Tim Allan Wheeler

I am a software engineer in the Bay Area working on autonomous driving, reasoning, and optimization. My PhD was in automotive artificial intelligence and safety at Stanford under Prof. Mykel Kochenderfer. I am co-author of the textbooks Algorithms for Optimization and Algorithms for Decision Making. Looking to build real products that positively affect people. My background includes decision making under uncertainty, optimization, deep learning, safety, robotics, and eVTOLs.

My Resume

Waymo

Autonomous driving - reasoning.

May 2022

Volley Automation

Coordinated robotics for automated parking.

Jan 2021

Kitty Hawk

Flying autonomous cars.

2018 - 2020

Head of SISL Automotive

Lead grad student for the Stanford Intelligent Systems Laboratory Automotive group. We conduct research in autonomous driving and advanced safety systems.

2014 - 2016

Visiting Student Researcher

Technical University Darmstadt. Stochastic deep radar models.

Fall 2016

Bosch Autonomous Driving Intern

Automotive trajectory prediction and collision avoidance. Probabilistic planning and validation.

Summer 2014

Stanford AeroAstro PhD student

Establishing trust in autonomous vehicles via a scientific, unified, transparent framework to optimize and evaluate active driving systems. Advised by Prof. Mykel Kochenderfer.

2013 - 2018

SpaceX Dynamics Intern

Falcon 9 stage separation, Crew Dragon buffet loads, Falcon 9 transportation loading instrumentation, modal testing, coupled loads analyses.

Summer 2012 & 2013

University of California, San Diego

B.S. in Aerospace Engineering with a minor in Mathematics. Graduated summa cum laude.

2009 - 2013