Shan Lin
I’m an Assistant Professor in ECEE at Arizona State University (ASU), and Director of the Medical Automation, Robotics & General Intelligence Lab (MARGIN Lab). Previously, I was a postdoc at the University of California San Diego with Michael Yip. I completed my Ph.D. at the University of Washington, supervised by Blake Hannaford, and earned my M.S. at Vanderbilt University, advised by Robert J. Webster III.
My research interests are in AI + robotics, surgical robotics, and medical devices, with the overarching goal of intelligent healthcare and autonomous surgery. My work covers robotic perception, motion planning, control, and manipulation. Outside of research, I love outdoor sports such as climbing and hiking.
We are always looking for highly talented and motivated students! If you are interested in joining my lab, please visit our Opportunities page for more information.
Education
- Ph.D., Electrical Engineering, University of Washington, USA, 2017-2021
- M.S., Electrical Engineering, Vanderbilt University, USA, 2015-2017
- B.E., Xiamen University, China, 2011-2015
news
| Mar 11, 2026 | Our paper TrajPred: Trajectory-Conditioned Joint Embedding Prediction for Surgical Instrument-Tissue Interaction Recognition in Vision-Language Models is available online. |
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| Mar 05, 2026 | Our paper Detection of Fragmentation While Dusting During Retrograde Intrarenal Laser Lithotripsy: A Novel Computer Vision and Perception Pipeline has been published in Lasers in Medical Science. |
| Jan 31, 2026 | Our paper TwinTrack: Bridging Vision and Contact Physics for Real-Time Tracking of Unknown Dynamic Objects is accepted by ICRA 2026. |
| Jan 30, 2026 | Our paper PalpAid: Multimodal Pneumatic Tactile Sensor for Tissue Palpation is accepted by RoboSoft 2026. |
| Nov 10, 2025 | Our paper SurgXBench: Explainable Vision-Language Model Benchmark for Surgery is accepted by WACV 2026. |
