David Cheskis
David Cheskis, PhD, serves as the Vice President of Product Management at LeddarTech. Dr. Cheskis is an expert in semiconductor, optoelectronics and communications technologies, products and markets. Since 1996, Dr. Cheskis has led the development of semiconductor and optical technologies and products for wireless, wireline and optical products at diverse technology companies including IQE plc, II-VI Incorporated, ANADIGICS Inc, Oclaro Inc., Sarnoff Corporation, Jazz Semiconductor, Multilink Technology Corporation, and Vitesse Semiconductor. He has also worked with several joint ventures and startup companies developing business opportunities, technologies and product portfolios. Dr. Cheskis earned PhD and MS degrees in Electrical Engineering from the University of California, San Diego and a BSEE degree in Microelectronic Engineering from Rochester Institute of Technology. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE.
LiDAR sensors enable autonomous vehicles with long range, high resolution object detection. Utilizing the information provided by these sensors on the size, distance, and velocity of objects within the environment are key to full vehicle autonomy. A complete environmental model can be derived using this information in a perception stack that can identify and classify objects within the scene. This presentation will discuss how LiDAR sensors provide an improved environmental model that is critical for the automotive and mobility markets.
We will take a closer look at:
• LiDAR systems overview
• Perception stack and the environmental model overview
• Autonomous vehicle sensor suite
• LiDAR-based perception environment
• Autonomous vehicle applications – Automotive
• Autonomous vehicle applications – Mobility
