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Speaker

Thorsten Bagdonat

Head of Perception Group, Volkswagen Group Research Automated Driving, Volkswagen AG

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).

Company

Volkswagen AG

The Volkswagen Group with its headquarters in Wolfsburg is one of the world’s leading automobile manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. The Group is made up of ten brands from seven European countries: Volkswagen, Audi, SEAT, ŠKODA, Bentley, Bugatti, Ducati, Lamborghini, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Scania and MAN. The Group operates 94 production plants in 18 European countries and a further eight countries in the Americas, Asia and Africa. Each working day, 501,956 employees worldwide produce some 34,500 vehicles, are involved in vehicle-related services or work in the other fields of business. The Volkswagen Group sells its vehicles in 153 countries. It is the goal of the Group to offer attractive, safe and environmentally sound vehicles which are competitive on an increasingly tough market and which set world standards in their respective classes.