Paul Vernaza (Preferred)
Paul Vernaza
Researcher, AI Research, General Motors
Researcher, Cruise Automation
- Joined October 2017
Names
Emails
****@nec-labs.com (Confirmed)
, ****@cmu.edu
, ****@cs.cmu.edu
, ****@nrec.ri.cmu.edu
, ****@seas.upenn.edu
, ****@gmail.com (Confirmed)
, ****@me.com
, ****@grasp.upenn.edu
, ****@aurora.tech
, ****@getcruise.com (Confirmed)
, ****@gm.com (Confirmed)
Personal Links
Career & Education History
Researcher
AI Research, General Motors (gm.com)
2025 – Present
Researcher
Cruise Automation (getcruise.com)
2023 – Present
Software engineer
Aurora Innovation (aurora.tech)
2019 – 2023
Researcher
NEC Labs America (nec-labs.com)
2015 – 2019
Project scientist
Carnegie Mellon University (cmu.edu)
2013 – 2015
Postdoc
Carnegie Mellon University (cmu.edu)
2011 – 2013
PhD student
University of Pennsylvania (upenn.edu)
2006 – 2011
Advisors, Relations & Conflicts
Coworker
Cyrus Huang
2023 – 2025
Coworker
Brian Hou
2022 – 2023
Expertise
deep generative models, variational methods, probabilistic methods
2016 – Present
structured prediction, inverse reinforcement learning, behavior prediction
2008 – Present
robotics, motion planning
2004 – Present