Stefanos Nikolaidis
Staff Software Engineer (ML) at Waymo
Los Angeles, California, United States
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Top SchoolStefanos Nikolaidis is a Staff Software Engineer (ML) at Waymo and a tenured Associate Professor of Computer Science at USC with 11 years of experience building ML-driven robotics and autonomous systems. He leads the ICAROS lab, producing end-to-end algorithms for interactive, human-aware robots and publishing work on algorithmic scenario generation that has direct impact on deployed systems. At Waymo he translates that research into large-scale simulation and edge-case discovery for autonomous driving, closing the loop between theory and production. His background spans top robotics programs (CMU, MIT, Tokyo) and industry R&D at Square Enix, reflecting a rare blend of academic rigor and applied engineering. Colleagues know him for turning principled research into practical, safety-critical tools that improve real-world agent behavior.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Master of Science (MS) Human-Robot Interaction Autonomous Systems, Master of Science (MS) Human-Robot Interaction Autonomous Systems at Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUniversity of TokyoDiploma Electrical and Computer Engineering, Diploma Electrical and Computer Engineering at National Technical University of AthensDoctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics, Doctor of Philosophy - PhD Robotics at Carnegie Mellon University
Greek, English, Japanese, French, German
Github Skills (41)
assistive10
ada9
science8
ranking8
robotics8
encode8
servo8
computer-science7
ros7
react7
pybullet7
arm6
latex6
rover6
python6
Programming languages (5)
Github contributions (5)
personalrobotics/ada
Nov 2014 - Sep 2016
Software for ADA, the Assistive Dextrous Arm developed by the Personal Robotics Lab at CMU.
Contributions:119 commits, 4 issues in 1 year 10 months
adaroboticscmuservorover
personalrobotics/web-interface-examples
Jun 2015 - Oct 2017
Contributions:87 commits, 1 PR, 80 pushes in 2 years 4 months
rostechnologiesweb-technologies
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