Elias Wang is a Senior Machine Learning Scientist on Tesla’s Autopilot Vision team with about a decade of experience building computer vision and physical scene understanding systems. He completed a PhD in Electrical Engineering at Stanford in the Neuroscience & AI Lab, blending rigorous brain-inspired research with practical engineering for perception problems. Elias has a track record across top labs and universities—from Cornell and Princeton to UCSF—and brings both deep research instincts and hands-on production deployment experience. Based in the Bay Area, he pairs academic rigor with product-minded execution, and his background in neuroscience-informed AI gives him a distinctive edge in designing robust visual systems for real-world autonomy.
11 years of coding experience
8 years of employment as a software developer
Stanford Ignite, Certificate Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Stanford Ignite, Certificate Program in Innovation and Entrepreneurship at Stanford University Graduate School of Business
Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, summa cum laude, Bachelor of Science (BS), Electrical and Computer Engineering, summa cum laude at Cornell University
Master of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering, Master of Science (MS), Electrical Engineering at Stanford University
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