While networks are important especially for functions like teleoperations, the most important thing is to ensure that the self-driving cars are intelligent enough to compute most road situations locally, Han said. — SCMP
After 10 years in academia, Tony Han Xu gave up a coveted tenured position as an associate professor at the University of Missouri two years ago to pursue a new path – becoming an entrepreneur.
Following close to a decade of research in computer vision and deep learning, coupled with a stint as Baidu’s chief scientist for autonomous driving at a time when investors were chasing the industry, Han decided it was time to strike out on his own to build WeRide, a startup specialising in autonomous driving technology.
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