Vladimir Djapic

Vladimir Djapic received the B.S., M.S., and the Ph.D. degree from the University of California, in 2000, 2001 and 2009, respectively, all in electrical engineering.  He is an accomplished manager and scientist with over 19 years of US and international experience (2 patents and over 50 publications) with a focus on advanced mapping, navigation, control, planning, and sensing methods for heterogeneous robotic systems. Since 2020 Dr. Djapic serves as a CEO of H2O Robotics. More recently, 2017-2020, Vladimir acted as a Mapping & Localization Manager and Technical Lead for Autonomous Driving Systems at American Haval Motor Technology (AHMT) whose mission was to design and develop a self-driving car capable of autonomous driving on public roads. From 2013 to 2017, Dr. Djapic was a Chief Scientist and a lead Principal Investigator (PI) for projects that utilize Maritime Autonomous Systems (air, surface, and subsurface), where he also led numerous international collaborative efforts.