Manager, Tech Lead, Perception at Toyota Research Institute
San Francisco Bay Area
Australian Centre for Field Robotics
Visiting Researcher
January 2009 to February 2009
Australian Centre for Field Robotics, Sydney, Australia
TOYOTA InfoTechnology Center, U.S.A.
Research Engineer Intern
May 2013 to August 2013
Mountain View, CA
Faraday Future
Senior Software Engineer
August 2016 to November 2017
Santa Clara, California
Willow Garage
Research Intern
October 2011 to February 2012
Technical University of Munich
Research Assistant
May 2006 to April 2008
University of Southern California
Doctoral Research Assistant
August 2009 to August 2016
Google Summer of Code
Research Engineer
May 2012 to August 2012
Georgia Institute of Technology
Research Scholar
May 2008 to August 2009
Technical University of Munich
Teaching Assistant
April 2007 to July 2007
Toyota Research Institute
Manager, Tech Lead, Perception
Toyota Research Institute
Perception
November 2017 to August 2020
Los Altos, California
University of Southern California
Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.), Computer Science
2009 to 2016
University of Southern California
Master’s Degree, Computer Science
2009 to 2016
The University of Freiburg
Pre-Diplom, Computer Science
2003 to 2006
Technical University Munich
Diplom, Computer Science
2006 to 2009
What company does Christian Potthast work for?
Christian Potthast works for Australian Centre for Field Robotics
What is Christian Potthast's role at Australian Centre for Field Robotics?
Christian Potthast is Visiting Researcher
What industry does Christian Potthast work in?
Christian Potthast works in the Research industry.
💼 Past Experience
Christian Potthast has beenemployed with a variety of different companies over his long career in the technology industry. After many years of research and development, Christian Potthast has become expertise in developing 3D perception technologies. In the last few years, he has worked as a manager, software engineer and perceptual testers for various companies. His main experience is in the areas of autonomous driving, 3D perception and real-time occlusion estimation.Potthast spent two months in Australia as a Visiting Researcher at the Australian Centre for Field Robotics in Sydney in 2009, going on to work at the TOYOTA InformationTechnology Center in Mountain View for 4 months in 2013, and then move to Aspen, Colorado, for one year as a Senior Software Engineer. Potthast also had a stint in Utah as a Software Engineer with Faraday Future from August 2016 to November 2017. Potthast then worked as an Assistant Research Fellow at the Technical University of Munich in 2006-2008 before moving back to California to become a Research Assistant at University of Southern California in August 2009. He then became an Expertise at Google Summer of Code in 2012, before joining the Point Cloud Library project at Georgia Institute of Technology in May 2008. He then worked at the University of Munich in Research LaTeX through Augustus 2011. He left the University of Munich after one year to take up a position with Toyota Research Institute.Potthast has a Ph.D. in Theoretical Computer Science from the University of Southern California, and he has also completed a Masters level coursework in the subject. Potthast also has a number of research projects in progress, most notably his current Ph.D. research, which is focused on developing a Point Cloud Library that uses graphical models to segment points in clouds. He also has experience in teaching and conducting research seminars, both at the undergraduate and graduate levels.
🎓 Education
Christian Potthast has a Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Computer Science from University of Southern California; a Master’s degree, Computer Science from University of Southern California; and a Pre-Diplom, Computer Science from The University of Freiburg. Potthast is also a Diplom, Computer Science from Technical University Munich. Potthast has been working as a research scientist at Google since 2017.
💡 Technical & Interpersonal Skills
Positions Held at Toyotas Research Institute:Manager, Tech Lead, PerceptionResearch Engineer Intern at Toyota InfoTechnology CenterSenior Software Engineer at Faraday Future3D Perception Autonomous DrivingResearch Assistant at Technical University of MunichAdvisor: Professor Michael BeetzDoctoral Research Assistant at University of Southern CaliforniaResearch Engineer at Google Summer of CodePoint Cloud Library (PCL) Point Cloud Segmentation using Graphical ModelsResearch Scholar at Georgia Institute of TechnologyAdvisor: Professor Frank DellaertTeaching Assistant at Technical University of MunichIntroduction to Theoretical Computer ScienceManager, Tech Lead, Perception at Toyota Research InstitutePerception at Toyota Research Institute from November 2017 to August 2020
Introversion (I), Sensing (S), Thinking (T), Perceiving (P)
1 year(s), 7 month(s)
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