Dr. Shan Luo

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Biography

Shan Luo is a Reader in Engineering at King's College London, specializing in robotics. She received her PhD in Robotics from King's College London in 2016 and subsequently served as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Leeds and Harvard University. Shan joined the University of Liverpool in 2018 as a Lecturer and was the Director of the smARTLab within the Department of Computer Science from 2018 to 2021. Her research focuses on visuo-tactile robotics, multimodal perception, and robot learning. She has published extensively in high-impact robotics journals and conferences, including Autonomous Robots and ICRA. Her work has garnered significant media attention from outlets such as BBC and MIT Technology Review. Shan has secured funding from esteemed organizations like the EPSRC and Royal Society, raising £1.3 million as a Principal Investigator. Her contributions have been recognized with several awards, including the EPSRC New Investigator Award and Faculty Learning & Teaching Award. She is also a Distinguished Program Committee member for the International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) since 2019.

Research Interests

Requirements for King's College London

Master Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3.3
IELTS
Listening
Required:6.5
Reading
Required:6.5
Writing
Required:6.5
Speaking
Required:6.5
Overall
Required:7
TOEFL
Listening
Required:23
Reading
Required:23
Writing
Required:25
Speaking
Required:23
Total
Required:100
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in a relevant subject Quantitative competency (for some Economics/Finance programs)
Application Checklist
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  • Two Academic References
  • CV/Resume
  • English Language Proficiency Proof
Specialization Notes

Requirements are consistent across King's Business School and Social Science & Public Policy departments for standard Master's entries.