Paul Vernaza

Researcher, AI Research, General Motors

Researcher, Cruise Automation

  • Joined October 2017

Names

Paul Vernaza (Preferred)

Emails

****@nec-labs.com (Confirmed)
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****@cmu.edu
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****@cs.cmu.edu
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****@nrec.ri.cmu.edu
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****@seas.upenn.edu
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****@gmail.com (Confirmed)
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****@me.com
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****@grasp.upenn.edu
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****@aurora.tech
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****@getcruise.com (Confirmed)
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****@gm.com (Confirmed)

Career & Education History

Researcher
AI Research, General Motors (gm.com)
2025Present
 
Researcher
Cruise Automation (getcruise.com)
2023Present
 
Software engineer
Aurora Innovation (aurora.tech)
20192023
 
Researcher
NEC Labs America (nec-labs.com)
20152019
 
Project scientist
Carnegie Mellon University (cmu.edu)
20132015
 
Postdoc
Carnegie Mellon University (cmu.edu)
20112013
 
PhD student
University of Pennsylvania (upenn.edu)
20062011
 

Advisors, Relations & Conflicts

Coworker
2023Present
 
Coworker
2023Present
 
Coworker
2023Present
 
Social
2005Present
 
Coworker
20242025
 
Coauthor
20242025
 
Coauthor
20242025
 
Coworker
Cyrus Huang
20232025
 
Coworker
20232025
 
Coworker
20232025
 
Coworker
20232025
 
Coworker
20232024
 
Coworker
20232024
 
Coworker
20232024
 
Coworker
Brian Hou
20222023
 
Coworker
20202023
 
Coworker
20192023
 
Postdoc Advisor
20112023
 
Coworker
20202021
 
Mentee
20172019
 
Mentee
20172018
 
PhD Advisor
20062011
 

Expertise

deep generative models, variational methods, probabilistic methods
2016Present
 
structured prediction, inverse reinforcement learning, behavior prediction
2008Present
 
robotics, motion planning
2004Present
 

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