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350-Safety Assurance 

Date and Time: Wednesday, July 12, 2023: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Location: Continental 1-3

Session Moderators and Organizers

MODERATORS
Adrian Zlocki, Head of Automated Driving Department, fka GmbH
Lutz Eckstein, Director, ika – Institute for Automotive Engineering, RWTH Aachen University

ORGANIZERS
Adrian Zlocki - adrian.zlocki@fka.de

TRB Sponsoring Committees and Partners

TRB Committee on Vehicle-Highway Automation (ACP30)

Session Description and Agenda

DESCRIPTION

Inspite of many years of research, Safety Assurance of Automated Vehicles is still a field of action, discussion and harmonization in order to safely and efficiently introduce automated driving to public roads. The session will focus on progress and international exchange of ideas based on ongoing activities around the globe. It brings together relevant international experts on safety assurance and provides a platform to formulate the most urgent open questions and a research agenda. The session builds on the international safety assurance discussions of the past years. The focus of this year is on methodology for the definition of the minimum number and types of scenarios that will be needed in order to perform safety assurance for an ADS based on the diversity of its ODD and its target level of safety.

AGENDA

• 1:30 PM – 1:40 PM: Introduction by Lutz Eckstein, Adrian Zlocki

• 1:40 PM – 2:15 PM: Safety Assurance Activity Status Update, moderated by Adrian Zlocki
(max. 5 min. presentation (3 slides per presentation))
• Hi-Drive – Adrian Zlockiria (fka)
• V&V Methods Final Event– Henning Mosebach (DLR)
• SAKURA – Sou Kitajima, Hiroki Nakamura (JARI)
• Status update from NHTSA – Alrik Svenson (NHTSA)
• Status update from AVSC – Ed Straub (AVSC)
• SUNRISE– Stefan de Vries (Idiada)

• 2:15 PM – 3:25 PM: “Methodology for the definition of scenario needs for safety assurance”, moderated by Steve Shladover
(10 min. presentation + 2 min Q&A each)
• Introduction to safety assurance methodology and scenarios – Lutz Eckstein (ika)
• Missing aspects of Safety Assurance for Automated Driving Systems: The need of the hour – Siddartha Khastgir (Warwick University)
• Virtual Testing of the Waymo Driver – Kristofer Kusano (Waymo)
• Safety Case Considerations for Scenario-Based Assurance – Phil Koopman (CMU)

• 03:25 PM – 4:45 PM: Discussion, moderated by Lutz Eckstein and Steve Shladover
• Panel Person 1 – John Maddox (Zoox)
• Panel Person 2 – Phil Koopman (CMU)
• Panel Person 3 – Dushyant Wadivkar (Torc Robotics)
• Panel Person 4 – Nat Beuse (Aurora)
• Panel Person 5 – Siddartha Khastgir (Warwick University)
• Panel Person 6 – Kristofer Kusano (Waymo)

▪ 4:55 PM – 5:00 PM: Wrap up and Outlook by Lutz Eckstein

Session Objectives

Goals:
• Provide a brief scan of the state of the art on current activities and initiatives
• Present, exchange and combine methodologies for scenario selection to support safety cases
• Discuss the qualitative and quantitative scenario needs for safety assurance
• Foster International harmonization of approaches
• Identify further research and standardization needs

Outputs:
• Overview of international progress being made in safety assurance
• Identification of future needs (efforts, resources, etc.) for defining scenarios needed for safety assurance
• Sharing of best practices for scenario selection for safety assurance and lessons learned
• Fostering interaction among participants and speakers from industry, universities and governmental bodies
• Contribution to harmonization at the international level