{"id":3,"date":"2026-09-11T15:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-11T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/lidar2627\/?page_id=2"},"modified":"2026-10-14T19:15:27","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T19:15:27","slug":"about-team-cross","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2627lidar\/about-team-cross\/","title":{"rendered":"About Team CROSS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Team CROSS is a University of Florida IPPD team working with KB Signaling on the Object Recognition Using LiDAR \/ 4D Imaging Radar project.<br><br>Our project focuses on using technologies such as LiDAR, radar, and optical sensors to recognize important objects and landmarks in railroad environments. The project explores sensing and object-recognition approaches for railroad environments.<br><br>CROSS stands for Crossing Recognition and Object Sensing System.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2627lidar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2026\/09\/CROSS_Logo-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-111\" style=\"width:435px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2627lidar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2026\/09\/CROSS_Logo-1.png 800w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2627lidar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2026\/09\/CROSS_Logo-1-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2627lidar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2026\/09\/CROSS_Logo-1-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2627lidar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2026\/09\/CROSS_Logo-1-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2627lidar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2026\/09\/CROSS_Logo-1-275x275.png 275w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2627lidar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2026\/09\/CROSS_Logo-1-274x274.png 274w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2627lidar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2026\/09\/CROSS_Logo-1-210x210.png 210w, https:\/\/www.ippd.ufl.edu\/blogs\/ay2627lidar\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/267\/2026\/09\/CROSS_Logo-1-399x399-1.png 399w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Our Team<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Rongguan Gu &#8211; MSAIS<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Lahela Herbert &#8211; Electrical Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Huy Hoang &#8211; Computer Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kyle Scarmack &#8211; Computer Science<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Qingyuan Tian &#8211; Computer Engineering<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Shunmuka Valsa &#8211; Computer Science<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Coach<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Dr. Sara Rampazzi &#8211; Assistant Professor, CISE, University of Florida<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Liaison Engineers<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Tony Spagnolia &#8211; Hardware Engineering Manager, KB Signaling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Jeff Fries &#8211; Lead Technologist, KB Signaling<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout the 2026-2027 academic year, we will use this site to share project updates, milestones, research, and progress as we develop our solution.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Team CROSS is a University of Florida IPPD team working with KB Signaling on the Object Recognition Using LiDAR \/ 4D Imaging Radar project. 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