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13 Feb 2025 (Thu) 17:00-18:00 | Industrial Seminar by Dr. Luyi Mo



Autonomous driving: Embracing the era of large-scale commercialization


Speaker:

Dr. Luyi Mo

Vice President of Pony.ai

Date:    Feb 13 (Thu), 2025

Time:   5:00pm – 6:00pm

Venue:  Tam Wing Fan Innovation Wing Two, G/F Run Run Shaw Building, HKU



Abstract

The popularization of autonomous driving technology has brought significant changes to people's modes of transportation and lifestyles, and has also introduced new growth points for the automotive industry. We are witnessing the rapid iteration of autonomous driving technology and the continuous expansion of its application scenarios, while also facing many challenges. Starting from 2023, several cities in United States and China allowed fully driverless Robotaxi operating to the general public and hence the commercialization of Robotaxi business is accelerating. This speech aims to explore how to continuously drive industrial transformation and achieve large-scale commercialization of autonomous driving, especially Robotaxi, based on the technology and commercial practice of Pony.ai.


Speaker's Bio

Dr. Luyi Mo is a Vice President of Pony.ai, a global leader in the large-scale commercialization of autonomous mobility. She is responsible for overseeing Pony.ai's Guangzhou and Shenzhen offices as well as its Robotaxi service and operation. She successfully led the team to deploy China's first Robotaxi service in 2018 and continuously drove the efforts to make Pony.ai as the first company to operate fully driverless Robotaxi service in all tier-1 cities in China. Prior to joining Pony.ai, Dr. Mo worked as a senior software engineer at NetEase, specializing in game engine development. Dr. Mo holds a bachelor’s degree in mathematics from Zhejiang University and a Ph.D. in computer science from the University of Hong Kong. During her time in university, Dr. Mo was the first female world champion from China since 1977 at the 35(th) Annual ACM International Collegiate Programming Contest World Finals in 2011.


ITS Director, Prof. W.Y. Szeto presenting Dr. Luyi Mo a souvenir for appreciation.
ITS Director, Prof. W.Y. Szeto presenting Dr. Luyi Mo a souvenir for appreciation.
Prof. Reynold Cheng introducing the speaker, Dr. Luyi Mo
Prof. Reynold Cheng introducing the speaker, Dr. Luyi Mo
Dr. Luyi Mo delivering seminar.
Dr. Luyi Mo delivering seminar.
Dr. Luyi Mo explaining the view of the Robotaxi.
Dr. Luyi Mo explaining the view of the Robotaxi.
Q&A Session
Q&A Session
Q&A Session
Q&A Session
Group photo with all participants
Group photo with all participants


 

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