The New Udacity Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree Program

The newest version of the Udacity Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree Program has launched!

This version has brand new courses and projects on deep learning, sensor fusion, localization, and planning, with brand new instructors. It’s a fantastic 2021 update to the original program, which dated to 2016.

I helped build the first half of this new version back when I was still at Udacity last year, and then my long-time Udacity colleague, Michael Virgo, led the effort to completion.

A particularly awesome aspect of this new version of the Nanodegree program is that we created in conjunction with Udacity’s long-time partner, Mercedes-Benz, and with a new partner, Waymo. Several projects in the program teach students how to work with the Waymo Open Dataset, which is a fantastic opportunity for students to gain hands-on skills.

With the relaunch of @udacity's Self-Driving Car Engineer Nanodegree, students interested in autonomous driving technology can hone skills they may one day apply in the field. Learn from experts like Waymo’s Head of Research Drago Anguelov: https://t.co/hZ9nATHaUH https://t.co/1Xz5nTihVI

— Waymo (@Waymo) July 20, 2021

The program also features a long-form video interview I conducted with Waymo Head of Research Dragomir Anguelov.

I’m so excited for students to keep learning about self-driving cars with Udacity!