Dr. Vijay Kakani is a Computer Vision Engineering Manager leading the Edge AI & Perception Team at Rivian and Volkswagen Group Technologies, where he directs on-device AI deployment across perception and multimodal workloads. He completed his PhD studies in Information and Communication Engineering at Inha University, South Korea, and master's studies in Computers and Communication Systems at the University of Limerick, Ireland. He has been awarded recognition on Stanford University's World's Top 2% Scientists list (Applied Computer Vision in Natural Sciences). As a Member of IEEE, he has published over 60 papers in various SCI-indexed international journals, and he serves as a mentor for Smart Mobility projects at the Department of Future Vehicle Engineering, Inha University. Previously, he served as a Professor at Inha University, South Korea, where his teaching disciplines included computer vision, deep learning, and autonomous systems engineering. His research interests include autonomous vehicles, sensor signal processing, applied computer vision, deep learning, edge AI deployment, systems engineering, and machine vision applications.