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Zutao Jiang is a robotics and computer vision researcher whose work centers on 3D mapping, simultaneous localization and mapping (SLAM), and multi-robot systems. His research addresses fundamental challenges in how autonomous robots perceive, map, and navigate complex real-world environments — particularly in GPS-denied settings where robust self-localization is critical. Among his most notable contributions is his work on 3D outdoor environment mapping using scan matching and motion averaging, which has garnered 21 citations since its publication in 2019, establishing him as a meaningful voice in the LiDAR-based mapping community. Jiang has also made significant strides in multi-robot collaboration, developing innovative techniques for merging grid maps created at different resolutions — a practically important problem when heterogeneous robot teams must combine their individually built maps into a coherent shared representation. His 2021 work further refined this area through context-based descriptors, improving map merging accuracy and robustness. His 2018 contribution on multi-view registration of unordered range scans demonstrates his interest in efficient, scalable approaches to point cloud alignment using multi-scale feature descriptors. Collectively, Jiang's research offers meaningful advances for autonomous navigation, search-and-rescue robotics, and collaborative mapping systems.