Lorenzo Riano

Lorenzo Riano is a Principal Machine Learning Engineer at Voxel51 since November 2025, with a strong background in machine learning and software engineering. Prior experience includes roles such as Senior Software Engineer in Perception at Zoox, Lead Software Engineer at Industrial Next, and Senior Software Engineer at Waymo, focusing on long-range perception and deep learning. Lorenzo also held positions as Senior Robotic Vision Engineer at Anki and Senior Research Scientist at Bosch North America, where expertise in computer vision and deep neural networks was developed. Earlier roles include Scientist at Honda Research Institute USA, Visiting Scholar at UC Berkeley, and Research Associate at the University of Ulster, contributing to advancements in robotics and autonomous systems. Lorenzo holds an MSc in Computer Science from Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II and a PhD in Robotics from Università degli Studi di Palermo.