Dmitri Dolgov

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Dmitri Dolgov
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Dolgov in 2019
Born1977or1978(age 45–46) [1]
Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
NationalityAmerican
Alma mater
OccupationCo-CEO of Waymo

Dmitri Dolgov is a Russian-American engineer who is the co-chief executive officer of Waymo. Previously, he worked on self-driving cars at Toyota and Stanford University for the DARPA Grand Challenge (2007). Dolgov then joined Waymo's predecessor, Google's Self-Driving Car Project, where he served as an engineer and head of software. He has also been Google X's lead scientist.

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Early life and education

Dmitri Dolgov was born in the Russian SFSR and raised in Moscow. [1] He traveled often, living in Japan for a year and attending high school in the United States before returning to Russia. [2] Dolgov earned his Bachelor of Science and Master of Science degrees in physics and math from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology in 1998 and 2000, respectively, [3] followed by a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Michigan. [4] [5] He completed postdoctoral research at Stanford University. [6]

Career

Early in his career, Dolgov worked on self-driving cars at Toyota's Research Institute and as part of Stanford's team for the DARPA Grand Challenge (2007). [7] IEEE Intelligent Systems named him one of "AI's 10 to Watch — the Future of AI" in 2008. In 2009, Dolgov joined the original team of Google's Self-Driving Car Project, which became Waymo in 2016. [5] He started as an engineer for Google, [8] then became the lead scientist with Google X in 2014, [9] before replacing Chris Urmson as the autonomous driving project's head of software in 2016. [1] [10] [11] Dolgov became Waymo's chief technology officer and vice president of engineering, where he oversaw both hardware and software development. [5] [12] In 2018, he testified on behalf of Waymo in the company's trade secrets lawsuit against Uber, [13] [14] and he and then-chief executive officer (CEO) John Krafcik received American Ingenuity Awards from Smithsonian magazine. [15] [16] In 2021, Dolgov and Tekedra Mawakana became co-CEOs, replacing Krafcik. Dolgov focuses on the company's technology and Mawakana oversees business operations. [17] In 2021, Pete Bigelow of Automotive News said the duo have a "somewhat unusual power-sharing arrangement", and have "developed a close working relationship and have been heavily involved in Waymo's most high-profile milestones". [2]

He is an inventor with more than 90 patents, as of September 2018. [6]

Personal life

Dolgov is a U.S. citizen. [1]

Publications

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