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Driving is hard, but humans make it look easy. We're UT Dallas's applied autonomous driving project, and we're making driving look easier than ever.

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Latest posts

Planning with cost maps 2/13/23
What's up with Nova? 2/2/23
New members (and goodbyes) 10/23/22
Why we like Nova (video) 8/27/22
Two months left! 3/3/22

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Overview

Nova is UT Dallas’s premier autonomous driving group, run by undergrads as part of the Applied Systems Lab.

We’re developing an open-source autonomous driving stack for researchers, and we aim to provide autonomous driving services to UTD in the long term.

Our team at the UTD Homecoming Parade, February 2022 Above: Our team at our annual Welcome Week event.

Our Team

Click on a member to learn more about them!

Justin Ruths

Justin Ruths
Professor
Team Advisor
jruths@utdallas.edu

Daniel Vayman

Daniel Vayman
CS Junior
Project Lead
daniel.vayman@
utdallas.edu

Stepan Antonyuk

Stepan Antonyuk
CS Sophomore
Developer

Meyli Colmenero

Meyli Colmenero
CE Junior
Vehicle Engineer

Chitsein Htun

Chitsein Htun
CS Sophomore
Developer

Harsha Kota

Harsha Kota
CS Sophomore
Developer

Sasha Luich

Sasha Luich
ME Junior
Vehicle Engineer

Jai Peris

Jai Peris
Electrical Engineering Sophomore
Vehicle Engineer

Kyle Zeng

Kyle Zeng
CS Junior
Photographer

Demo 2, we did it! (Proof of concept)


Demo 1, our first drive

This video explains our hardware stack and software architecture. It also also includes a video demonstration at 4:39.