Tuesday, September 26
03:30 PM - 04:00 PM
Live in Berlin
Less Details
At the end of the last session (session 5) the moderators will give a short summary of each world café in front of the audience to showcase all key take aways.
All results, pictures and key takeaways of the World Cafes will be photographed after the event and made available to the we.CONECT Media Center as well as to our event app “hubs.”
Elisabeth Kuczmarski is an automotive development professional with nearly 10 years of experience at Volkswagen, leading the Systems Architecture, Safety & Security department within the ADAS/AD domain. Her objective is integration of Level 3 and 4 technologies while prioritizing current and future safety, sotif and security requirements. Elisabeth’s thorough grounding in Whole Vehicle Engineering culminated in playing a crucial role in aligning technical and organisational streams to meet the company's R&D strategic goals. Throughout her career, Elisabeth Kuczmarski has consistently demonstrated her commitment to innovation, safety, compliance and technical excellence within the automotive industry. Her diverse experiences and expertise make her a valuable asset in driving advancements in ADAS/AD systems and ensuring the seamless integration of new technologies.
M.Sc. in dependable aerospace system. Have been working with autonomous systems during university time within the defense industry. Continue my career at Traton Autonomous Transport Solution working with autonomous trucks within the field of VoV, SIL and machine learning.
What drives you? Why do you love your job?
I love working within this field of cutting edge technology and especially withing Safety and VoV for autonomous driving. I feel honored to be part of the community that is going to set the standard for how we validate the autonomous systems, perhaps one of the most important work withing this tech area and also highly important for the trust of our systems from the society. It is also intriguing to apply ML techniques to find solutions within this area that historically has been driven by traditional methods.
Paolo is an electronic engineer with 10 years experience in AD/ADAS simulation, validation and verification. After a first experience in semiconductor R&D, he moved into the automotive industry where he is currently gaining competencies and building his technical and professional path. He is involved in several projects for evaluation and validation of ADAS/AD system, among others: development of a MIL framework for NCAP active safety virtual assessment; sensor modelling and integration in SIL framework for AD system development and evaluation; VirtualECU generation and integration in SIL framework for ADAS applications.
The Pop in Your Job
Guitar player, music passionate, love to travel in my private life.
Adiac Aguilar stands at the forefront of system engineering, architecture, and functional safety within the automotive industry. At the prestigious Volvo Cars, Adiac dons the mantle of a visionary System Engineer in Architecture, wielding expertise to craft ingenious system designs and requirements for the groundbreaking Volvo Cars - SPA2 Core System Platform. This cutting-edge platform serves as a sanctuary for autonomous driving applications, ensuring an unwavering commitment to safety, reliability, and unparalleled performance. Adiac emerges as a trailblazer, spearheading safety measures for autonomous driving and orchestrating advanced computational infrastructure with deft precision. Armed with an unwavering dedication to functional safety, Adiac exemplifies the pinnacle of leadership, fostering a culture of excellence and compliance in system design, embedded systems, and industry standards. As an ingenious entrepreneur and visionary founder of Diwö, Adiac traverses uncharted frontiers in AI & Robotics engineering, illuminating the path to intelligent robotics platforms. This profound experience fortifies Adiac's commitment to revolutionizing the automotive realm, harnessing the power of advanced technologies and unwavering dedication to safety. Adiac shapes the landscape of emerging automotive technologies, leaving an indelible mark on an industry poised for transformative changes. With a steadfast resolve to challenge the traditional status quo and push the boundaries of innovation, Adiac stands as a beacon of inspiration, ready to lead the revolution toward a safer and more remarkable future of mobility.
The Pop in Your Job
What drives me is a deep personal connection to the importance of safety, combined with a lifelong passion for technology. From a young age, I had the fortunate opportunity to interact with computers, particularly Macintosh systems, which sparked my fascination and set me on a path of technological exploration. As a teenager, I also had the privilege of serving as an extrication volunteer firefighter, where I directly witnessed the devastating consequences of traffic accidents and the urgent need for enhanced safety measures. These experiences, coupled with my personal near-death encounters following crash accidents, have deeply impacted me and fueled my unwavering commitment to ensuring safety in the automotive industry. I carry a profound sense of responsibility to contribute to the development of advanced technologies that can save lives and prevent injuries.
Marek is a senior expert in perception, control, and safety for ADAS and AD at Volkswagen Group. He joined the group’s subsidiary Carmeq in 2007 for work on a research version of today’s long-desired highway pilot systems and has accumulated substantial experience in sensor data fusion and safety concepts for SAE L2 and L3 products. Today he is contributing to the accomplishment of SOTIF within the AD Alliance of Robert Bosch GmbH and Volkswagen’s software company CARIAD SE, on the CARIAD side.
The Pop in Your Job
For me, automated driving on SAE level 3 is a key threshold towards robotics interacting with an open world. From a background in robotics, AI, and automotive sensor data fusion, paving the way for L3 automated driving as an end users' product became my mission just naturally. For me, this is "the automotive Apollo project", a notion that shall summarize both the attraction and the difficulty involved in this journey, together with the fact that the challenge is primarily a technical one. SOTIF (Safety of the Intended Functionality) has become the community's key label for the related effort, and therefore my "office door label". It does provide a good frame, yet nevertheless, the task has occasionally been underestimated in industry.
Carin Mattila is an experienced Test Engineer, currently working with test of autonomous functions in simulated test environment at Scania.
Matthias Eng has been working at Volvo Cars since 2015. In his current role as Product Owner - AD safe Experience, he is responsible for the driver interaction concept and safety argumentation to ensure an overall safe experience with autonomous driving. That includes the operational safety concept, verification and validation strategy and in-operation monitoring of autonomous cars to ensure safety before launch as well as during operation. Matthias Eng holds a PhD from the Chalmers University of Technology.
As Safety Specialist, Abhash Das is respeonsible for Safety Management of ZF Autonomous Driving activities in Germany. He is an experienced leader with many years tracks record of covering areas within the Automotive, Avionics and Semiconductor industries. He has deep and broad knowledge of E/E, System and Software engineering, pursuing the goal to generate an efficient solution to enable production ready safety-critical system that is strategically positioned and translated into a product which meets customer expectations and marketing and sales demands. He is highly specialized in IEC 61508, ISO 26262 functional safety engineering for various automotive safety-critical systems in areas of Autonomous Driving, Hybrid powertrain, ADAS, Active & Passive safety System etc. Abhash has also authored patents and papers in SAE, VDA and various technical forums.