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Dragomir Anguelov (Drago) is a seasoned expert in computer vision and machine learning, currently serving as Vice President and Head of Research at Waymo since June 2018, where efforts focus on advancing autonomous vehicles. Prior to Waymo, Dragomir held the position of Senior Director of Perception at Zoox Inc., leading the development of a 3D perception stack for autonomous driving. A significant tenure at Google from September 2007 to December 2015 included roles such as Senior Staff Engineer, where contributions were made to key technologies like the Inception neural network architecture and Multibox object detection. Dragomir's earlier experience includes work as a Senior Scientist at Like.com, specializing in computer vision and machine learning. Academic qualifications consist of a PhD, MS, and BS in Computer Science from Stanford University, along with foundational education from Asen Zlatarov in Haskovo.