Dr. Xiaodi Hou is the Founder and CEO of Bot Auto. For over a decade he has been a pioneer in autonomous trucking. Dr. Hou is an internationally renowned expert in autonomous vehicles, artificial intelligence, machine learning and computer vision. He earned his Ph.D. in Computation and Neural Systems from the California Institute of Technology and holds a Bachelor of Engineering degree in Computer Science from Shanghai Jiao Tong University. Xiaodi has been instrumental in advancing autonomous driving technology for the commercial trucking industry, with a focus on creating systems that can handle the unique challenges of operating large commercial vehicles. He has presented at global events such as Web Summit and Nvidia’s GTC conference and has been featured in leading publications such as Wired and Forbes