Cedric Cocaud

Cedric is the Project Executive of Connected Airsights at Acubed. After working on safety critical AI for air taxis and commercial aircraft for more than 8 years, he is focused on bringing the power of AI to the cabin, shaping the future of personalized passenger experience, and boosting airlines ancillary revenues through connectivity and smart data. Cedric has devoted his career to AI and robotics. He worked on autonomous drones at the Department of Defense, led a team of engineers at JPL-NASA to develop and deploy robotics probes in Antarctica, designed computer vision systems for space probes at the Japanese Space Agency, and launched his startup in the field of security drones in France. Cedric previously held a postdoctoral position in Robotics at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and has a Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the University of Tokyo, Japan.