Towards Autonomous Vehicles:
Active Safety, Perception and Connectivity

Tour: Henry Ford Museum

Social and Networking

Reception and Registration

Opening Remarks and Self-Introductions

Each person will be asked to introduce him/herself and show how they can contribute to this process.

• Objectives for the Workshop

Automaker Perspectives

• What Are the Requirements for Future Drive Assist Systems (DAS) and Active Safety Systems?
• What Are the Major Steps and Main Constraints (Roadblocks) on the Roadmap from Active Safety to Autonomous Driving?
• What is the Best Sensor Combination (Radar, Laser, Camera, Lidar, others) Needed to Support Autonomous Driving?
• How Important is V2V and V2X Connectivity for Autonomous Driving?
• What Are the Necessary Sensor Performance Improvements and Which Challenges Have to be Met?
• What is Needed to Achieve the Highest Level of Safety?
  • Considering New NCAP, NHTSA and other Global Regulatory Requirements
• What are the Evolving Regulatory Demands for Active Safety Systems and Automated Driving?

Networking Break

Automaker Perspectives (Continued)

• What is the OEM vision of moving from active safety to automated driving?
• How Advanced is Radar and other Sensors in "Taking Over the Controls"?
• What are the global trends and new approaches for sensor integration and fusion?
  • What is needed to augment radar systems with additional sensor technologies?
• Which sensor technologies and performance are needed to meet the needs of autonomous driving?
  • What is your assessment of next generation sensing technologies?
  • What are the cost requirements to meet all classes of vehicles?
  • How important is V2V and V2X connectivity for autonomous driving?

Leveraging Technologies and Developments from Institutional and Academic Research Toward Commercial Realization

• What New Sensor Developments are in the University Laboratories which Could Be Applied to Future Automated Driving?

• What Non-Automotive Industry Sectors Could Contribute Innovative Technologies for Future Active Safety and Automated Driving Solutions?

Networking Lunch

Tier 1 Perspectives

• What is needed from the automakers to help clarify the needs for automated driving and advanced sensor development?
• What sensor systems are available or being developed for automated driving?
• What are the tradeoffs of radar, laser and camera sensors?
• What enabling technologies are needed for these advanced sensors?
• How can high performance active safety be achieved in clutter limited environments?
• Can Radar Systems be Used for Vehicle to Vehicle Communications?

Enabling Technologies

• Does the Convenience of Autonomous Controls Come with the Risk of Attacks by Cyber Threats?

• Exploring Security Requirements

• Defining Secure Processor Needs to Guarantee the Identity of Software Controls for Autonomous Vehicles

Networking Break

Panel Session

• Considering Key Findings from the Day

• What Level of Automation is Possible in What Time Frame?

  • What Level Can Be Achieved Without Dedicated Infrastructure?

Adjourn for Day

Bus Leaves for Dinner - The Whitney

Networking Breakfast

Enabling Technologies (Continued)

• Sensor Control - Challenges, Performance, Scalability, Interfaces

• What Benefits and Trade-Offs re: Main Control Unit/RF Partitioning should be Considered?

• Exploring Analog vs. Digital Options for Interfacing Between the Main Control Unit and RF

• Addressing RF Challenges: Power Consumption, Scalability

• Creating a Fused Sensor Network

• Exploring the Role of Sensors, Compute and Connectivity Aspects

• Examining New Sensor Technology - Low Power Sensors, Compute Devices with Heterogeneous Engines

• Assessing Short Distance Interfaces such as CSI2 and Long Distance Interfaces such as FPDLink

• How Can They Play Together to Create a Scalable Fused Sensor Architecture Needed by Cars of the Future?

Networking Break

Enabling Technologies (Continued)

• Will V2V or C2C Communication be Based on the IEEE 802.11p Radio Interface/Become a Standard Feature of Cars in the Near Future?

• How can V2V or C2C Improve Road Safety and Efficiency?

• What are the Major Challenges to the Car Makers Related to Radio Receivers?

• Is a Minimum Performance Assessment Necessary Regarding the V2V Radio Receivers?

• Exploring Channel Modeling Approaches and Solutions for Simulation and Measurement Results

• Addressing the Challenge of Multiple Radio Technology Co-Existence within the Modern Car

System Testing & Validation

• How Can Sensor and System Performance be Validated without Thousands of Hours of Drive-Time?

Networking Lunch

Enabling Technologies (Continued)

• How Can Sensor and System Performance be Validated without Thousands of Hours of Drive-Time?

Networking Break

Leveraging Technologies and Developments from Institutional and Academic Research Toward Commercial Realization (Continued)

• What Advanced Sensor Technologies are now Available or May Be Available for Commercial Automotive Applications?

• What New Sensor Developments are in the University Laboratories which Could Be Applied to Future Automated Driving?

• What Non-Automotive Industry Sectors Could Contribute Innovative Technologies for Future Active Safety and Automated Driving Solutions?

Closing Discussion - Next Steps (OEMs and Tier 1s)

• Considering Key Findings from the Workshop and Next Steps

• Wish List for Next Automotive Workshop

Takeaways and Closing Remarks

Adjourn

Dinner (Dutch*)
* = in this context, Dutch is a term which means that each person will be responsible for their own dinner costs.