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6 | Data Labeling Café

Tuesday, December 10

11:00 AM - 03:00 PM

Live in Dearborn, Michigan

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  • What are the most critical types of data required for autonomous driving systems, and how does proper labeling influence their performance?
  • What are the current best practices and tools for large-scale data labeling in the autonomous vehicle industry?
  • How can we effectively label edge cases and rare events that are essential for improving safety and reliability?
  • What is the role of human annotators versus automated systems in ensuring high-quality labeled data?
  • What innovations or emerging technologies could transform data labeling processes for autonomous driving in the next five years?

Workshop

Speaker

Sahil Potnis

VP, Product & Partnerships, Digital Divide Data

Sahil Potnis is a VP of Product and Partnerships at Digital Divide Data (DDD), one of the leading companies offering ML data annotation and labeling products across the globe. He joined DDD very recently and is a subject matter expert in the domain areas of Autonomous Vehicle Data Operations, Systems Engineering and Test Strategy. Prior to DDD, Sahil led a diverse group of data transformation functions as Director of Operations at Motional. He is a dynamic professional with over 8 years of experience in end to end Systems Engineering, Functional Safety, and Testing of Autonomous Vehicles. Sahil brings in a cross-functional approach, by combining Product Development, Engineering Management and Systems Design, to solve next-gen challenges. Sahil holds a Master’s degree from Cornell University and has worked prior with notable companies such as Aurora and Uber.

Company

Digital Divide Data

DDD delivers digital content, data and research services to clients worldwide. Customers receive high-quality competitively priced digital content services. At the same time, DDD's innovative social model enables talented youth from low-income families to access professional opportunities and earn lasting higher income. This model, established by DDD in 2001, is now called "Impact Sourcing"​ and has been implemented by dozens of firms around the world. DDD's clients include leading publishing, media and information services firms; consumer brands and retailers; government agencies; libraries, museums and archives; investment, telecommunications and manufacturing firms, as well as NGOs. Since 2001, DDD's program has increased lifetime earning for youth in Cambodia, Laos and Kenya by a projected total of more than US$250,000,000. DDD's social model is unique in that youth have the opportunity to complete higher education while they gain work experience. DDD has been recognized worldwide for quality service, innovation, and social impact. Among many awards and recognitions, the Global Sourcing Council presented DDD its 3S Award for Sustainable and Socially Responsible Sourcing. DDD has been consistently on the list the Top 100 NGOs worldwide in The Global Journal and is a recipient of the Google Award for Innovation in Business Process Outsourcing (BPO).

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