Rui Song

Rui Song

Research Associate
Fraunhofer IVI

Guest Researcher
Technical University of Munich


About Me

I am a senior researcher at Fraunhofer IVI. I obtained my Ph.D. degree from Technical University of Munich (TUM) with highest distinction (summa cum laude), co-supervised by Prof. Dr.-Ing. habil. Alois Knoll and Prof. Dr.-Ing. Andreas Festag. Before that, I was a software developer for autonomous driving at ZF R&D Center and IPG Automotive.

My research interests include deep learning, computer vision, cooperative intelligence and their applications in autonomous driving or robotics.

I am currently seeking research scientist or postdoctoral opportunities in the fields of autonomous driving, cooperative robot systems, or intelligent transportation systems.

News

06/2025: Two papers were accepted at ICCV.
06/2025: I am happy to have been recognized as an outstanding reviewer for CVPR 2025.
06/2025: One papers was accepted at IROS.
05/2025: One workshop was accepted at ICCV 2025. Find more details here: 2nd DriveX.
04/2025: Two papers were accepted at IEEE IV.
04/2025: I have successfully defensed my PhD at TUM and was honored to graduate with highest distinction (summa cum laude)! 01/2025: One workshop was accepted at CVPR 2025. Find more details here: 1st DriveX.
11/2024: One workshop was accepted at IEEE IV 2025. Find more details here: DLIVA.
10/2024: I am happy to have been recognized as an outstanding reviewer for ACM MM 2024.
08/2024: One papers was accepted at ECCV Workshop. We won the 3rd Place in the ECCV Dataset Distillation Challenge.
03/2024: One papers was accepted at IEEE IV.
02/2024: Two papers were accepted at CVPR. CoHFF & TUMTraf-V2X
10/2023: One paper was accepted at IEEE Internet of Things Journal (IF=10.6).
09/2023: One paper was accepted at IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles (IF=8.2).
07/2023: One paper was accepted at Knowledge-based Systems (IF=8.8).
05/2023: One paper was accepted at ICRA-CoPerception.
04/2023: One paper was accepted at IJCNN.
03/2023: I open-sourced a repository for a PyTorch implementation of federated learning (FL), integrating various FL algorithms, models, and datasets.
02/2023: One paper was accepted at CVPR (Highlight).
02/2023: We released SensorTraffix, a SENSORIS-based software product for infrastructure communication, as part of the Fraunhofer IVI's assets, CONTACT.
05/2022: I had a live interview at the opening event for our 5G Innovation Lab in Ingolstadt.
05/2022: One paper was accepted at IEEE ITSC.
03/2022: One paper was accepted at IEEE VTC.
02/2022: I officially started my PhD at TUM Informatics-VI department.
12/2021: One paper was accepted at FISITA World Congress (Outstanding Paper Award).
02/2021: I joined Fraunhofer IVI as a researcher and served as the lead in the research project InFra

Academic Activities

Research Project Experience

2021-2024: 5G Innovation Concept in Ingolstadt (5GoIng), funded by the German Federal Ministry for Digital and Transport (BMDV)
2021-2024: Ingolstadt Innovation Labotory (In2Lab), funded by Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs (StMWi), Regional Development and Energy
2021-2023: Artificial Intelligence in the Transportation System in Ingolstadt (KIVI), funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF)
2021-2023: Intelligent Infrastructure (Infra), funded by Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs (StMWi), Regional Development and Energy.
2018-2021: SetLevel4to5, funded by the German Federal Ministy for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
2017-2018: Intelligent Maneuver Automation – cooperative hazard avoidance in realtime (IMAGinE) funded by the German Federal Ministy for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
2017-2018: PEGASUS funded by the German the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)

Hobbies

Snowboard: Certificated as level 3 instructor by DSLV (German Ski/Snowboard Instructor Association).

Marathon: PB 3h55; 5KM: PB 18.

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