Invited

Shirong Huang

IEEE Senior Member

Technische Universität Dresden (TU Dresden), Germany

Report Topic

AI-Enabled Electronic Olfaction for Embodied Intelligence

Electronic olfaction is emerging as a promising sensory modality for embodied intelligence, enabling robots and intelligent systems to perceive and interact with complex chemical environments. In this talk, I will present our recent advances in AI-enabled electronic olfaction, integrating low-dimensional nanomaterials, including graphene, carbon nanotubes, MXenes, and metal–organic frameworks, with cross-reactive gas sensor arrays and machine learning. Particular emphasis will be placed on engineering sensitive and selective chemical sensing interfaces, extracting multidimensional olfactory fingerprints through dynamic sensing strategies, and developing intelligent algorithms for robust odor recognition under complex environmental conditions. Furthermore, I will discuss the integration of electronic noses into robotic platforms, highlighting opportunities for real-time chemical perception, odor source localization, and adaptive human–robot–environment interactions. By bridging advanced nanomaterials, artificial intelligence, and robotic sensing, this work aims to advance electronic olfaction from conventional gas detection toward intelligent, adaptive, and embodied chemical perception.

References
[1]. Wei Wang, et al. Nature Communications (2026).
[2]. Jianjun Zhang, et al. Advanced Materials (2026): e73785.
[3]. Shirong Huang, et al. Applied Physics Reviews 10.2 (2023).
[4]. Alexandra Parichenko, Shirong Huang et al. TrAC Trends in Analytical Chemistry (2023)
[5]. Shirong Huang, et al. Advanced Intelligent Systems 4.4 (2022)
[6]. Shirong Huang, et al. Carbon 173 (2021)

Biography

Dr. Shirong Huang is a Group Leader of Digital Olfaction Sensors at the Chair of Materials Science and Nanotechnology at Dresden University of Technology (TU Dresden, Germany) since 2024. He received his Ph.D. in Materials Science in 2022 under the supervision of Prof. Gianaurelio Cuniberti at TU Dresden. Prior to that, he obtained his M.Sc. degree from Shanghai University, China, in 2014, where he conducted research under Prof. Johan Liu on the synthesis of carbon nanomaterials and their applications in thermal management for high-power electronic packaging.

Dr. Huang is the winner of TOP10 Leading Chinese-Origin TECH Talents in Europe (欧洲华人十大科技领军人才，2026) and the winner of the China–Europe Outstanding Young Scientist Award (2025). He has been an IEEE Senior Member since 2025. He actively contributes to the professional community, serving as a Young Professional Member of the IEEE Sensors Council Young Professionals Committee, YP Chair of the IEEE Biosensors Conference 2026, and Technical Program Committee (TPC) Member for both International Symposium on Olfaction and Electronic Nose (ISOEN) 2024/2026 and the Digital Olfaction Society (DOS) 2024 Conference. He also serves on the Youth Editorial Board of Applied Research and Brain-X, and as Guest Editor for Small, Analysis & Sensing, and Advanced Sensor Research, among others. He also serves as reviewer for numerous peer-reviewed journals, including Nature Communications, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Biosensors and Bioelectronics, ACS Sensors, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Carbon, Small, IEEE Sensors Journal, Advanced Intelligent Systems, Advanced Engineering Materials, Journal of Hazardous Materials, and Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture, etc.

To date, Dr. Huang has authored over 70 peer-reviewed publications in leading journals and international conference proceedings, including Nature Communications, Advanced Materials, Science Advances, Sensors and Actuators B: Chemical, Applied Physics Reviews, Angewandte Chemie International Edition, ACS Sensors, Carbon, Small, ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, Advanced Intelligent Systems, and IEEE Sensors Journal, etc., as well as 6 book chapters. Currently, he also serves as vice president of the Society of Chinese Chemists and Chemical Engineers in Germany (GCCCD，中国旅德学者化学化工学会副会长).