Payam Nikdel
Login to view DISC.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.
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