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Rowan McAllister

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Autonomous vehicle enthusiast @ToyotaResearch Previously @Waymo, @berkeley_ai, @CambridgeMLG, @SIRISRobotics 🇦🇺 Now on https://t.co/PsVcS2senE

San Francisco, CA
Joined August 2018
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Rowan McAllister
4 months
At TRI’s newest division: Automated Driving Advanced Development, we’re building a clean-slate, end-to-end autonomy stack. We're hiring, with open roles in learning, infra, and validation:
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Rowan McAllister
9 months
See the pedestrians? Easier with lidar + vision + radar!
@dmitri_dolgov
Dmitri Dolgov
9 months
Multi-modal sensing with lidars, cameras, and radars really helps in achieving the high safety bar we’re setting for ourselves.
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Daphne Cornelisse
10 months
So excited to be co-organizing a workshop on computational models of human road user behavior at #iavvc2025 this year! Join us! (link below) 📅 Key deadlines: 🔹 abstracts (including abstract-only & full papers): Feb 16, 2025 🔹 full papers: Mar 30, 2025
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Rowan McAllister
11 months
Super motivating seeing reduced bodily injury rates, and why AVs are such amazing robots to work on
@Waymo
Waymo
11 months
Our mission is to be the world's most trusted driver and a new study by @SwissRe validates the exceptional safety record of the Waymo Driver. Learn more: https://t.co/aMTGDZqmtY
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Dhruv Shah
1 year
Excited to share that I will be joining @Princeton as an Assistant Professor in ECE & Robotics next academic year! 🐯🤖 https://t.co/duyDWeRP8S I am recruiting PhD students for the upcoming admissions cycle. If you are interested in working with me, please consider applying.
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Dmitri Dolgov
1 year
Part of being a good driver is driving defensively while reasoning about things occluded from your view, and reacting quickly to any sudden changes in the scene. This is exactly what we’ve trained the @Waymo Driver’s AI to do and happy to see validation in real-life scenarios.
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@nick_rhinehart
Nick Rhinehart
1 year
I’m happy to share that I’ve started a new position as Assistant Professor at The University of Toronto! I'll lead the Learning, Embodied Autonomy, and Forecasting (LEAF) Lab. Find us at
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Rowan McAllister
1 year
Everyone can hail robotaxis in SF now, no more waitlists or invite codes, the Waymo One app lets you summon robot cars anytime, anywhere here: https://t.co/vHOUznilTr
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@daylenyang
Daylen Yang
1 year
waymo dodges an occluded oncoming left turner
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@brianwilt
Brian Wilt @ NeurIPS Dec 3-5
2 years
We’ve avoided a meaningful number of injuries over @Waymo’s 10M+ rider-only miles. Sometimes a specific instance can be more eye-opening than the stats. We’re not perfect, but our driver never gets distracted and can react faster than a human. From https://t.co/d7ROdOXP8u
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Rowan McAllister
2 years
Some fun videos on how Waymo's fleet response works: how human agents can inform or guide Waymo vehicles in ambiguous situations: https://t.co/k72nNERQyT
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Rowan McAllister
2 years
AV gesture recognition 👋🤖 (LA, source: https://t.co/lgITScaole)
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Rowan McAllister
2 years
Autonomous vehicles in San Francisco: what it's like 🤖🚗🌉
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Rowan McAllister
2 years
Waymo for pets! 🐱🐶
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Rowan McAllister
2 years
A black swan event for AVs (Perth, Australia)
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@dmitri_dolgov
Dmitri Dolgov
2 years
Leveraging AI for semantic understanding of complex driving scenes is a key capability of the #WaymoDriver. Check out this example of it autonomously interpreting and adhering to a police officer directing traffic in Los Angeles.
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Rowan McAllister
2 years
Rodney Brooks' annual predictions for robotics and AI: https://t.co/ymI0QHwqMZ While there's many predictions on twitter, I love that Rodney timestamps and dates his predictions, and later scores past predictions, to help gauge confidence in his future predictions
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@Waymo
Waymo
2 years
We’re thrilled to sponsor this year’s ML for Autonomous Driving Symposium on December 14. ML4AD 2023 will see researchers, industry experts, and practitioners come together to redefine the future of autonomous driving technologies. Join us in New Orleans! https://t.co/NqiRJQowyF
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Rowan McAllister
2 years
📣 Calling Papers (2nd track) to the Machine Learning for Autonomous Driving Symposium 2023! 📚 Submit by 16th Nov: https://t.co/Wd8nRpTiuE 🗓 When: 14th Dec 2023 📍 Where: Hilton Garden Inn @ New Orleans Convention Center (co-located with NeurIPS) 🤝 Sponsored by: Waymo and TRI
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@nathanbenaich
Nathan Benaich
2 years
🪩The @stateofaireport 2023 is now here. Our 6th installment is one of the most exciting years I can remember. The #stateofai report covers everything you *need* to know, covering research, industry, safety and politics. There’s lots in there, so here’s my director’s cut 🧵
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