Jamie Shotton
Jamie Shotton is the Chief Scientist at Wayve, a company pioneering AI technology to power self-driving vehicles.
Chief Scientist
Vancouver
Vancouver
“I’ve been fascinated for many years by both the deep technical challenges and the opportunities for the positive impact that autonomous driving will bring. AVs are the natural next step in taking AI technology out of the lab to deliver real-world impact.”
About Jamie
Jamie leads Wayve’s Science department, where he guides our research teams to unlock new research breakthroughs, to enable those breakthroughs to have meaningful impact for the business, and to disrupt both our technical and business strategy to ensure Wayve stays at the forefront of innovation.
Jamie has been at the forefront of applied AI research for the past 20 years. Before joining Wayve, Jamie was Partner Director of Science at Microsoft and Head of the Mixed Reality & AI Labs. While at Microsoft, Jamie shipped foundational features for Microsoft’s Kinect (Microsoft’s line of motion sensing input devices) and the hand- and eye-tracking that enable HoloLens 2’s interaction model (smart glasses).
Jamie has a PhD in computer vision from the University of Cambridge and has received multiple Best Paper and Best Demo Awards at top-tier academic conferences. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering in 2021.
