Vahid Azimi

Vahid Azimi is a seasoned expert in control systems and optimization, currently serving as Tech Lead, Controls at Gatik, focusing on the development and implementation of advanced navigation and control techniques for L4 autonomous trucks since August 2022. Azimi has contributed to AI research at Gatik, aiming to transform autonomous transportation. Prior roles include Staff Research Engineer at Gatik, where work involved improving supply chain efficiency through autonomous box truck technology, and Assistant Professor at Auburn University, emphasizing the integration of learning and control methodologies for uncertain dynamical systems. Experience also includes postdoctoral research at Stanford University, developing control and optimization techniques for electric vehicles, and roles at Georgia Institute of Technology, where Azimi focused on robust adaptive control methods and motion planning for autonomous systems, as well as prosthesis control methodologies. Early research experiences at Cleveland State University concentrated on control and estimation techniques for assistive robotic systems.