# Jur van den Berg

> Sr Principal Software Developer at Waabi

Location: San Francisco, California, United States
Profile: https://flows.cv/jur

I am a computer science researcher with strong background in advanced algorithms and robotics. My specific area of expertise is self-driving technology, in particular the algorithmic and information-theoretic aspects of motion planning, control, routing, decision-making, and localization for self-driving vehicles. Excellent programming skills (in particular C++).

Specialties: Motion planning and control. Solving difficult algorithmic and mathematical problems.

## Work Experience
### Principal Software Engineer @ Waabi
Jan 2022 – Present | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Software Engineer @ Nuro
Jan 2021 – Jan 2022 | San Francisco Bay Area

### CTO and Co-Founder @ Ike
Jan 2018 – Jan 2021 | San Francisco Bay Area

### Senior Staff Autonomy Engineer @ Uber
Jan 2016 – Jan 2018 | San Francisco
I lead the motion planning team at ATG in San Francisco

### Senior researcher/developer @ Otto
Jan 2016 – Jan 2016 | San Francisco Bay Area
I am a founding employee of this super-exciting start-up in autonomous trucking. In August 2016 we were acquired by Uber.

### Senior researcher/developer @ Apple
Jan 2015 – Jan 2016 | Cupertino
Special projects group.

### Researcher/developer at Google[x] @ Google
Jan 2014 – Jan 2015 | Mountain View, CA
Developing self-driving cars.

### Assistant Professor @ University of Utah
Jan 2011 – Jan 2013 | Salt Lake City
Director of the Algorithmic Robotics Lab (http://arl.cs.utah.edu)

### Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jan 2010 – Jan 2011
Postdoctoral researcher at the department of Computer Science in the GAMMA group led by profs. Ming Lin and Dinesh Manocha.

### Postdoctoral Researcher @ UC Berkeley
Jan 2009 – Jan 2010
Postdoctoral researcher in Medical Robotics at the department of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research (IEOR) in the Berkeley Laboratory for Automation Science and Engineering led by prof. Ken Goldberg.

### Postdoctoral Researcher @ University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Jan 2007 – Jan 2009
Postdoctoral researcher at the department of Computer Science in the GAMMA group led by profs. Ming Lin and Dinesh Manocha.

### PhD Student @ Utrecht University
Jan 2003 – Jan 2007
Ph.D. student at the department of Computer Science in the GIVE group led by prof. Mark Overmars.


## Education
### PhD in Computer Science
Utrecht University

### MSc/BSc in Computer Science
University of Groningen


## Contact & Social
- LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/jurvandenberg
- Portfolio: http://arl.cs.utah.edu/

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Last updated: 2026-04-12