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 at
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
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.
Early life and education
Dmitri Dolgov was born in Russia and raised in
Moscow.
He traveled often, living in Japan for a year and attending high school in the United States before returning to Russia.
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, followed by a
Ph.D. in computer science from the
University of Michigan.
He completed postdoctoral research at
Stanford University
Stanford University, officially Leland Stanford Junior University, is a private research university in Stanford, California. The campus occupies , among the largest in the United States, and enrolls over 17,000 students. Stanford is consider ...
.
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).
''
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.
[ He started as an engineer for Google,]Chris Urmson
Chris Urmson is a Canadian engineer, academic, and entrepreneur known for his work on self-driving car technology. He cofounded Aurora Innovation, a company developing self-driving technology, in 2017 and serves as its CEO. Urmson was instrument ...
as the autonomous driving project's head of software in 2016.[ Dolgov became Waymo's chief technology officer and vice president of engineering, where he oversaw both hardware and software development.]['' Smithsonian'' ( Smithsonian Institution):
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* ] In 2021, Dolgov and Tekedra Mawakana
Tekedra Mawakana is an American businesswoman and lawyer who currently serves as co-chief executive officer of Waymo. Previously, she was the company's chief operating officer, and prior employers have included Steptoe & Johnson, AOL, Yahoo!, and ...
became co-CEOs, replacing Krafcik. Dolgov focuses on the company's technology and Mawakana oversees business operations.[
He is an inventor with more than 90 patents, as of September 2018.][
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Personal life
Dolgov is a U.S. citizen.[
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Publications
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See also
* List of University of Michigan alumni
References
External links
Dmitri Dolgov
at Bloomberg News
Dmitri Dolgov
at CNBC
Dmitri Dolgov
at Computer History Museum
The Computer History Museum (CHM) is a museum of computer history, located in Mountain View, California. The museum presents stories and artifacts of Silicon Valley and the information age, and explores the computing revolution and its impact on ...
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* {{Cite web, url=https://techcrunch.com/2019/07/23/the-road-ahead-for-waymo-av-engineering-and-mobility-with-waymo-cto-dmitri-dolgov/, title=The road ahead for Waymo, AV engineering and mobility, with Waymo CTOD Dmitri Dolgov, website=TechCrunch, date=July 23, 2019, first1=Arman, last1=Tabatabai, first2=Kirsten, last2=Korosec
Living people
Chief executive officers
Chief technology officers
Google people
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology alumni
Engineers from Moscow
Russian emigrants to the United States
University of Michigan alumni
Waymo employees
Year of birth missing (living people)
1970s births