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Siyang Cao is a researcher specializing in autonomous perception systems, with a particular focus on radar-camera sensor fusion, multi-object tracking, and calibration methodologies for intelligent vehicles and robotics. His work addresses one of the most pressing challenges in autonomous driving: enabling robust, reliable perception across diverse and adverse environmental conditions where cameras and LiDAR systems frequently fail. Cao's most influential contribution — "Robust Multiobject Tracking Using mmWave Radar-Camera Sensor Fusion" (2022, 57 citations) — demonstrates his ability to leverage the complementary strengths of heterogeneous sensors to achieve dependable classification and tracking performance. Complementing this, his target-based and targetless radar-camera extrinsic calibration methods (2023, 24 and 16 citations respectively) have provided the autonomous driving community with flexible, practical tools for aligning sensor modalities with greater accuracy. His more recent work on TransRAD introduces transformer-based architectures to radar object detection, reflecting his forward-looking engagement with deep learning. Additionally, his research into mmWave radar-based skeletal pose estimation highlights a broader interest in human-robot interaction and sensing beyond vehicular applications. Collectively, Cao's contributions, accumulating over 120 citations, position him as an emerging and impactful voice in autonomous perception research.