Recent Announcements
Finished Vehicle Logistics
![]() My main focus will be on connectivity and how the production line never ends, as well as opportunities for automation when moving vehicles, such as loading them onto ships. I hope to learn a lot at this conference and I see a lot of early opportunities for automation within the supply chain. |
Monetizing ADAS
![]() I see a lot of friends at this event. Let's catch up! |
Mapping for Automated Vehicles
This is a bit past, but I had a great panel in June on mapping technology for automated driving. Here is the session description: A Heart of Grid Lines: Moving Forward With Mapping at the Core Real-time mapping is making huge strides in auto and is well-positioned to take the industry forward to realize the visions of the driverless car. We look at what it’s doing for the industry right now.
As one of the leaders in the development of probe based mapping technology, I always appreciate the chance to bring this topic to the public. |
Automated Vehicles: Mind the Brakes
On September 13th I'm giving a talk on Automated Vehicles intended for interested engineers on behalf of the IEEE Silicon Valley Consultants Network (but it is open to the public). This will be an overview emphasizing the sensor technologies and where they work and don't work. I'll talk about cameras, radar, lidar and ultrasound, but my primary interest is in the communications and mapping topics, so I'll spend most of my time on those. This is, after all, where all the other sensors work together. This should be fun and entertaining so please stop by! |
Insurance in the Era of Sharing
I'll be moderating a panel at this even in Chicago in early September. Our topic is "Mobility Mayhem". We will address the implications of the new mobility services- ride sharing, car sharing, commercial vehicle platooning, and automation of both private and public vehicles. This fits well with my work at ATG developing insurance tools for commercial vehicles. |
Driverless Conference
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CES 2016
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Florida Automated Vehicles Summit
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Active Safety Update
![]() I attended this conference in October- catching up on the latest in Detroit. It's good to have an excuse to get to Detroit and visit colleagues there. I spent much of my time getting updates on V2X security, which seems to be under pretty good control; Mobileye technology, the good and the bad; and probe based mapping. |
Moderating Insurance Panel
I'll be moderating a panel at the Telematics Update show in Detroit next week on "The Insurance Piece of the Mobility Puzzle". For this panel we are looking at "new mobility", both due to the sharing economy (Uber, Lyft, etc) and vehicle automation. Insurance is often cited as one of the big issues that needs to be solved with automated vehicles. My oldest son is about to start driving and particular conundrum for me is how to judge his skill. If he usually drives a highly automated vehicle (soon!), and has no accidents, should I trust him in my old manual shift vehicles? What's an insurer to do? On the panel we all agree that the solution to the mobility puzzle is data from the vehicle. (See the LinkedIn discussion here.) We have yet to agree on what that data needs to be, on what data needs to come from the vehicle and what data can be obtained from cell phones, or even Apple Play, Android Auto and the like. My experience is that OEMs are willing in theory to share basic data (location, emissions...), but are not even contemplating sharing the status of ADAS systems and the activation of automatic braking. On the other hand, some folks from the CAS automated vehicle group told me an interesting fact. If Mercedes were to introduce a high end (low volume) vehicle that NEVER had a crash- after 4 years the insurance rate would be only 14% less than the equivalent crashing vehicle. Seems like there should be a better deal here. |
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