Courses & Events
Autonomous Driving: AI’s Biggest Endeavor
Thursday, Nov 29, 2018
04:30 pm - 05:50 pm
To view James Peng’s slides, please go here.
Details
Venue
Stanford University, Skilling Auditorium, 494 Lomita Mall, Stanford, CA 94305
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Parking
Via Ortega Garage, 498 Via Ortega, Stanford, CA 94305
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Roble Field Garage
Cross street is Via Ortega and Santa Teresa (Entrance is on Via Ortega), Stanford, CA 94305
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Please check parking signs carefully to ensure that permitted parking and metered spaces are free after 4:00 pm.
** Stanford students: Register for EASTASN 402A, one-unit seminar, pass-no credit; open to all majors with no prerequisites (cross listed as EE 402A or EALC 402A).
Speakers
Dr. James Peng
Co-Founder & CEO, Pony.ai
Prior to co-founding Pony.ai, Dr. James Peng was an integral part of Baidu’s engineering leadership team. At Baidu, James was responsible for setting the technical direction of a variety of fields including advertising, infrastructure, big data, and cloud computing. Later, as the Chief Architect of the Autonomous Driving division, James led the overall strategy and development of Baidu’s autonomous vehicle. James began his career as a software engineer at Google, where he spent seven years specializing in backend and frontend advertising systems.
James holds a PhD from Stanford University and a BS from Tsinghua University.
