Date and Time: Tuesday, July 11, 2023: 1:30 PM - 5:00 PM
Erik Antonsson
Founder and CTO, Streetscope, Inc.
Presentation Description
Evaluating the safety of ADAS/ADS requires effective surrogate measures of hazard and risk. Characteristics of effective measures include: objectivity, repeatability, continuity, monotonicity, computability, and scalability, in addition to begin a leading (not trailing) measure. Existing surrogate measures lack one or more of these essential characteristics. A new measure, SHM (Streetscope Hazard Measure), has recently been developed that meets all of the requirements and characteristics of an effective surrogate measure. A brief comparison of the new measure with existing measures will be presented.
Speaker Biography
Erik K. Antonsson is Founder and CTO of Streetscope, Inc., which provides quantitative assessments of traffic safety of drivers, AVs, streets, and mobility operations for vehicle and traffic infrastructure developers. From 2013 to 2017 he served as Corporate Director of Technology for the Northrop Grumman Corporation. He previously served as the Director of Technology Strategy & Planning for the Aerospace Sector of Northrop Grumman and Director of Research. Dr. Antonsson served on the faculty of Mechanical Engineering at the California Institute of Technology from 1984 through 2009, and Chair of Caltech’s Mechanical Engineering Department from 1998 to 2002. From September 2002 through January 2006, Dr. Antonsson served as the Chief Technologist for NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory. He was elected to the U.S. National Academy of Engineering in 2019. Dr. Antonsson earned a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from Cornell University and a masters and doctorate in mechanical engineering from MIT.
