Simon Bliss

Senior Field Applications Engineer, Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe

Simon joined Fujitsu Microelectronics in 2000, as Senior Applications Engineer for Microcontroller products for UK, Ireland and Nordic region. Major activity has been supporting Tier 1 automotive customers predominantly in body and especially cluster segments. As the markets have evolved Fujitsu has expanded the range of solutions to meet customer expectations. The demand to provide drivers with increasingly sophisticated detail of the vehicle and environment has placed heavy demand on graphics systems deployed.

One aspect of the expectation for improved road safety is to provide drivers with real-time visual feedback of the area immediately around their vehicle. This is the focus of the discussion today.
 

Pawel Jaworski

MIRA Ltd

Pawel Jaworski received Masters Degrees from Cranfield University (UK) in grid computing in 2009 and Wroclaw University of Technology (Poland) in 2010 in Computer networks and systems.

In 2010 he started PhD studies at the Control Theory and Application Centre (CTAC) at Coventry University. His PhD project is undertaken in collaboration with MIRA Ltd. and focuses on the application of distributed, decentralised systems for traffic and vehicle control purposes. He is involved in the development of wireless communications for vehicles and vehicle telemetry systems.

His current research interests include autonomous vehicle control, traffic management algorithms and wireless communication systems.
 

Matt Jones

GENIVI & Technical Lead for Next Generation Infotainment,
Jaguar Land Rover

Matt began his career in professional audio, before joining the automotive sector with Jaguar Land Rover in 2002. He led the deployment of rear seat entertainment and television across the range of vehicles, and was responsible for the relationship and launches of premium audio systems with Bowers & Wilkins and most recently Meridian Audio. Following on he has taken the lead on the Next Generation of Infotainment, managing the System Architecture teams and off-shore development centres. Outside of Jaguar Land Rover, Matt is a Chartered Electrical and Mechanical Engineer, being a member of both the IMechE and the IET.
 

Frank Kirschke-Biller

Ford Motor Company

Frank has a Master degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Duisburg, Germany.

From 1993-2000 he was the head of the sensor technology and mechatronic systems division at imech GmbH in Moers, Germany. Joining Ford in 2000, Franks current position is Manager of Electrical Integration with the focus on electrical architecture, networks, diagnostics and software development. Since 2009 Frank is an AUTOSAR steering committee representative for Ford.

Frank has many years experience in electrical architecture, networks, software development and integration.
 

Torsten Lohoff

Business Development Manager Automotive & Telematics, 7 Layers

Experience:
Systems engineering: • Verification and Validation of safety relevant Hardand Software • Consultancy for safety relevant industrial and medical applications (pacemakers, vehicle electronics, stage controller, etc.) • Test specification for chip card systems

Worldwide Type Approval Services: • Build up of World Wide Type approval service for radio communication devices, focussed on short range devices, Bluetooth and GSM • Dealing with regulatory authorities for radio type approvals for radio communication device manufacturers worldwide • Project management World Wide Type approval services • Programming of Microsoft Access databases including automation of project management and information about worldwide regulatory requirements • Participation on international meetings (CEPT, ERO) • Meetings will local authorities worldwide

Technology Development: • Involvement in project management of Bluetooth, GSM and 3G test specification development GSM, Bluetooth testing project management • GSM, Bluetooth technology and certification requirements know-how • Project management GSM certification test projects (certification regimes GCF, PTCRB, Bluetooth SIG and regulatory requirements)
 

Peter Miller

Director, Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Ricardo

Dr Peter Miller obtained his degree and PhD in Electronic engineering from Hull University, England. Peter's career in the electronics industry started in 1978. He worked for Motorola from 1994 to 2001 as AIEG's European Director of Technology, based in the automotive European design centre in Stotfold, UK. He is now Director of Electrical/Electronic Engineering at Ricardo, a large automotive consultancy. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Electrical Engineers, and a member of the Institution of Electrical and Electronic Engineers and the Association for Computing Machinery.

Peter's expertise cover all areas of electronics, particularly relating to vehicles, and he is the author of over 70 papers and has over 30 patents in areas including EMC, power electronics, injector driving, safety critical and high performance computing, BMS's etc.
 

Fabienne Nouvel

Institut d'Electronique et de Telecommunications de Rennes, France (IETR)

Fabienne Nouvel received the Dipl. Ing. Degree in electronic in 1985, and her Ph.D. degree in 1994. In 1995, she joined the laboratory IETR (Institute of Electronic and Telecommunication of Rennes) in France.

Her work is focussed on embedded communication systems, more particularly the power line communications, OFDM, MIMO, and the implementation of such applications on digital systems, including dynamic reconfiguration and operating system. Currently, she is involved in the ANR CIFAER project aiming at integrating both a CPL network and wireless network in the vehicles with a dynamic reconfiguration approach. Fabienne Nouvel is currently a Professor of digital electronic and networks at the engineer school INSA in Rennes.
 

Tony Spillane

O&S Technology

Tony has worked in the car industry for most of his career, having gained experience from Rolls Royce, Rover Group, Honda, BMW, Ford, Land-Rover, and now currently contracting part time to SAIC. (the UK Technical Centre of Shanghai Automotive)

A few years Tony set up a company to design, develop and produce an electrically powered fruit harvesting machine, with automatic guidance, speed control, productivity monitoring equipment, etc.

More recently Tony has set up a consultancy with business partner and industry expert Rob Oldaker, forming O&S Technology Ltd. (www.oandstechnology.com ) A fundamental review of all UK transport systems, energy demands, and infrastructure systems has been undertaken, which has allowed deep insights and evidence based proposals to be created for developing transport systems for the future. Copies of this report are available by email request via the company website. Tony is supporting the Coventry University / MIRA / Innovits submission for a Transport Integration Technology & Innovation Centre (TIC).

Martin Thompson

Principal Hardware Engineer, TRW Conekt

Martin Thompson is a Principal Product Engineer at TRW Conekt. He has been working on advanced automotive sensing and control systems since he graduated from the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology in 1995, where he studied Communication and Control Engineering.

He designs complex, yet low-cost and low-power, signal-processing algorithms and their implementations - often using FPGAs for image-processing and sensor-fusion. His FPGA techniques are now being used to simulate faults in high-speed motor control applications in real-time.
 

Anthony Webb

Field Applications Engineer, Green Hills Software

Tony has been an FAE with Green Hills Software since 2008 and specialises in safe and secure embedded applications, particularly the use of INTEGRITY RTOS, hypervisors and associated C and C++ development tools. Tony has worked in various embedded software roles since graduating from Liverpool University in 1997. He has experience developing satellite, airborne and ground based embedded systems across the military and civilian sectors, including navigation, telecommunications and radar systems.
 

Chris Wild

Chief Technology Officer, Altran Praxis

From fast jets to car navigation and multimedia, from artificial intelligence to complexity theory, Chris has 30 years of experience in software technology and project delivery. Several of his creations can be seen in BMW and VW cars, mobile phones and the offices of semiconductor designers.

Currently CTO at Altran Praxis, Chris has held positions as CTO with Siemens Automotive, Software Development manager at Infineon, Corporate Architect at Compass design and numerous engineering and consultancy positions with the British Government, Smith's Aerospace and Digital Corporation.

Besides a continuing enthusiasm and continuing contact with software design and construction (he still codes), Chris also takes pride in the development and leadership of world class software teams.
 

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