Michiya Abe

Career Background

After completing my master’s degree, I joined SenseTime Japan, the Japanese subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based AI startup SenseTime, which conducts R&D in image recognition and deep learning. As a researcher, I was responsible for R&D of image recognition technology for automotive cameras for autonomous driving with OEMs. In the later period, I also served as project manager and technical lead. Working closely with clients, I did not just build recognition models — I collected data together with clients and conducted experiments deploying systems on real vehicles, making it very rewarding work.

Why I Joined Turing

I was attracted by the ambitious goal of achieving fully autonomous driving. Watching the recent rapid advances in autonomous driving technology development in the US and China, I felt that now is the only time to build autonomous driving. I felt that Turing was genuinely confronting this challenge, and I wanted to be part of it, which led me to join.

What I Do

Improving model architecture and training methods
E2E model performance evaluation
Conducting control experiments and performing evaluation and issue analysis
Camera calibration and more

What Makes My Work Rewarding

The challenges themselves are extremely difficult and yet unsolved, making them well worth taking on.
It is incredibly exciting to actually drive on public roads under control of models we built. Having built recognition features at my previous job, I find this aspect particularly fascinating.

About the Work Environment at Turing

Everything needed for autonomous driving development is in place — talent, compute resources, test vehicles, and more.
There are many great people, and it is enjoyable working together.

Who Thrives at Turing

People who want to build autonomous driving.
People who love cars.

For Those Considering Turing

Please come visit our office first. See and feel the actual autonomous driving development site for yourself. I believe few jobs are as rewarding as this.

My Car

Alfa Romeo Giulia Veloce

When I joined, I was driving a Volvo V40 — a solid, great car. When it came time for the second vehicle inspection, I started looking for the sports car I had always admired. The Alfa Romeo has an eye-catching distinctive appearance and is the perfect car that responds when you step on the gas and turn the wheel.