Ekaterina Taralova

Ekaterina Taralova is a seasoned software engineer specializing in driving behavior testing at Waymo since February 2021. Prior experience includes roles as a senior software engineer at Zoox, focusing on the vision and simulation teams, and a postdoctoral research fellow at Columbia University, where neural activity modeling in the V1 visual cortex was a key contribution. Prior internships at Facebook and Microsoft targeted algorithm enhancement and data segmentation, respectively. Ekaterina's academic background includes a PhD in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University and a BS in Mathematics and Computer Science from the University of Arizona.