Contact Information
- Phone: (775) 682-5490
- Email: chuongl@unr.edu
- Personal Website: khuechuong.github.io
- Office: Scrugham Engineering and Mines (SEM) 211
Degrees
- Ph.D. Computer Science and Engineering, University of Nevada, Reno, 2022-2027
- B.S. Computer Science, University Of Oklahoma, 2017-2021
Biography
Chuong Le joined the ARA Lab at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Nevada, Reno as a PhD student in Spring 2022. Chuong’s CV
Research Interests
- Autonomous Robot Systems
- Infrastructure Inspection Robot
- Deep Learning
Teaching Experience
University of Nevada, Reno:
- CPE470/670: Autonomous Mobile Robots, Spring 2022, TA
- CPE201: Digital Design, Fall 2022, TA
- CS202: Computer Science II, Spring 2023, TA
- CS455/655:Mobile Sensor Networks, Spring 2024, Teacher
Publications
Conferences:
- C. P. Le, P. Walunj, A. Nguyen, V. C. Nguyen, A. Netchaev, H. La. MS-AIS: Multi-Sensor Autonomous Inspection Robotic System. 2026 IROS. Pittsburg, PA, USA.
- V. C. Nguyen, A. Nguyen, C. Le, G. Srikar, H. La. Autonomous Balloon based Adaptive Sliding Mode Control and Infinite-Horizon POMDP. 2026 ICRA. June 1-5, Vienna, Austria.
- A. D. Nguyen, C. P. Le, P. Walunj, A. Netchaev, T. N. Do and H. Manh La. A Multi-model Fusion of LiDAR-inertial Odometry via Localization and Mapping. 2024 IROS. Oct. 14 – 18, 2024. Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- C. P. Le, P. Walunj, A. D. Nguyen, Y. Zhou, B. Nguyen T. Nguyen, A. Netchaev, and H. M. La. CAIS: Culvert Autonomous Inspection Robotic System. 2024 IROS. Oct. 14 – 18, 2024. Abu Dhabi, UAE.
- C. P. Le, H. M. La. A Real-time Multi-Camera Auto-Adjustment Framework for Infrastructure Inspections. 2024 SII. Jan. 8-12, 2024. Hawaii, USA.
- T. Yasmin, C. Le and H. M. La. Deep Architecture Based Spalling Severity Detection System Using Encoder-Decoder Networks. 2022 ISVC. Oct. 3-5, 2022, San Diego, CA, USA.
- H. Ahmed, S. T. Nguyen, D. La, C. P. Le and H. M. La. Multi-directional Bicycle Robot for Bridge Inspection with Steel Defect Detection System. 2022 IROS. Tokyo, Japan, October 23 – 27, 2022. (Best Application Paper Award Finalist)
- H-D. Bui, S. T. Nguyen, U-H. Billah, C. Le, A. Tavakkoli, H. M. La. Control Framework for a Hybrid-steel Bridge Inspection Robot. 2020 IROS. Oct. 25 – 29, 2020. Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. Video Demo PDF
- C. Le, A. Q. Pham, H. M. La, D. Feil-Seifer. A Multi-Robotic System for Environmental Dirt Cleaning. 2020 SII. January 12-15, 2020, Hawaii, USA. PDF
Journals:
- V. C. Nguyen, A. Nguyen, P. Walunj, C. Le, H. La. SM-NMPC: Sliding Mode-Based Nonlinear Model Predictive Control for UAVs under Degraded Motor on Microcontrollers. RA-L. vol. 10, no. 10, pp. 10886-10893. Oct. 2025.
- H. Ahmed, C. P. Le, and H. M. La. Pixel-level classification for bridge deck rebar detection and localization using multi-stage deep encoder-decoder network. Developments in the Built Environment, vol. 14, p. 100132, 2023. PDF
