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Yuekun Dai is a rising researcher in computer vision and robotics, with a primary focus on depth estimation and sensor fusion. His most cited work centers on the challenging problem of depth completion from RGB images and sparse Time-of-Flight (ToF) measurements—a critical task for applications in autonomous navigation, augmented reality, and 3D scene understanding. Dai made a notable contribution through his involvement in the MIPI 2023 Challenge on RGB+ToF Depth Completion, where he helped organize and benchmark state-of-the-art deep learning methods that outperform traditional stereo or structured-light approaches. This work, which has garnered early citations, addresses the practical limitations of ToF sensors by fusing sparse depth data with dense RGB imagery to produce accurate, high-resolution depth maps. Beyond this challenge, Dai’s research explores how neural networks can robustly handle real-world sensor noise and varying lighting conditions. With his work already influencing the computer vision community, Yuekun Dai is establishing himself as a key contributor to the next generation of depth-sensing technologies, bridging the gap between raw sensor data and reliable 3D perception for intelligent systems.