The Future of the Automobile - Spring 2011/2012

 

Autonomous + Connected = Intelligent Vehicles?

 

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Seminar on Future Automotive Topics - Intelligent Vehicles

 

There is a lot of talk about "smart vehicles" or "intelligent transportation" in public, research, industry, and government. These terms generally refer to systems and solutions that are supposed to make traffic safer, more efficient, and more convenient while assisting the driver in navigating the vehicle.

 

The two main groups in that field are "Advanced Driver Assistance Systems" and "Vehicle Safety Communication". The former aims to take over the driving task from the driver, with the ultimate goal being "autonomous driving". The latter aims to provide additional information to the driver and to have vehicles communicate with one another or the roadside infrastructure. Both groups are often seen as independent concepts, however this course wants to integrate both into the same consideration and find out about synergies.

 

The concept of this course is to have guest lectures provide the background and have students lead an educated discussion in class. Students should have a basic background in engineering, social sciences, business, or law. This course should provide the students with the ability to discuss automotive topics and put them in an interdisciplinary context.

 

 
Instructors
 Sven Beiker, Chris Gerdes, guest lecturers
Time
 Tuesdays, 12:15-1:05PM
Location
 Building 200 (History Corner), Room 305 (map)
Format
 Open seminar; guest lectures from industry and academia; students discussing automotive topics based on lectures
Level
 Advanced undergrad or beginning grads
Grading

1 unit, S/NC, based on individual input to the course, 70% attendance minimum
For satisfactory, students needs to submit 1 one-pager essays that will be used in the seminar discussion (further details will be announce in class).

Schedule
(preliminary)

Apr 3 Instructions, Introduction (Beiker)
Apr 10 Driver Assistance Systems (Becker)
Apr 17 Vehicle Communication Systems (Delgrossi)
Apr 24 Lecture moved to "View from the Top" Speaker Series
May 1 Transportation & Society Aspects (Smith)
May 8 Legal Aspects of Autonomous Driving
May 15 Autonomous Driving Components & State of the Art in Production Vehicles
May 22 Lab Demo: Research Vehicles
May 29 Brainstorming Session: What an autonomous car needs to be capable of
Jun 5 Summary of Class

Office Hrs
 After class and upon request
Contact
 Sven Beiker, Bldg 550 / Rm 131,beiker@stanford.edu, 736-1504