Autonomous Vehicles expert from PA Consulting to Present Keynote at the Premier UK Automotive Electronics Conference

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The Automotive Electronic Systems Innovation Network (AESIN) Expands Impressive Line-up of top Industry Leading Speakers

The Automotive Electronic Systems Innovation Network (AESIN) is a dedicated UK initiative focused on the accelerated and advanced delivery of Electronic Systems into Automotive applications and infrastructure.

AESIN today announced the addition of another notable industry speaker to its exciting programme – Simon Clark; Autonomous Vehicles expert & Consumer lead at PA Consulting is joining the AESIN2017 Conference, Oct 3, Solihull.

 

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KEYNOTE: When Will My Car Be Able To Pick Me Up?: A Timeline for Autonomous Vehicle Enablement

The Autonomous Vehicles expert of PA Consulting will share his views on what the journey to successful vehicle autonomy looks like, discussing how Connected Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) are likely to progress over the coming decade.

Simon’s experience in autonomous vehicles stems from working as part of Jaguar Land Rover to launch their first suite of connected car products across two vehicle platforms and three countries, back in early 2014.

With an engineering degree from Loughborough, a masters from Cambridge University and over 11 years’ industry and consulting experience; Simon’s background in engineering, supply chain, marketing and strategy provide him with the ability to view the subject of autonomous vehicles from different perspectives which is vital for such a diverse and complex subject.

Held on Oct 3rd at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull; this Premier UK Conference and Networking Dinner will provide insight into the latest thinking from Industry leaders and champions and offers companies the opportunity to engage in UK programmes driving the automotive revolution enabled by electronic systems.

 

Speakers include:

  • David Skipp, Manager, UK Research and Advanced Engineering – Ford Motor Company
  • Alessandro Modigliana, Senior Specialist, Satellite Communications & Paul Febvre, CTO – Satellite Applications Catapult
  • Paul Brookes, Head of Research and Development, Intelligent Traffic Systems – Siemens Mobility

The full programme can be seen on the AESIN website.

With more than 200 delegates expected from across the industry, up to 20 exhibitors and vehicle demonstrators, we are looking forward to welcoming you at our biggest and best Automotive Electronics Conference.

Secure your place today.

About AESIN

AESIN provides an excellent basis for collaboration across electronic systems and automotive domains with Industry led Workstreams covering Connected Car, ADAS & Autonomous Vehicles, Security, More Electric Powertrain and Software.

For more information, please visit www.aesin.org.uk

Follow @UKAESIN on Twitter

 

Edinburgh Software Company to enable cars with artificial intelligence

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Codeplay Software has announced it is working with Renesas, a leading Japanese semiconductor company, to enable their next generation of advanced automotive processors. The technology will be included in future cars that interpret the surroundings and safely take control to avoid accidents or aid with driving functions.

This new relationship will also attract at least 30 new software jobs into Edinburgh, further enhancing its reputation for attracting high-tech employment.

Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) is already available today in high-end cars providing functions such as adaptive cruise control and self parking. The next generation extends these functions relieving the driver of more responsibilities including steering, avoiding accidents and ultimately take full control towards the autonomous car.

Codeplay’s software is using its technology and experience applied to games and mobile phones over the last 15 years to enable Renesas’ latest automotive processors with an advanced vision processing and machine learning platform.

“Codeplay has already worked directly with the world’s greatest processors providing advanced software solutions” said Andrew Richards, Founder and CEO of Codeplay Software, “We are excited to be enabling Renesas great products. It endorses the company’s product and the leadership reputation of the software engineers.

About Codeplay

Codeplay is internationally recognized for expertise in heterogeneous systems, and has many years of experience with OpenCL™, SYCL™, Vulkan™ and specialized tools for complex processor architectures. Codeplay is enabling advanced vision processing and machine learning C++ applications using ComputeAorta, an implementation of OpenCL for heterogeneous processing, and ComputeCpp™, a product based on the SYCL open standard for single-source programming using completely standard C++. Codeplay has earned a reputation as one of the global leaders in compute processing systems. For more information, visit www.codeplay.com.

Codeplay has a strong recruitment program and actively invites the best software engineers to join the Edinburgh team. They are licensed visa sponsors and have many years experience in welcoming people to work with them from all over the world. Contact the company directly to learn about the great work environment and opportunities.

Codeplay is a real home-grown, Scottish success story. Codeplay was founded by Andrew Richards and Jens-Uwe Dolinsky. Andrew started his career in the 8-bit days writing games for the ZX Spectrum from home, progressing up to writing large console games on the Sega Megadrive and PlayStation. He then decided he was interested in producing new technology for game developers to enable them to do new things. It was becoming possible to do some interesting new things on the graphics hardware that was being introduced. So he started a company with Uwe (who has a PhD in Robotics) to develop technology to let programmers take software they had written for normal computers and run it on new graphics-capable computers. It seemed like an interesting revolution that was about to happen. That was more than a decade ago and to be honest, it took a bit longer than he expected to happen!

Codeplay first operated in 2002 out of a small 2nd floor office in Edinburgh’s Hanover St, before rapidly expanding until in 2017 they are proud to announce a staff of 70 in Argyle House, with 2 colleagues working remotely in Toronto and the Isle of Skye. During this period, Codeplay have always tried to maintain their friendly work culture along with the growth in their workforce and market reach. Codeplay is extremely proud of their Silver Accreditation from Investors in People and is actively working towards Gold Accreditation.

