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2nd international meeting on Simulator Design, March 31st, 2021 - online
SimuSafe project

Simulators are widely applied in training environments, especially in where safety is a primary issue. Simulators for training have been used in the aviation sector for ages as a mandatory part of the education, not only for student pilots but also for professionally active ones. The use and application of simulators in road transport is an important aspect to be applied to enhance the capabilities of…

The 2nd Drive2TheFuture workshop will take place online on March 12th, 2021.
Jo-Ann Pattinson, of the Leeds University, will represent PAsCAL among the panelists at the workshop.

Agenda and registration at:http://www.drive2thefuture.eu/2021/02/03/2nd-drive2thefuture-workshop/ 

More electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft companies are moving closer to certification and deployment and experts in the industry are looking to autonomous cars to predict the future of this emerging technology. During a March 2 Revolution.Aero town hall, industry experts discussed what lessons eVTOLs can learn from autonomous cars and how their roll-out might be different. 

One shared aspect between the development of autonomous vehicles and eVTOLs is their predicted…

Dede, G., Hamon, R., Junklewitz, H., Naydenov, R., Malatras, A. and Sanchez, I., Cybersecurity challenges in the uptake of artificial intelligence in autonomous driving, EUR 30568 EN, Publications Office of the European Union, Luxembourg, 2021, ISBN 978-92-76-28646-2, doi:10.2760/551271, JRC122440.

This report, drafted jointly by ENISA and JRC, describes the policy context at both the European and international levels. It delves then into the technical aspects of AI in the automotive sector,…

The process of developing mobility in the coming years has long since taken the path that leads to the ever-widen spread of cars led by artificial intelligence. A shift that, however, in order to achieve the status of an effective improvement in living conditions for each, must first go through the most complete and possible widespread acceptance by the public globally.

To achieve this, Europe has in recent years put in place a series of projects that share the same common purpose: to speed…

Apple is moving forward with self-driving car technology and is targeting 2024 to produce a passenger vehicle that could include its own battery technology, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The iPhone maker’s automotive efforts, known as Project Titan, have proceeded unevenly since 2014 when it first started to design its own vehicle from scratch.

Read more about it on The Guardian by clicking here.

Do citizens, media and policymakers share the same view on automated vehicles?

Do citizens, media and policymakers share the same view on automated vehicles? Mobility is one of the main pillars of modern society. The possibility, for people and goods, to quickly reach almost any place in the world has fuelled globalisation and unprecedented economic growth in the 20th century. Yet transport has had wider effects beyond providing seamless and effective mobility: the advent of the car has given…

H2020 Road Transport Research Conference is back with its 4th edition. It will take place online over 2 days from November 30th to December 1st 2020.

More than 70 projects funded under the Horizon 2020 programme, including PAsCAL, have been invited to present their results. The presentations and experts' discussions will highlight the contribution of ongoing EU-funded research projects to meet EU policy goals in the following areas: Green Vehicles, Mobility for Growth, Urban Mobility,…

Who will be responsible when driving responsibility will be shared between human driver and vehicle?
How can drivers be fully aware of the dangers arising in situations where operational control shifts from the automated vehicle to him/her?
How will human-machine interaction have to be structured to prevent risks?
Drivers will have to be trained to recognize and cope with these risky situations?

Dr Haibo Chen and his colleagues Jo-Ann Pattinson and Subhajit Basu of the University of Leeds,…