• Physics and Astronomy Colloquium

August 23, 2024 3:30 PM - August 23, 2024 5:00 PM
PAIS 1100

Host:

Sally Seidel

Presenter:

Dr. Manju V. Hegde (CEO of Uhnder, Inc.)

Video Recording

The talk will start with the rationale for automating driving of cars and the functions which are required to automate this. Then we describe the main types of sensing for automating the driving function in cars based on different physics phenomena along with their advantages and disadvantages. In particular, we will motivate the need for digital imaging radar and describe the emergence of technologies that have made this possible.

We will then go into some depth on automotive radar and the engineering functions needed to get to the required levels of performance.

We end with scenarios that are required to ensure safe, automated driving and show some demos of digital imaging radar in these cases.

Bio

Manju Hegde is co-founder and CEO of  Uhnder, which pioneered the first digital radar, combining digital coded modulation (DCM), complementary metal-oxide-semiconductor (CMOS) technology, and advanced digital processing techniques to position the company as a leader in automation, autonomy and safety for mobility.   

Prior to founding Uhnder in 2015, Hegde cofounded other successful semiconductor companies, including Celox Networks, an industry-leading edge router provider, where he served as CTO, and AGEIA Technologies, which he led as CEO until it was acquired by NVIDIA in 2008. AGEIA’s real-time physics engine, PhysX, has made hundreds of games and real-time simulations more immersive for millions of people.  He subsequently served as the first GM of CUDA at NVIDIA making GPUs more accessible to developers, and then moved to AMD as Corporate VP of Application Engineering, where he led the formation of the HSAF (heterogeneous System Architecture Foundation), which spearheaded heterogeneous computing.

He served 17 years as a university professor in electrical engineering with tenures at Louisiana State University where he became Chairman of the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department and at Washington University in St. Louis where he was a professor in the Electrical and Computer Engineering Department.  He earned his PhD in Computer, Information and Control engineering from the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor; and a B. Tech. degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay. Hegde has published more than 150 technical papers and is an inventor on more than 40 patents.