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Vice President at Black Sesame Technologies at Black Sesame Technologies Inc
Location: Pudong, Shanghai, China 9 work roles 4 schools
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Vice President at Black Sesame Technologies
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Pudong, Shanghai, China

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Kun D. is listed as Vice President at Black Sesame Technologies at Black Sesame Technologies Inc, based in Pudong, Shanghai, China. AeroLeads shows a work email signal at illinois.edu and a matched LinkedIn profile for Kun D..

Kun D. previously worked as VP of Application Engineering at Black Sesame Technologies Inc and Chief Engineer, L4 Autonomous Driving at Geely. Kun D. holds Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering from University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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Dr. Kun Deng is the Vice President of Application Engineering at Black Sesame Technologies Inc, a startup company providing high performance SOC chips to intelligent vehicles. He is leading a team of talented engineers, developing automated driving solutions (AVP, NOP), and providing engineering services (hardware, software, toolchains, algorithms) to OEM and Tier1 customers. He has 15 years of development and management experience mainly in the auto industry. He published 1 book, 36 peer-reviewed research papers (18 as the first author), and 84 patent applications (24 as the first author, 8 granted US patents, 20 granted China patents) in the fields of autonomous vehicles, control systems, machine learning, and decision making. National Distinguished Expert of China; Distinguished Expert of Zhejiang Province; Adjunct Professor of Zhejiang University; Industry-advior of Tsinghua-Geely Joint Postdoctoral Workstation.

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Black Sesame Technologies Inc
Black Sesame Technologies Inc
Vice President at Black Sesame Technologies
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Vp Of Application Engineering

Current

San Jose, Ca, Us

Application Engineering Solutions:- Lead a team to develop SoC-based application solutions with system architecture, algorithm/software/middleware/hardware applications, system integrations & verifications. - Provide SoC-based mass-production solutions include low-speed automated driving system (AVP, APA, AVM, etc), high-speed automated driving system (highway&city NOA, ICC, ACC/LKA/AEB, etc), and commercial vehicle operation-monitoring system.Application Engineering Services:- Lead a team to provide SoC-based engineering services with hardware design, software development, algorithm development, toolchain applications, acceptance testing.

Nov 2020 - Present

Chief Engineer, L4 Autonomous Driving

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Cn

L4 autonomous driving projects (goverment & company funded):- AVP (-10~30 kph): Low speed autonomous driving & parking in restricted areas.- RoboTaxi (0~60 kph): Normal speed autonomous driving on public city roads.L2+ assisted driving project (company funded): - HighwayPilot (0-130 kph): High speed assisted driving with autonomous lane change, on/off ramp, highway interchange feartures.Other projects:- Hardware: AD-DCU (Domain Control Unit for L2~L4 Automated Driving).- Hardware: 5G-MECU-V/R (AI computing and 5G communicating Device). - Algorithms: Deep Learning, Reinforcement Learning, Imitating Learning, etc.

Jun 2020 - Nov 2020

Senior Technical Expert

Hangzhou, Zhejiang, Cn

Technical Head of Software Development Department1) Lead the advanced research of software development for L4 automated driving vehicles, the next generation connected vehicles (5G V2X), and mobile edge computing (MEC) platforms.2) Lead the advanced engineering of unified software architecture for L1-L5 automated driving vehicles, including perception+planning+control software development, domain controller hardware design, and prototyping automated driving vehicles build. 3) Manage (as person in charge from Geely side) two Key Research Projects of Chinese Ministry of Science and Technology, one is to establish new Standard for Performance Evaluation of Automated Driving Electric Vehicle (2018 Project 3.2 Topic 5: 2018YFB0105105), the other is to develop innovative Electronic and Electrical Architecture Platform for Intelligent Driving Electric Vehicle (2017 Project 3.1 Topic 5: 2017YFB0102505).4) Major innovator (submitted 30 invention disclosures with 11 as the first author), active developer (develop key algorithms/codes for automated driving, including Lidar processing & communication, Camera sensor fusion, vehicle actuator control, etc.), enthusiastic educator (technical advisor for around 12 young engineers).

Mar 2018 - Jun 2020

Senior Staff System Engineer

Hanover, De

Designed the functional and technical system architecture for self-driving cars (Cruising Chauffeur - Automated Driving for Highway/Freeway L3-L4).

Oct 2017 - Mar 2018

Product Development Engineer

Dearborn, Michigan, Us

Developed and delivered sensing/control/feature algorithms for automated driving vehicles (Driver Assistance Technology - Collision Avoidance for Intersection).

Jun 2014 - Oct 2017
4 education records

Kun D. education

Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering

University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

M.S., Mathematics

University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

M.S., Mechanical Engineering

Tsinghua University

B.S., Automation

Tsinghua University
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What company does Kun D. work for?

Kun D. works for Black Sesame Technologies Inc.

What is Kun D.'s role at Black Sesame Technologies Inc?

Kun D. is listed as Vice President at Black Sesame Technologies at Black Sesame Technologies Inc.

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AeroLeads has found 1 work email signal at @illinois.edu for Kun D. at Black Sesame Technologies Inc.

Where is Kun D. based?

Kun D. is based in Pudong, Shanghai, China while working with Black Sesame Technologies Inc.

What companies has Kun D. worked for?

Kun D. has worked for Black Sesame Technologies Inc, Geely, Continental, Ford Motor Company, and Whirlpool Corporation.

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Kun D. holds Ph.D., Mechanical Engineering from University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.

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