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About Youval Nehmadi and Pierre Olivier:
Youval Nehmadi has over 25 years of experience in the high-tech industry, including in applied materials, algorithms, computer vison, deep neural networks, and business development in both large enterprises and startups.
He holds a PhD in 3D sensor fusion for autonomous vehicles and an EMBA from Kellogg-Recanati of Tel Aviv University, and is the owner of more than twenty patents.
In January 2016, along with Ronny Cohen, Youval co-founded VayaVision, a sensor fusion and perception software company focusing on the autonomous driving market. VayaVision developed an innovative patented technology that enables best-in-class sensing with added-value cognition abilities at an affordable price.
In July of 2020, VayaVision was acquired by LeddarTech, a global leader in Level 1-5 ADAS and AD environmental sensing technology. Today Youval is the Engineering Director in Sensor Fusion & Perception at VayaVision, a LeddarTech Company. Pierre is the CTO at LeddarTech.
Recognized for his technical expertise as well as his vision, Pierre has numerous years’ experience in the development of high-tech products.
Upon graduating from university in 1991, he joined CML Technologies, where very early on, his ability to manage projects in a pragmatic and efficient manner became clear. He quickly moved up the corporate ladder, while developing his management skills. Pierre has also designed a number of innovative, adaptable, practical, and robust products that are used worldwide in strategic applications such as emergency dispatch and air traffic control, and he holds several patents for his work. He then continued his career at Adept Technology Canada and at DAP Technologies before joining the LeddarTech team in 2010.



Questions:
1)Could you explain the latest advances in computer vision and the major milestones that have been reached in the past decade?
2)Could you share your experience which brought you to fuse multiple raw data sources thereof shifting conventional computer vision algorithms?
3)Why is it so important to fuse multiple raw data sources to enhance computer vision algorithms?
4)LeddarTech uses upsampled high resolution 3D models: Can you explain what the upsampled high resolution 3D model is?
5)How can autonomous vehicle perception systems be more accurate, reliable and safe than human drivers?
6)In July 2020, LeddarTech acquired VayaVision – why was this an important step for LeddarTech’s roadmap?

Leddar Tech: https://leddartech.com/

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