Katie Washabaugh

Katie Burke is the NVIDIA Automotive content marketing manager, communicating solutions to building a faster, safer, and more efficient transportation ecosystem. A former journalist at publications such as Automotive News and MarketWatch, she joined the NVIDIA team in 2018. Katie holds a B.A. in public policy from the University of Michigan and lives in San Francisco, where she’s waiting for self-driving cars to seriously upgrade her morning commute.
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Posts by Katie Washabaugh

Simulation / Modeling / Design Aug 11, 2025

How to Instantly Render Real-World Scenes in Interactive Simulation

Turning real-world environments into interactive simulation no longer requires days or weeks of work. With NVIDIA Omniverse NuRec and 3DGUT (3D Gaussian with... 7 MIN READ
A GIF showing autonomous vehicles.
Simulation / Modeling / Design Jun 11, 2025

Simplify End-to-End Autonomous Vehicle Development with New NVIDIA Cosmos World Foundation Models

The shift to end-to-end planning models for powering autonomous vehicles (AVs) is increasing the demand for high-quality, physically-based sensor data. These... 7 MIN READ
Simulation / Modeling / Design Jun 11, 2025

Accelerating AV Simulation with Neural Reconstruction and World Foundation Models

Autonomous vehicle (AV) stacks are evolving from a hierarchy of discrete building blocks to end-to-end architectures built on foundation models. This transition... 7 MIN READ
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Generative AI Dec 18, 2023

Teaching AVs the Language of Human Driving Behavior with Trajeglish

Much of the communication between drivers goes beyond turn signals and brake lights. Motioning another car to proceed, looking over to see if another driver is... 5 MIN READ
Computer Vision / Video Analytics Dec 21, 2022

Explainer: What Is an AI Cockpit?

Intelligent interiors are transforming transportation. 1 MIN READ
Computer Vision / Video Analytics Dec 09, 2022

Explainer: What Is an Autonomous Truck?

Autonomous trucks are commercial vehicles that use AI to automate everything from shipping yard operations to long-haul deliveries. 1 MIN READ