E57 Firas Lethaus, Head of the Deep Learning Expert Center at the Volkswagen Group

Today's guest is Firas Lethaus, Head of the Deep Learning Expert
Center at the Volkswagen Group. Headquartered in Wolfsburg, the
Volkswagen Group is one of the world’s leading automobile
manufacturers and the largest carmaker in Europe. Each working
day, around 630,000 employees worldwide across the group's 12
brands are involved in vehicle-related services or work in the
other fields within the business. The group's goal is to make
mobility sustainable for our world today and for future
generations.


The Deep Learning Expert Center are responsible for the
development and deployment of AI/data products within the
Volkswagen group and their subsidiaries. These include 
Elli, which develops solutions for private users and
business at the many touchpoints between e-mobility and the wider
transition underway in society to renewable energy, and CARIAD,
which builds the leading tech stack for the automotive
industry to make automotive mobility safer, more sustainable and
more comfortable in a new way.


In the episode, Firas will discuss:


His background and interesting roles over the years,


The challenges with autonomous driving,


Advice on making the move from academia to industry,


The importance of communication and team dynamics, and


Generating ROI from data science projects in business