Paul Foster
Applied Research Anything Goes Scientist at Cruise
Austin, Texas, United States
Summary
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Top SchoolPaul Foster is an applied research scientist with 12+ years combining deep learning (since 2010) and physics-based approaches to advance autonomous vehicle perception, 3D motion understanding, and sensor fusion. He co-founded and led science at BlueSpace.ai and now works as an "Anything Goes" scientist at Cruise, bringing a mix of hands-on prototyping, mapping, and systems integration from startups to research labs. Paul earned a PhD in robotics from the University of Michigan and has practical experience across lidar, neural nets, and computer vision from roles at drive.ai, SoarTech, and academic projects like implementing DTAM for OpenCV. Based in Austin, he’s curious by design—actively exploring adjacent domains such as home robotics as the next frontier while staying fluent in both research and product-driven engineering. An understated strength is his long-term familiarity with the full sensing stack, enabling him to bridge theoretical models and real-world vehicle systems effectively.
12 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Doctor of Philosophy - PhD, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD at University of MichiganBachelor's Mechanical Eng., Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering, Bachelor's Mechanical Eng., Mechanical and Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Institute of Technology
Github Skills (8)
vulcan5
robot4
python4
cpp3
robotics3
large-scale2
numpy2
scale2
Programming languages (1)
Github contributions (5)
anuranbaka/OpenDTAM
Apr 2014 - Sep 2016
Contributions:21 commits, 6 PRs, 8 pushes in 2 years 5 months
anuranbaka/eecs467
Jan 2015 - Jan 2017
Contributions:1 push in 2 years 1 month
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