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Michael Maile is Director, Sensor Fusion and Localization, Autonomous Driving at Mercedes Benz Research and Development North America and leads a team of professionals to develop sensor, sensor fusion and localization technologies for high-level autonomous vehicles. Michael is experienced with: Autonomous driving Vehicle sensors (Radar, Lidar, Camera) Sensor Fusion Vehicle localization Virtual reality Optical CommunicationsRead more

Sohini Roy Chowdhury is a resident AI expert and Head of the University Relations Program at Volvo Cars US Tech Office. She specializes in out-of-the-box AI solutions applied to inter-disciplinary topics. In Spring 2019, she graduated the class of Engineering Leadership at UC Berkeley, following which a unique program was launched at Volvo Cars USARead more

Apeksha is Gatik’s Chief Engineer and has expertise in building full-stack solutions for self-driving cars. Her research areas include deep learning, machine learning, computer vision, robotics, AI and remote sensing. Prior to this, Apeksha was the Head of Perception at Ford Motor Company’s self-driving car unit. Her research focus was on using deep learning algorithmsRead more

Michael leads the Autonomy team at Level 5, Lyft’s self-driving division. At Level 5, he helped build and grow the Autonomy team from the ground up. Prior to Lyft, Michael was a VP of Engineering responsible for leading the AI, Machine Learning, and Apps teams at Rocket Fuel, an ad tech company that participates inRead more

Nikhil Gupta has been with Magna for more than a decade and is currently responsible for all the ADAS feature development activities within Magna. While being an integral part of Magna’s growth into Mobility and Autonomy, he has also been responsible for the setup and leadership of the various development teams in the Bay area,Read more

Reza Zarringhalam is Global Technical Lead for Lateral Controls at General Motors Canada Technical Center. He has more than 10 years of R&D experience and is currently leading the design of advanced lateral controls software at GM for various features including Cadillac SuperCruise. His research interests and expertise include advanced controls, vehicle dynamics, fault-tolerant systems,Read more

Edwin Olson is co-founder and CEO of May Mobility, Inc., an Ann Arbor, Michigan based startup that is transforming cities using self-driving shuttles. May Mobility uses its industry-leading technology to create transportation systems that have launched in four cities, helping to create a safer, greener, and more accessible world. Edwin Olson earned a Ph.D. fromRead more

Rosanne is a senior research scientist, and a founding member of Uber AI. She obtained her PhD in Computer Science at Northwestern University, where she used neural networks to help discover novel materials. Before that she used neural networks to optimize fuel efficiency in hybrid vehicle control. She organized the 1st Uber Science Symposium, DeepRead more

Sean Batir is a senior ML engineer in the BMW Mountain View tech office.Read more

Dr. Devesh Upadhyay leads a group of scientists and engineers engaged in pushing the state of the art in Machine Learning and challenging the status quo with industry-driven open questions.  The focus of his group is to go beyond demonstration on the “validation set” and ask the questions that may upset the apple cart. Dr.Read more