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Tao Wan is a leading researcher at the intersection of computer vision, robotics, and medical imaging, with a primary focus on advancing surgical automation and intelligent agricultural systems. His most impactful work centers on developing SLAM-based dense surface reconstruction for monocular Minimally Invasive Surgery, a breakthrough that enables real-time 3D mapping and Augmented Reality guidance during procedures—a paper that has garnered 155 citations. Wan further addresses critical challenges in surgical environments with his work on De-smokeGCN, a generative cooperative network for joint surgical smoke detection and removal, cited 39 times for its potential to improve intra-operative imaging quality and safety. Extending his expertise to precision agriculture, he has also developed an improved YOLOv7 model for pineapple target detection in complex field environments, achieving 53 citations by enabling accurate maturity-level detection for yield estimation and mechanized harvesting. Earlier in his career, Wan contributed foundational work in real-time path planning for unknown environments, a topic with enduring relevance across AI, robotics, and virtual reality. His diverse portfolio—from surgical robotics to agricultural AI—demonstrates a consistent commitment to solving real-world problems through innovative computer vision and machine learning techniques.