Ask the Expert

The Autonomous

Ask the Expert is a podcast series by The Autonomous in collaboration with a broad network of companies and institutions in the autonomous vehicle space. Our aim is to tackle some frequently asked questions on the future of safe autonomous mobility, cover honest opinions and conversations with well-known experts and decision-makers, and share the latest research and information on AV technology and regulation. read less
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Bert Auerbach, FDTech GmbH
30-08-2023
Bert Auerbach, FDTech GmbH
Our featured expert for this Ask the Expert episode is Bert Auerbach. He is the Founder and CTO of FDTech GmbH, company specializing in functional mobility solutions and associated services for automated driving. FDTech covers the entire spectrum from conceptualization and prototyping to seamlessly integrating solutions into vehicles and network infrastructure, ensuring a holistic approach to innovation. Bert Auerbach is an expert in the field of system and function development as well as integration for driver assistance systems on the OEM side, especially camera and radar systems and in the area of pre-development for automated driving functions up to prototypes. He has more than 20 years of experience in engineering projects for technical system and product development in the automotive sector. This results in extensive knowledge of development processes in automotive electronics R&D organizations and technical strategy development in engineering organizations. He also revealed details about the Automated Driving Stack Development workshop that his company FDTech will co-host at The Autonomous Main Event on September 14. Tune in for insights on driving stack development, safety solutions, and AV space collaboration. Don't miss the Automated Driving Stack Development workshop—register now for The Autonomous Main Event!

