Biography

Ejup Hoxha is an AI/ML Software Engineer at Google in New York, USA, and previously worked as Applied Scientist at Amazon. He completed his Ph.D. advised by Prof. Jizhong Xiao @ CCNY Robotics Lab, focused on Robotics and Learning-based Inspection Methods, and Computer Vision. Skillful in Robotics, Control, Visual SLAM, Sensor Fusion, and Non-destructive Evaluation. His work at Amazon was focused on creating novel methods for evaluating LLMs, and LLM-based systems, RL for LLMs, Agentic Systems, and more. At Google he works as AI/ML Software Engineer. In personal projects, he is working in multiple sim2real drone racing projects.

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Interests
  • Robotics
  • Deep Learning
  • Large-Language Models - Evaluation
  • Computer Vision
  • Multi-View Geometry
Education

  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, 2025

    The City College of New York, CUNY

  • MPhil in Electrical Engineering, 2023

    The City College of New York, CUNY

  • MS in Computer Engineering, 2020

    The City College of New York, CUNY

Selected Publications

Evidential Deep Learning for Uncertainty-aware Autonomous Defect Detection in Concrete Structures using Impact Echo
Ejup Hoxha, Agnimitra Sengupta, Yang He, Jinglun Feng, Bo Shang, Jizhong Xiao
Manuscript under review at Construction and Building Materials, 2026
The General Wall-Climbing Robot (GWCR): A Field Deployable Robot for Infrastructure Inspection
Yang He, Dylan Kirdahy, Bo Shang, Fred Spielman, Ejup Hoxha, Jizhong Xiao
Manuscript under review at IEEE Transactions on Field Robotics, 2026
Contrastive Learning for Robust Defect Mapping in Concrete Slabs using Impact Echo
Ejup Hoxha, Jinglun Feng, Agnimitra Sengupta, David Kirakosian, Yang He, Bo Shang, Ardian Gjinofci, Jizhong Xiao
Construction and Building Materials, 2025
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Robotic Inspection and Data Analytics to Localize and Visualize the Structural Defects of Concrete Infrastructure
Bo Shang, Jinglun Feng, Ejup Hoxha, César Hernández, Yang He, Weihan Wang, Jizhong Xiao
IEEE T-ASE, 2025
Robotic Inspection and Subsurface Defect Mapping Using Impact-echo and Ground Penetrating Radar
Ejup Hoxha, Jinglun Feng, Diar Sanakov, Jizhong Xiao
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2023; Oral Presentation @ICRA2024, Yokohama Japan
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Improving 3D Metric GPR Imaging Using Automated Data Collection and Learning-based Processing
Jinglun Feng, Liang Yang, Ejup Hoxha, Jizhong Xiao
IEEE Sensors Journal, 2022
Robotic Inspection of Underground Utilities for Construction Survey Using a Ground Penetrating Radar
Jinglun Feng, Liang Yang, Ejup Hoxha, Jizhong Xiao
Journal of Computing in Civil Engineering, 2022
Robotic Inspection and Characterization of Subsurface Defects on Concrete Structures Using Impact Sounding
Ejup Hoxha, Jinglun Feng, Diar Sanakov, Ardian Gjinofci, Jizhong Xiao
Structural Health Monitoring, 2021
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GPR-based Model Reconstruction System for Underground Utilities Using GPRNet
Jinglun Feng, Liang Yang, Ejup Hoxha, Diar Sanakov, Stanislav Sotnikov, Jizhong Xiao
2021 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA)
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Automatic impact-sounding acoustic inspection of concrete structure
Jinglun Feng, Hua Xiao, Ejup Hoxha, Yifeng Song, Liang Yang, Jizhong Xiao
2021 10th International Conference on Structural Health Monitoring of Intelligent Infrastructure
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Teachings

Introduction to Robotics
Aug 2021 – Dec 2021
Teaching Assistant, Graduate Course
EE 42500 - Computer Engineering Laboratory
Aug 2021 – May 2022
Adjunct Lecturer, Undergraduate Senior Level Lab
EE 32300 - Electrical Engineering Laboratory III
Aug 2021 – May 2022
Adjunct Lecturer, Undergraduate Senior Level Lab
Advanced Mobile Robotics
Jan 2021 – May 2022
Teaching Assistant, Graduate Course

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