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IEEE Communications Society
Santa Clara Valley (SCV)
Workshop:
Connectivity, Autonomy &
The Future of Transportation
January 13, 2015
Sponsored by Rohde & Schwarz & Texas Instruments
Event Agenda
4.15 PM – Registration & Networking
5.10 PM – Program Start
Keynote: The road to automated driving: bridging the Auto & Tech cultures
Speaker: John Kenney, PhD, Toyota InfoTech, Mountain View, CA
Title: Talk to the hand, because Siri ain’t listening! Lessons from consumer
engagements with virtual assistants
Speaker: John Feland, PhD, CEO / Founder, Insights
6:10PM – 7:00PM Dinner Break
Title: The Role and Design of V2X Communication System for Automated Driving
Speaker: Gaurav Bansal, Toyota InfoTech Center
Title: Software Infrastructure / Ecosystem for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles
Speaker: Shrikant Acharya, Excelfore
Title: Patents and Autonomous Vehicles
Speaker: Jeffrey Miller, Attorney
8.00 PM – Panel Discussion
8.30 PM – Closing Remarks
Organizer: MP Divakar, Session Co-Chair: Sameer Herlekar
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Corporate Sponsor
Today’s Event Sponsored by:
Silicon Valley's Automotive Epicenter
BMW Group Technology Office
Bosch Research & Technology Center N. America
Continental Silicon Valley
Delphi Labs @ Silicon Valley
Denso International America Silicon Valley Office
Ford Silicon Valley Lab
GM Advanced Technology Silicon Valley Office
Honda Silicon Valley Lab
Hyundai Ventures
Mercedes-Benz Research & Development N. America Inc.
Nissan Research Center – Silicon Valley
Tesla factory
Tesla headquarters
Toyota Info Technology Center USA Inc.
Volkswagen Group Electronics Research Lab
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Silicon Valley's Auto Corridor
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Connected Vehicles Patent Landscape
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Data as of Jan 2015 using Innography visualization tool
SAE: Levels of Vehicle Autonomy
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SAE: Levels of Vehicle Autonomy
SAE International’s J3016:
Taxonomy & Definitions for Terms Related to On-Road Motor Vehicle Automated
Driving Systems
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WHO Fact Sheet on Road Traffic Injuries
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Key Facts (Updated Oct 2015)
•About 1.25 million people die each year from road traffic crashes.
• Road traffic injuries the leading cause of death among young
people, aged 15–29 years.
• 90% of the world's fatalities in low- and middle-income countries
& these countries have half world's vehicles!
• Half of those dying on the world’s roads are “vulnerable road
users”: pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists.
• Without action, road traffic crashes are predicted to rise to
become the 7th leading cause of death by 2030.
• The newly adopted 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development’s
sets an ambitious road safety target of halving the global number
of deaths and injuries from road traffic crashes by 2020.
WHO Fact Sheet on Road Traffic Injuries
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WHO Fact Sheet on Road Traffic Injuries
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Consumer Choices on Connectivity
64% consumers want built-in
connectivity in the their vehicles
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Volkswagen Silicon Valley Lab
Look Ma, NO Emissions!
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IEEE ComSoc SCV 2016 Officers
Chair
Saurabh Sureka, Avago Technologies
Vice Chairs
Mehran Nekui, PhD, Cavium
Firouz Behnamfar, PhD, Intel
Secretary/Operations Manager
Amit Butala, Luminate Wireless
Treasurer/Director
Sameer Herlekar, PhD, Inphi Corporation
Wireless Programs Director
Narasimha Chari, CTO, ABB Wireless
Past Chairman Emeritus
Sanjay Kasturia, PhD, Qualcomm
University Liaisons
Standards Liaisons
Shoba Krishnan, PhD, SCU
Stephanie Pereira, PhD, Luminate Wireless
Programs & Liaisons
MP Divakar, PhD, Stack Design Automation
Program Coordinator
Raja Banerjea, CSR / Qualcomm
Program Coordinator
Vishal Sharma, PhD, Metanoia, Inc
Alliance Programs
Sameer Herlekar, PhD, Inphi Corporation
Chairman Emeritus
Rajeev Krishnamoorthy, PhD, Scintera/Maxim
IEEE Comsoc Liaison
Alan Weissberger, Sc.D.
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Chapter in Region 6 (Western USA) for 2013!
Comsoc SCV was voted Best IEEE Chapter in Santa
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Clara Valley for 2013!
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Highlights from 2015
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