Sense physical change
Start with field signals to observe vibration, disturbances and operational changes.
ABOUT OX-SENSE / FEEL THE WORLD
Let fiber sense. Let AI understand.
OX-Sense Physical AI sensing and understanding for infrastructure.
01 / WHO WE ARE
Connect the physical world. Understand infrastructure.
OX-Sense combines AI and fiber sensing to turn signals along power, pipeline, rail, subsea and perimeter assets into interpretable evidence. Optical physics, propagation and engineering constraints inform our model development, while accumulated data, models and the monitoring platform build lasting capabilities.
Build grounded understanding
Combine physical knowledge and data-driven learning for event analysis and model validation.
Support field decisions
Connect observation, investigation and feedback through the platform to serve operational needs.
02 / OUR FOUNDER
Professor Liyang Shao
Founder of OX-Sense · Professor and doctoral supervisor, SUSTech Professor Shao researches intelligent distributed fiber sensing and engineering applications across energy, transport, marine and infrastructure monitoring. He earned his PhD in Optical Engineering from Zhejiang University in 2008 and has conducted research at universities in Canada, Australia, Hong Kong and Singapore.
Intelligent fiber sensing
Distributed sensing mechanisms, signal acquisition and engineering applications.
Research across applications
Applications spanning pipelines, grids, railways, bridges, tunnels, marine assets and perimeters.
From research to practice
Bring research into field validation and connect sensing with operational needs.
03 / RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
From sustained research to real-world applications.
The founder and team’s research, laboratory development and industrial collaborations form the foundation for OX-Sense.
- 2013
Railway research
Professor Shao returned to China and pursued distributed sensing research for railway engineering.
- 2017
Research projects
Advanced a Sichuan key R&D project on railway perimeter intrusion sensing based on φ-OTDR.
- 2018–2019
Research foundations
Deepened fiber sensing research for railway safety and integrated optical detection.
- 2020–2022
Laboratory development
Established an intelligent optoelectronic sensing laboratory and pursued marine sensing and distributed fiber acoustic sensing research.
- 2023–2024
Field applications
Extended field work from gas pipelines and rail tunnels to telecom ducts, subsea cables and building electrical monitoring.
- 2025
Industry collaboration
Advanced collaboration with monitoring technology and water utility partners on joint laboratories, urban lifelines and water infrastructure monitoring.
04 / PROJECTS & COLLABORATION
Bring sensing into the field. Build knowledge through practice.
Advancing technical validation and industry collaboration across urban lifelines and critical infrastructure. These milestones reflect project progress recorded in 2023–2025.
Urban gas networks
Reached an urban lifeline cooperation agreement with an urban gas utility and completed a gas pipeline safety monitoring and early-warning project.
Tunnels & rail transit
Worked with a transport engineering company to advance monitoring of tunnel structural safety and rail transit.
Telecom duct protection
Launched a telecom duct protection project with an information infrastructure operator, focused on external interference.
Subsea cable safety
Worked with a telecom operator to advance subsea cable safety monitoring.
Building electrical monitoring
Reached an intent to cooperate with an electric utility on smart-building safety warning and electrical-shaft temperature monitoring.
Urban lifeline collaboration
Reached an urban lifeline cooperation agreement with a monitoring technology company, established a joint laboratory and advanced disaster-prevention collaboration.
Water infrastructure
Reached a cooperation agreement with a water utility to advance structural safety and leak monitoring for reservoirs, dams and water pipes.
OX-SENSE / FEEL THE WORLD
Connect research with needs. Bring collaboration into the field.
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