Research Scientist · Vision-Language-Action Models

Can Cui 崔璨

Vision, language, and action models for autonomous systems that people can understand and trust.

  • Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (BCAI)
  • Ph.D., Purdue University
  • Sunnyvale, CA
Can Cui

I am a Research Scientist in Vision-Language Action (VLA) Models at the Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (BCAI), developing foundation models for personalized, interpretable, and safe autonomous driving. My prior industry experience includes serving as an AI Research Intern at Toyota InfoTech Labs and as a Controls Research Intern at Cummins Inc., developing control algorithms and digital twin validation for physical systems. I earned my Ph.D. from Purdue University, advised by Dr. Ziran Wang, where my research focused on human–autonomy teaming, multimodal perception, and digital twin–based validation for autonomous vehicles. My work spans LLMs/VLMs, VLA, human-autonomy teaming, generative motion planning, control, and data-driven autonomy.

Vision-Language-Action LLMs / VLMs Autonomous Driving Human-Autonomy Teaming Motion Planning Digital Twin

News

Jan 5, 2026 I start working for Bosch Center for Artificial Intelligence (BCAI) as a Research Scientist in Vision-Language Action (VLA) Models!🎉
Dec 1, 2025 I successfully defend my Ph.D. dissertation on “Foundation Models for Human-Autonomy Teaming in Autonomous Vehicles”! 🎉
Oct 8, 2025 I will serve as the Guest Editor of the JCAV Focus Issue on Large Language and Vision Models for Connected and Automated Vehicles!🎉
Sep 10, 2025 One paper is accepted at EMNLP 2025 Industry Track! 🎉
Jan 17, 2025 I will serve as the General Chair of the CVPR 2025 Workshop on Distillation of Foundation Models for Autonomous Driving. See you in Nashville!🎉

Selected Publications

* indicates equal contribution. See my Google Scholar for the complete list of publications.