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Bert Auerbach, FDTech GmbH
30-08-2023
Bert Auerbach, FDTech GmbH
Our featured expert for this Ask the Expert episode is Bert Auerbach. He is the Founder and CTO of FDTech GmbH, company specializing in functional mobility solutions and associated services for automated driving. FDTech covers the entire spectrum from conceptualization and prototyping to seamlessly integrating solutions into vehicles and network infrastructure, ensuring a holistic approach to innovation. Bert Auerbach is an expert in the field of system and function development as well as integration for driver assistance systems on the OEM side, especially camera and radar systems and in the area of pre-development for automated driving functions up to prototypes. He has more than 20 years of experience in engineering projects for technical system and product development in the automotive sector. This results in extensive knowledge of development processes in automotive electronics R&D organizations and technical strategy development in engineering organizations. He also revealed details about the Automated Driving Stack Development workshop that his company FDTech will co-host at The Autonomous Main Event on September 14. Tune in for insights on driving stack development, safety solutions, and AV space collaboration. Don't miss the Automated Driving Stack Development workshop—register now for The Autonomous Main Event!
Riccardo Vincelli & Xavier Touati, Renesas
01-03-2023
Riccardo Vincelli & Xavier Touati, Renesas
In this episode, we had the pleasure of welcoming our guests Riccardo Vincelli and Xavier Touati from Renesas, a global leader in microcontrollers, analog, power and SoC products. Riccardo Vincelli has been with Renesas for 23 years and currently serves as Director of the Functional Safety Competence Center, leading an international team of experts. With almost two decades of experience in developing HW/SW components for functional safety applications, he now oversees technical assessments for various products and contributes to internal safety processes and methodology. Xavier Touati is a Senior Manager in Renesas’ Automotive Marketing Department, where he focuses on system architecture for ADAS and AD systems. He specializes in Functional Safety, Security, and Artificial Intelligence. Xavier joined NEC Electronics/Renesas in 2005 after graduating from INP Grenoble/Phelma with a degree in microelectronics. We spoke with Riccardo and Xavier about the semiconductors’ point of view on the biggest challenges in the AV industry, gaps in the standardization activities, and the main challenges in bringing level 4 to the road. Tune in to learn more about our guests’ approach to safety problems and understanding of safety and architecture.
Andreas Lauringer, Kontrol
13-09-2022
Andreas Lauringer, Kontrol
In the ninth episode of our Ask the Expert podcast, we sat down with Andreas Lauringer, CEO of Kontrol, a European deep tech company founded in 2017 that aims to make autonomous driving and flying certifiable. Headquartered in Austria with offices in Germany, the USA, and China, Kontrol helps companies navigate complex traffic laws, norms, standards, and court rulings to accelerate their product deployment. In this insightful episode, Andreas shared with us the various regulatory challenges the autonomous vehicle industry faces and the differences in the rule perception between humans and machines. He also unveiled important information about the Safety & Regulation Workshop that his company Kontrol will host at The Autonomous Main Event on September 27. Tune in to learn more about recent developments and practices in compliance, validation, and standardization, and make sure you register for the upcoming Safety & Regulation workshop at The Autonomous Main Event!
Indu Vijayan, AEye
22-08-2022
Indu Vijayan, AEye
In the eighth episode of our Ask the Expert podcast, we spoke with Indu Vijayan, Director of Product Management at AEye, a provider of high-performance, active LiDAR systems for vehicle autonomy and robotic vision applications. She leverages her expertise in automotive systems, software, and autonomous driving platforms to build market-leading lidar products that enhance automotive safety. At AEye, she drives the advancement, adoption, and integration of AEye’s Adaptive Lidar through collaboration with customers, Tier 1, and cross-functional partners. Indu Vijayan is also the founder of Women in Autonomy, an organization formed to educate, equip and empower women in building autonomous technology across all industries — from automotive and mobility to industrial, robotics, smart cities, and beyond. She is an influential voice and advocate for women in the industry. Tune in to this episode to learn more about Indu’s journey, diversity in the automotive industry, and the development and deployment of autonomous driving systems.
Thomas Schneid & Juergen Schaefer, Infineon
20-06-2022
Thomas Schneid & Juergen Schaefer, Infineon
Our seventh podcast episode brings together two guests from Infineon, a world leader in semiconductor solutions and a critical member of The Autonomous Innovation Stream. Thomas Schneid, Senior Director of Software, Partnership and Ecosystem Management, and Juergen Schaefer, Senior Principal for System Architecture and Applications at Infineon, discuss the most significant technical challenges of Level 4 autonomous cars and how we can guarantee safety by working together. Our guests also provide detailed insights into The Autonomous second Working Group Safety of Embedded AI, which was recently launched in cooperation with Infineon to create a common understanding of how to use artificial intelligence safely to power self-driving vehicle frameworks. Tune in to learn more about Infineon’s approach to innovation in the AV space, particularly in safety-critical systems for autonomous driving functions.
Mike Potts, CEO, StreetDrone
03-06-2022
Mike Potts, CEO, StreetDrone
Mike Potts is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of StreetDrone, an Oxford-based startup on a mission to deliver autonomy, with solutions covering first-mile and last-mile delivery and logistics. A pioneering entrepreneur and innovator, Mike founded StreetDrone with lifelong friend Mark Preston. Driven by his passionate belief that both businesses and society generally need access to the benefits of autonomous technology in as short a time frame as possible, he thinks that this can only be achieved by first applying autonomous technology to slow-moving vehicles. Tune in to this episode to learn more about Mike’s journey and how StreetDrone intends to deploy autonomous and teleoperated delivery vehicles by building a next-generation mobility ecosystem and using technology to improve connectivity, convenience, and efficiency.
Phil Koopman, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
03-05-2022
Phil Koopman, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
In the fifth episode of our Ask the Expert podcast, we spoke with Phil Koopman, an internationally recognized expert on autonomous vehicle (AV) safety whose work spans over 25 years. Phil has been actively involved with AV policy and standards as well as more general embedded system design and software quality. He was the principal technical contributor to the UL 4600 standard for autonomous system safety issued in 2020. Furthermore, his pioneering research work includes software robustness testing and run-time monitoring of autonomous systems to identify how they break and how to fix them. An Associate Professor at the Carnegie Mellon University ECE department, he teaches software skills for mission-critical systems. Listen to this episode to learn about: - The main obstacles to deploying AV technology - Safety challenges for autonomous cars and how to overcome them - What prevents companies from collaborating in the AV sector - Why safety culture matters most for the industry - How to build transparency within AV companies and convince consumers to trust this technology
Eric Schmidt, Lead Engineering & Safety at TTTech Auto
29-03-2022
Eric Schmidt, Lead Engineering & Safety at TTTech Auto
In the fourth episode of our Ask the Expert podcast, we had the pleasure of welcoming Eric Schmidt. He is Director of the ‘Lead Engineering & Safety’ team at TTTech Auto, the initiating company of The Autonomous and a global player in autonomous driving, focusing on software and hardware solutions and helping OEMs overcome the safety challenges of driverless software development. Throughout his career, Eric has accumulated vast knowledge and experience in functional safety-related development, so we had the chance to dive deeper into all the various technical challenges that come with automated and autonomous systems. Tune in to this educational episode where we interview Eric on the hottest and most important topic nowadays in the AV sector – safety and what it takes to achieve and demonstrate it for autonomous cars.
Benedikt Wolfers, Founding Partner of PSWP
14-03-2022
Benedikt Wolfers, Founding Partner of PSWP
In the third episode of our Ask the Expert podcast, we had the honor to speak to Benedikt Wolfers, founding partner of POSSER SPIETH WOLFERS & PARTNERS (pswp) - a law firm specializing in national and international regulation in the automotive field. He shares valuable insights on the state of regulatory frameworks for the autonomous vehicle sector, in Germany, Europe and beyond. Benedikt talks about the newly approved German law on autonomous driving that intends to bring “autonomous vehicles” at SAE Level 4 into regular operation as of this year. He is convinced that regulation is not a hindrance in the European Union for the AV space. On the contrary, it will push technology innovation to become a reality. Tune in to find out who is the one to take over responsibility in case of an accident caused by an autonomous car and how we could raise awareness on the most critical safety aspects involving an autonomous vehicle.
Christofer Laurell, Einride
22-02-2022
Christofer Laurell, Einride
Our second guest on the Ask the Expert podcast is Christofer Laurell, Senior Vice President, Research and Public Affairs at Swedish electric self-driving truck company Einride. We talked about autonomous shipping, sustainable means of transport, and the revolutionizing Einride Pod (an electric, autonomous truck) that can be remotely controlled by a human operator or run completely free of human control. Having launched operations in the U.S. market, Christofer shares unique insights into the company’s plans and how his team envisions collaboration with regulators, policymakers, and other companies in the AV space. Safety remains a focus topic at Einride, and Christofer sees enormous potential for cooperation with other industry players.
Gail Gottehrer, Law Office of Gail Gottehrer LLC
07-02-2022
Gail Gottehrer, Law Office of Gail Gottehrer LLC
In the first episode of our Ask the Expert podcast, Gail Gottehrer – Attorney and Founder of the Law Office of Gail Gottehrer LLC, shares her insights on AV technology and regulation. She speaks about the most significant AV use cases, who is liable when an autonomous vehicle crashes, but also how the industry and governments should advance safety and collaborate to bring AV tech to the market. She walks us through the latest investigations done by NHTSA, how we can increase trust in this life-critical technology and her opinion on harmonizing regulatory and safety requirements within the US and worldwide.