Payam Nikdel

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Research Scientist at Waymo

United States

Overview

Payam Nikdel is a Research Scientist at Waymo, specializing in AI for autonomous driving. A PhD graduate from Simon Fraser University, his expertise lies in reinforcement learning, deep learning, and robotics. His background includes deploying robotics projects from simulation to real-world platforms and a tenure as an Applied Scientist at Amazon.

He is a published author in premier robotics conferences, contributing significant research on human motion prediction. His work involves creating generative and transformer-based models to forecast complex and diverse human movements, a critical component for human-robot interaction and autonomous vehicle safety.

Personality Overview

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Objective Thinker

Precise

They are quite likely to negotiate on pricing or other key terms.  They don’t appreciate bells and whistles unless backed by data. They like to take decisions independently and do not seek others' support often.

Topics They Care About

Human Motion Prediction
Co-authored multiple papers on predicting diverse 3D human motions using generative adversarial networks (GANs) and transformers, presenting his findings at conferences like ICRA.
Autonomous Driving
His work at Waymo is focused on solving research problems in world modeling and reasoning for self-driving vehicles, including hiring PhD interns for this purpose.
Reinforcement Learning
A core skill mentioned in his professional profile and a key area of his academic research and current work in robotics and autonomous systems.

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Work History

12-2022
Research Scientist at Waymo
10-2021 - 2-2022
Research Scientist at Waymo
6-2021 - 9-2021
Applied Scientist at Amazon
5-2019 - 3-2021
Research Scientist at Advanced Intelligent Systems Inc.
9-2016 - 12-2018
Graduate Research Assistant at Simon Fraser University

Education

1-2019 - 12-2022
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD from Simon Fraser University
2016 - 2018
Master’s Degree from Simon Fraser University

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