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From Resistance to Respect: What Automotive Can Learn from Aviation Engineering

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As the automotive industry transforms into a software-driven domain, it faces a reality that the aerospace world has known for decades: safety and complexity demand discipline. Modern vehicles now match or even exceed aircraft in terms of software volume and system integration. But while aviation engineers treat process as a cornerstone of engineering, many in automotive …

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Are drivers ready to use Level 2 and Level 3 ADAS systems? The answer might be no.

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The recent investigation of two fatal Ford Mach-e crashes by NHTSA is very interesting. The investigation shows that “Ford designed … ” the adaptive cruise control “… to inhibit any response to reported stationary objects when the subject vehicle’s approach speed is at or above 62 mph. Additionally, system performance may be limited when there …

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The Leaked Tesla Files and Their Implications for ADAS Safety

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The German newspaper Handelsblatt recently obtained access to over 100 Gigabytes of leaked files from internal Tesla systems. These files cover a range of information, including confidential employee data, Cybertruck development details, and customer claims and problem reports related to Tesla’s ADAS products (full self-driving and autopilot). Fraunhofer SIT has assessed the leaked data and …

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How to become an Embedded Software Engineer

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You want to become an embedded software engineer?No matter where you are right now, you are probably surround by embedded systems without even realizing it: An embedded system is a comupter systen that has a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electronic system. This could be for example, the microcontroller in your coffee machine or the …

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International Data SIM / International Data Plan – Keepgo Review

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I frequently travel internationally either as part of my job or for personal reasons. While I’m on the road, especially when traveling job related, it is very important for me to stay connected. A while ago I came across the Keepgo lifetime data SIM card. What distinguishes Keepgo from other travel SIM cards is that it …

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Functional Safety Book recommendation: Design and Safety Assessment of Critical Systems

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I have updated my list of literature on functional safety with the book of Marco Bozzano et al.. The book is a very well written introduction into the topic of safety assessment and functional safety and I can recommend it for readers on beginner levels as well as for functional safety experts that want learn more about formal …

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AVM 2013 Talk: Recent Advances in Causality Checking

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On Tuesday May 28th 2013 I gave a talk at the Alpine Verification Meeting in Trento Italy with the title “Recent Advances in Causality Checking”.  Abstract: In recent work on the safety analysis of systems we have shown how causal relationships amongst events can be algorithmically inferred from probabilistic counterexamples and subsequently be mapped to fault …

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Causality Checking at Microsoft Research

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Stefan Leue, my PhD supervisor, recently visited Microsoft Research in Redmond and gave a lecture on the Causality Checking method we currently develop. Causality Checking will make up a large part of my PhD thesis. A video of the lecture is available online here. Here is the abstract of his talk: I will introduce Causality Checking, a technique …

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