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Duo Liu is a researcher whose work sits at the intersection of hardware acceleration, real-time distributed systems, and intelligent robotics. His primary research areas include FPGA-based accelerators for 3D object detection, efficient data distribution middleware, and agricultural robotics. Liu’s most notable contribution is the development of VEA, an FPGA-based voxel encoding accelerator for LiDAR-based 3D object detection, which directly addresses the performance bottlenecks caused by sparse and unstructured point cloud data—a critical challenge for autonomous driving and robotics. This work has garnered 11 citations, reflecting its relevance in the rapidly evolving field of autonomous perception. He further advanced this line of research with DSAV, a deep sparse acceleration framework for voxel-based 3D detection, published in 2024. In parallel, Liu has contributed to real-time communication systems with 3DS, an efficient DPDK-based Data Distribution Service for distributed real-time applications, and has explored the broader application of robotics through a comprehensive review of agricultural robot technology. His work demonstrates a clear trajectory from hardware-level acceleration to system-level middleware and application-domain robotics, positioning him as a versatile engineer-researcher tackling real-world deployment challenges.