Keynote Speakers | IEEE IAVVC 2023

- Audi
On the Way to Autonomous Driving with a Focus on Validation Challenges for a Safe Release
The development of autonomous vehicles is making great progress. Autonomous vehicles are already part of normal road traffic in some cities. However, the procedure for a road release and a release in different operational design domains is still a challenge for which there is no established procedure. In order to achieve this, test environments are necessary that allow the most comprehensive statements possible to be achieved for release in the real world. In this talk, it is demonstrated, which automated test methods on closed testing sites are necessary from an OEM perspective for a procedure for a safe release of an automated driving function in different operational design domains.
Chaired By: Joachim Taiber, IAMTS

- U.S. Department of Transportation
Then, Now and What’s Next: Validating Safety in Transportation Automation
Advanced technologies are rapidly transforming the national transportation system. These technologies are already critical components in airplanes, trains, and motor vehicles. In recent years, multiple fatal incidents have underscored the importance of validating the safety of new technologies.
As these technologies become increasingly widespread, the safety of the traveling public depends on effective oversight to ensure automated technologies are safe and work as intended. The Highly Automated Systems Safety (HASS) Center of Excellence has been established by the US Congress to serve as a dedicated workforce within the Department with the necessary skills and expertise to review, assess, and validate the safety of automated technologies.
Jason will take us on a journey of the transportation safety continuum - from the meager beginnings of validating safety in transportation, the evolution of our industry’s safety culture, what the future might look like and why.
Chaired By: Amit Bhasin, University of Texas at Austin

- Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
The Metaverse as Validation Platform for Automated Driving – a Game Changer?
Especially in the last ten years, research in the field of validation and deployment of automated driving has intensified enormously. There are many new approaches and methods to overcome the numerous challenges. Virtual testing is considered one of the core technologies with the scalability required to perform the large number of test scenarios.
Virtualization and digital twins are also gaining momentum faster in other areas such as design and production technologies, as well as in entertainment and social media. One important building block is the Metaverse - an immersive, virtual 3D space that will not only change our interpersonal interactions in the future, but also the way we develop future products, systems and services.
Tobias will take you on a journey of how the Metaverse can support the validation and even the deployment process for automated driving. He will talk about new approaches to identifying critical and relevant scenarios, creating content for virtual testing, new business models for validation service providers, and how to engage society in the validation process to drive acceptance and understanding of this new technology.
Chaired By: Joachim Taiber, IAMTS