Sheng Ao (敖晟)

I am an Assistant Professor working with Prof. Cheng Wang at School of Informatics, Xiamen University in Xiamen, Fujian, China. I received the Ph.D. degree from Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) in 2024, supervised by Prof. Yulan Guo. My research interests focus on 3D deep learning, particularly on 3D feature learning, registration and localization.

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📗 Selected Publications (1️⃣ Equal contribution, 📧 Corresponding author)

	ViLo: LiDAR Localization with Vision-Language Priors Minghang Zhu1️⃣, Jianshi Wu1️⃣, Yuxin Guo1️⃣, Wen Li, Penghui Shang, Sheng Ao📧, Cheng Wang. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS, 2026)
	SOAR: Regression-based LiDAR Relocalization for UAVs Hengyu Mu1️⃣, Jianshi Wu1️⃣, Yuxin Guo1️⃣, XianLian Lin, Qingyong Hu, Sheng Ao📧, Chenglu Wen, Cheng Wang. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS, 2026)
	LINK: Learning to Localize from Known to Unknown Scenes Minghang Zhu1️⃣, Kaibo Jin1️⃣, Zhijing Wang, Ziwei Shi, Wen Li, Sheng Ao📧, Cheng Wang. Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS, 2026)
	Temporal-Aware Fusion for Robust Outdoor LiDAR Localization Minghang Zhu1️⃣, Zhijing Wang1️⃣, Yuxin Guo, Chen Liu, Yongshu Huang, Wen Li, Sheng Ao📧, Cheng Wang. ACM International Conference on Multimedia (ACMMM, 2026)
	LEADER: Learning Reliable Local-to-Global Correspondences for LiDAR Relocalization Jianshi Wu, Minghang Zhu, Dunqiang Liu, Wen Li, Sheng Ao📧, Siqi Shen, Chenglu Wen, Cheng Wang. IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR Highlight, 2026)
	Progressive Correspondence Regenerator for Robust 3D Registration Guiyu Zhao1️⃣, Sheng Ao1️⃣, Ye Zhang, Kai Xu, Yulan Guo📧. IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR, 2025)
	DiffLO: Semantic-Aware LiDAR Odometry with Diffusion-Based Refinement Yongshu Huang, Chen Liu, Minghang Zhu, Sheng Ao📧, Chenglu Wen, Cheng Wang📧. IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR, 2025)
	U2Frame: A Unified and Unsupervised Learning Framework for LiDAR-based Loop Closing Yixin Zhang1️⃣, Sheng Ao1️⃣, Ye Zhang, Zhuo Song, Qingyong Hu, Tao Chang, Yulan Guo. IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA, 2025)
	BUFFER: Balancing Accuracy, Efficiency, and Generalizability in Point Cloud Registration Sheng Ao, Qingyong Hu, Hanyun Wang, Kai Xu, Yulan Guo. IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR, 2023) [Paper][Project Page]
	You Only Train Once: Learning General and Distinctive 3D Local Descriptors Sheng Ao, Yulan Guo, Qingyong Hu, Bo Yang, Andrew Markham, Zengping Chen. IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence (TPAMI, 2022) [Paper][Project Page]
	SpinNet: Learning a General Surface Descriptor for 3D Point Cloud Registration Sheng Ao, Qingyong Hu, Bo Yang, Andrew Markham, Yulan Guo. IEEE/CVF Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR, 2021) [Paper][Project Page]

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