Shoaib Azam

About me:

I am passionate about fostering innovation in autonomous driving and robotics, aiming to tackle the intricate, long-tail challenges of end-to-end autonomy by leveraging deep learning and generative modeling techniques.

Currently, I am a postdoctoral researcher associated with the Finnish Center for Artificial Intelligence and the Intelligent Robotics Research Group at Aalto University, Finland, focusing on developing data-driven traffic simulations for autonomous driving and safety of autonomous driving.

Before joining the Intelligent Robotics Research Group at Aalto University, I served as a postdoctoral researcher at the Machine Learning Vision Lab, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (GIST) in South Korea, where I also completed my Ph.D. During my tenure at GIST, I was deeply involved in the Autonomous Vehicle project, focusing on developing an autonomous vehicle platform based on a Kia Soul EV. My contributions covered the entire spectrum of autonomous vehicle technology, from perception to control modules, leading to publications in international peer-reviewed conferences and journals.

My research interests include deep learning, autonomous driving, sensorimotor learning, representation learning, and generative AI.