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Lena Wild is an industrially employed PhD student at TRATON Group and the Division of Robotics, Perception and Learning at KTH Royal Institute of Technology. She is advised by Patric Jensfelt as academic supervisor and Rafael Valencia as industrial supervisor. In January 2025, she joined the Wallenberg AI, Autonomous Systems and Software Program (WASP) as an affiliated industrial PhD student. Since September 1, 2025, she has been a visiting PhD student at Stanford University's Autonomous Systems Lab led by Prof. Marco Pavone.
Her research focuses on end-to-end explainable map learning for autonomous driving, with broader interests in road perception and integration of prior knowledge in deep learning systems. Her academic background bridges deep learning, engineering, physics, and the humanities, reflecting in her interdisciplinary approach to research.
Her recent publications demonstrate a strong focus on explainable AI for autonomous driving systems, particularly in HD map updating and change detection. Both of her recent papers (ICCV 2025 and ECCV 2024) address critical challenges in autonomous vehicle perception systems, with an emphasis on explainability and structured priors.
Lena Wild has received recognition for her literary work as well, with her debut novel "Preparing for Chance" published in October 2024 through the ZOOM-ED series by Edition Raetia, which won the fifth issue of ZOOM-ED.
Her educational background includes dual expertise in technical fields and humanities, having earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees in both Technical Physics from Vienna University of Technology and Philosophy/Classical Languages from the University of Vienna. During her Master's, she conducted thesis work in collaboration with CERN on machine learning for likelihood-free inference.
