Uber is expanding its self-driving car research beyond the US
Uber is bringing its research and development into self-driving cars to Toronto, Ontario, representing the first time the ride-hailing company has looked outside the US to grow its autonomous driving efforts. It’s also a sign that the allegations of stolen self-driving car secrets from Waymo, a spinoff of Google, haven’t diverted Uber from its commitment to autonomous driving.
Uber announced today that it tapped Raquel Urtason, an associate professor of computer sciences at the University of Toronto, to lead its new branch of its Advanced Technologies Group. Urtason specializes in machine learning and computer vision — the technology that helps cars “see” the world around them. According to Uber, she will be managing a small group: only…