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NSF-Drive-SAFE

Key Personnel, Collaborators and Partners

Key Personnel and Collaborators

Breaking Low: DRIVE-SAFE – Remote & Cooperative Autonomous Driving over 5G/NextG

We build mobility-aware 5G/NextG and C-V2X systems that cut tail latency for remote and cooperative driving, letting human teleoperators safely guide connected autonomous vehicles through complex real-world situations.

Principle Investigators (PIs) and Co-Principle Investigators (co-PIs) 

Zhi-Li Zhang: lead PI, University of Minnesota
Kobus Van der Merwe: PI, University of Utah
Hang Qiu: PI, University of California, Riverside
● Fan Bai: co-PI, General Motors
Nakjung: co-PI (senior personnel), Nokia Bell Labs 

Senior Personnel
Eman Ramadan: senior personnel,  UMN
Ajay Kumar Gurumadaiah: post-doc researcher, UMN
Dustin Maas:  senior personnel, UoU
David Johnson: senior personnel, UoU
Krishnan Hariharan: senior personnel, General Motors
Mo Naserian: senior personnel, General Motors
Ahan Kak: senior personnel, Nokia Bell Labs