NVIDIA automotive partners from around the world will demonstrate groundbreaking developments in transportation and showcase next-generation vehicles at NVIDIA GTC, a global AI conference running March 17-21, in San Jose, California.
Don’t miss NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang’s GTC keynote on Tuesday, March 18, at 10 a.m. PT.
This year, GTC will offer a new multi-session special event dedicated to autonomous vehicle safety. AV Safety Day will take place on Tuesday, March 18, featuring sessions on safety frameworks and implementation led by NVIDIA experts, including Riccardo Mariani, vice president of industry safety, and Marco Pavone, director of autonomous vehicle research. The event will also feature a panel of experts from Aurora, Nuro and the ANSI National Accreditation Board.
In addition, NVIDIA will host an Automotive Developer Day on Thursday, March 20, featuring sessions on the latest advancements in end-to-end autonomous vehicle development and more.
Automotive sessions presented by industry-leading experts include:
- Advancing AI to Build the Most-Trusted Driver [S72844] — featuring Drago Anguelov, vice president and head of research at Waymo, on Tuesday, March 18, at 2 p.m. PT.
- The New Role of AI in Electric Vehicles [S73711] — featuring R.J. Scaringe, founder and CEO of Rivian, and Rishi Dhall, vice president of automotive at NVIDIA, on Tuesday, March 18, at 3 p.m. PT.
- Crafting a New Automotive Experience With Embodied AI [S72691] — featuring Alex Kendall, cofounder and CEO of Wayve, on Wednesday, March 19, at 10 a.m. PT.
- AI’s Next Frontier: Taking Autonomy From Digital to Physical Reality [S73038] — featuring Raquel Urtasun, founder and CEO of Waabi, on Wednesday, March 19, at 11 a.m. PT.
- Advancing Vehicle Safety by Harnessing AI, Data, and Software [S72943] — featuring Alwin Bakkenes, vice president of software engineering at Volvo Cars, and Erik Coelingh, vice president of product at Zenseact, on Wednesday, March 19, at 11 a.m. PT
- Unlock the Power of AI Agents in Automotive [S73306] — featuring Bryan Goodman, executive director of AI at Ford Motor Co., on Tuesday, March 18, at 4 p.m. PT.
- Harnessing Generative AI to Scale the Autonomous Vehicle Industry [S73216] — featuring Kai Wang, director, autonomy behaviors, at Zoox, on Wednesday, March 19, at 2 p.m. PT.
- End-to-end Optimization of Onboard Autonomy Workloads [S73114] — featuring Sebastian Jodlowski, tech lead manager of performance at Nuro, on Thursday, March 20, at 3 p.m. PT.
- Accelerating Insights and Efficiencies in Automotive Manufacturing Using Digital Twins [S73011] — featuring Paulina Chmielarz, IO digital and innovation director at JLR, on Monday, March 17, at 3 p.m. PT.
- Intro to Autonomous Vehicles [S72857] will be held on Monday, March 17, at 2 p.m. PT.
Connect With Experts
GTC offers a series of interactive Connect With Experts sessions, providing unique opportunities to meet with the people behind NVIDIA technologies and research.
Auto-related Connect With Experts sessions include:
- The Impact of Generative AI on the Automotive Industry [CWE73326]
- Exploring NVIDIA’s Strategy for AV Safety [CWE74730]
- Functional Safety-Related AI-Based Applications [CWE73342]
- Autonomous Vehicle Development With NVIDIA Platforms [CWE73325]
Global AV Ecosystem Showcases Advancements
Automakers, truckmakers, mobility and autonomy leaders, and NVIDIA DRIVE ecosystem partners showcasing at GTC include Volvo Cars, Rivian, Polestar, Lucid, Nuro, Wayve, Torc, Gatik, Pebble Mobility, Luminar, Foretellix, Helm.ai, SoundHound AI, Voxel 51, DeepRoute.ai, MediaTek, Murata and Provizio.
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