Dr. Thorsten Bagdonat studied Theoretical Physics at Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, and finished in 2004 with a PhD in Theoretical Physics. After his PhD, Dr. Thorsten Bagdonat, worked as a software developer at Wente & Thiedig GmbH for 4 years. He joined Volkswagen AG in 2011, first as a software & Tools developer for powertrain ECUs, and later as the Project lead in “Sensor technology” at Volkswagen Group Research Driver Assistance and Integrated Safety (K-EFFS/F). He has been involved in many image processing projects for HeavyDAS and AutoPilot, and now he is the Head of “Perception” group at Volkswagen Group Research „Automated Driving“ (K-GERFA/U).