SAIC Z-ONE names new chief scientist of intelligent driving computing platform

Beijing (Gasgoo)- On March 8th, SAIC Motor’s automotive intelligence arm, SAIC Z-ONE, announced that the renowned autonomous driving specialist, Dr. Huang Yu, has assumed the position of chief scientist of the intelligent driving computing platform.

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According to public records, Dr. Huang Yu is an experienced veteran in computer vision, artificial intelligence, and autonomous driving. The doctor holds ample R&D and practice experience in the L2-L4 autonomous driving field of study, especially in deep learning, multi-sensor calibration and integration, vision SLAM, image-based rendering, volume data rendering, stereoscopic vision, vision target detection and tracking, camera scene parsing and reconstruction, image/ video denoising and enhancing, AR/VR, and cloud computing.

Before his addition to SAIC Z-ONE, Dr. Huang Yu has briefly served as the global AI technology officer and chief scientist in FAW Jiefang’s autonomous commercial vehicle company, Zhito Technology, since May 2021.

Moreover, the autonomous driving veteran has also worked in multiple leading enterprises in the world, including Baidu, HUAWEI, Intel, Samsung, and Thomson. Additionally, Dr. Huang Yu has also contributed his leadership to China’s leading AI chip developer, Black Sesame Technologies, and a local new energy vehicle developer, Singulato.