from-Motion, and the reconstruction of higher-level geometric primitives, e.g., edges and curves. I also design and develop GPU accelerated algorithms for computationally intensive vision problems.

I am advised by Prof. Benjamin Kimia and collaborate with Prof. Viktor Larsson, Prof. Kalle Åström, Dr. Yaqing Ding, Dr. Ahmad Abdelfattah, Dr. Elias Tsigaridas, and many others. I also collaborate with cognitive science group led by Prof. William Warren and students from Rhode Island School of Design led by Prof. Soojung Ham on the development of a wearable device for pedestrian navigation using a generalized camera system.

In addition to my own research, I have supervised many master’s and undergrad students at Brown, mentoring them in research that has led to successful projects and published papers. I am also the co-founder (CSO) of SCANA Health, where we develop clinical wound-care assessment technologies using 3D reconstruction and medical imaging.