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Talks, awards, milestones, and announcements from the ERA Lab.
Three papers accepted to IROS 2026
Three ERA Lab papers have been accepted to IROS 2026: Post-Fusion BEV Feature Stabilization (PFS), APPLV, and CORAL.
Program Committee, DroneSys Workshop at ACM/IEEE SEC 2026
Prof. Lin is serving on the Program Committee for the DroneSys Workshop at ACM/IEEE SEC 2026.
WaterGen accepted to ECCV 2026
WaterGen was accepted to ECCV 2026, and to the 3rd SynData4CV workshop at CVPR 2026.
Committee roles at WACV 2027
Prof. Lin joined the Organizing Committee for the 5th MaCVi Workshop and the Program Committee for SENSE, both at WACV 2027.
NSF panel reviewer for Research in AI/ML
Prof. Lin served as an NSF panel reviewer for the Research in AI/ML program.
LADBench accepted to ICDL 2026
LADBench has been accepted to ICDL 2026.
Chaired the Large Language Model Session 1A at PAKDD 2026, where Multi-RAG was presented.
Session Chair at OCEANS 2026, Sanya
Chaired the Imaging and Vision I and Sonar Imaging sessions at OCEANS 2026 in Sanya.
Faculty presentation at the 2nd Bellini College REU Symposium
Prof. Lin gave a faculty presentation and joined the panel discussion at the 2nd Bellini College REU Symposium at USF.
ERA Lab demos at the USF Engineering Expo
The lab hosted hands-on robotics demos at the USF Engineering Expo.
G-Drift MIA accepted to ICPR 2026
G-Drift MIA has been accepted to ICPR 2026.
CatRAG has been accepted to IJCNN 2026.
Associate Editor for IROS 2026
Prof. Lin is serving as an Associate Editor for IROS 2026.
RAZOR accepted to the CVPR 2026 Findings Track
RAZOR has been accepted to the CVPR 2026 Findings Track.
Faculty Advisor for the IEEE RAS Student Branch Chapter at USF
Prof. Lin is serving as Faculty Advisor for the IEEE Robotics and Automation Society Student Branch Chapter at USF.
Teaching Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition at USF
Prof. Lin is teaching EEL 4935/6935 Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition in Spring 2026.
DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory CRADA launched
Prof. Lin is technical point of contact for a new CRADA with the DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory on Efficient Multimodal Learning.
Multi-RAG accepted to PAKDD 2026
Multi-RAG has been accepted to PAKDD 2026.
HiCL has been accepted to AAAI 2026.
Rhino detection work published in Scientific Reports
Our work on automated rhinoceros detection in satellite imagery appeared in Scientific Reports, with coverage in Maryland Today and USF World.
Department seminar at USF Electrical Engineering
Prof. Lin gave the seminar "From Human Cognition to Ocean" in the USF Electrical Engineering department.
ViewActive presented at IROS 2025
ViewActive was presented at IROS 2025.
BitMedViT presented at ICCAD 2025
BitMedViT was presented at ICCAD 2025.
Talk at Rutgers University — AI for Health workshop
Prof. Lin presented at the AI for Health workshop at Rutgers University, New Brunswick.
OysterBot presented at OCEANS 2025, Great Lakes
OysterBot was presented at OCEANS 2025 in the Great Lakes.
ERA Lab launches at the University of South Florida
Prof. Xiaomin Lin officially joined USF as a Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Electrical Engineering and founded the Embodied Robotics and Autonomy Lab.
Recognized by the Institute for Systems Research
Honored for PhD achievements and contributions to robotics and underwater ecosystem monitoring.
Attending ICRA 2025
Prof. Lin attended ICRA 2025 (May 19–24).
Talks at the University of Central Florida
Invited talks in Computer Science and in Electrical & Computer Engineering at UCF.
Talk at the 2025 AAAI Spring Symposium
Presented in AI for Engineering and Scientific Discoveries at the AAAI Spring Symposium Series.
Talk at the University of South Florida
Invited talk in Electrical Engineering at USF.
Presentation at Virginia Tech
Presented in Aerospace and Ocean Engineering at Virginia Tech.
Talk at The Catholic University of America
Invited talk in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science.
Talk at UMBC
Invited talk in the EECS department at UMBC.
Program Committee, AAAI 2025 Spring Symposium
Prof. Lin served on the Program Committee for the Gen AI at Edge symposium in the AAAI 2025 Spring Symposium Series.