Ayush Pandey

Ayush Pandey is a software engineer specializing in perception, currently employed at Waymo since February 2023. Previously, Ayush held the position of research collaborator at Carnegie Mellon University's Robotics Institute in 2022, focusing on 3D face reconstruction and exploring occupancy networks. Early experience includes roles at Waymo as a software engineering intern, AI engineer team lead at HyperVerge Inc., and senior engineer in robotics at Vimaan. Contributions to Google Summer of Code as a mentor and contributor for Xapian involved advancements in learning to rank techniques. Ayush holds a Master's degree in Computer Vision from Carnegie Mellon University and dual degrees—a Bachelor of Engineering in Computer Science and a Master of Science in Mathematics—from the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani - Goa Campus.