 

 

Intercede offers trust management expertise to TechWorks’ automotive security initiative AESIN

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Intercede offers trust management expertise to TechWorks’ automotive security initiative AESIN

 

Membership to AESIN will see Intercede provide expertise and guidance on security for the automotive market

 

London, England/Washington DC, 5 July 2017 – Today, digital identity and credentials expert Intercede announces its membership to AESIN, the Automotive Electronic Systems Innovation Network, and one of the communities that make up UK industry association TechWorks.

TechWorks is an industry association at the core of UK deep technology, with the ambition to develop the UK’s position as a global technology super-power. Within TechWorks, there are technical and business communities that empower innovation, collaboration, business growth and investment. AESIN is one of TechWorks’ connected communities; a dedicated UK initiative focused on the accelerated and advanced delivery of Electronic Systems (ES) into vehicles and infrastructure operated by the UK Trade Association – NMI.

Intercede joins both TechWorks and AESIN, which will involve the company offering the trust management expertise it has developed in the enterprise space to guide rules, facilitate collaboration and share knowledge on how security can be applied to the automotive market. More specifically, Intercede joins the automotive security steering group of AESIN and will lead the cybersecurity roadmap for the group. The company was invited to participate after founding the Cyber Security Consortium for Connected Vehicles (CCV).

Working with other members of AESIN, which include vehicle manufacturers, suppliers and other security vendors, Intercede aims to help market players navigate the cyber security landscape of connected vehicles and infrastructure to ensure threats are understood and mitigated appropriately. Intercede will also assist the group in publishing materials for the wider automotive community to use as best practice and guidance for security.

Nick Cook, CIO, Intercede commented: “As vehicles and infrastructure become connected, the relationship between the different components becomes complex – who and what do you trust? So many different manufacturers and suppliers are involved in creating connected vehicles, therefore it’s important to ensure everyone involved is aware of the security risks that can arise. We are thrilled to be joining the AESIN community and we look forward to sharing our experiences of trust management practices with a thriving yet still vulnerable market.”

Paul Jarvie, AESIN Director at TechWorks added: “AESIN’s ethos is ‘better together’; innovation is born from collaboration, and we need experts like Intercede to help us accelerate the growth of UK technology markets. Intercede brings a wealth of experience and knowledge to AESIN, which acts as a network for everyone in the supply chain to discuss concerns, problems and ideas. We have no doubt that Intercede’s role in the community will help to establish best practice for everyone’s mutual gain and protection.”

AESIN’s annual automotive security conference will be taking place on 5th July at the Manufacturing Technology Centre in Coventry.

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About Intercede

Intercede® is a cybersecurity company specializing in identity, credential management and secure mobility to enable digital trust. It provides software and services that help organizations ensure the safety and security of their people, facilities, networks and information in an increasingly mobile, digital world.

 

Intercede has been delivering solutions to high profile customers, from the US and UK governments to some of the world’s largest corporations, telecommunications providers and information technology firms, for over 20 years. To find out more: www.intercede.com

 

About TechWorks

TechWorks is a new type of industry association at the core of the UK deep tech community with an ambition to harness our fantastic engineering and innovation to develop the UK’s position as a global technology super-power.

 

About AESIN

AESIN is a dedicated UK initiative focused on the accelerated and advanced delivery of Electronic Systems (ES) into vehicles and infrastructure operated by TechWorks.

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AESIN Conference 2017 Call for Papers Extended

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AESIN Conference 2017

Tuesday 3rd October – National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull
http://aesin.org.uk/conference-2017

 

We are delighted to announce the AESIN Conference 2017, building on its success in previous years and now being established as the premier UK Automotive Electronics Conference.

The Call for Papers deadline for Technical Session Presentations has been extended until Friday 12th May 2017.

Prospective speakers are invited to submit proposals on any of the key conference themes:
– ADAS & AV
– Automotive Security
– Connected Car
– More Electric Powertrain
– Research & Development
– Software
For more information, please download the Call for Papers Guidelines.

UK 5*StarS Consortium to Focus on Automotive Cyber Security

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“We are encouraged to see that AESIN members are key participants in this exciting new initiative”

Greg Clark MP, Secretary of State for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy, has today given the green light to 5*StarS as part of the national strategy to establish the UK as a global centre for the development, testing and commercialisation of Connected Autonomous Vehicles.

More information can be found here: http://www.ricardo.com/en-GB/News–Media/Press-releases/News-releases1/2017/UK-5StarS-Consortium-to-focus-on-automotive-cyber-security/

£55m now available to develop test bed infrastructure for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles in the UK

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Up to £55 million is available to develop test bed infrastructure that will improve and create world-leading capabilities in the UK.

The Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CCAV) is investing up to £55 million to make the UK’s connected and autonomous vehicle testing ecosystem the world’s most effective.

Here in the UK we have a strong automotive and technology heartland in the West Midlands through to Europe’s only megacity, London. Projects should look to build on these strengths, integrating existing proving grounds and public road test sites to improve capabilities and create new ones, and develop a national cluster of excellence.

This competition is part of the test bed programme for the government’s Industrial Strategy.

AESIN is delighted to be supporting this activity which will be of value of our AESIN Members. 

More details can be found on the CCAV website.

AESIN CAPABILITY DIRECTORY 2016

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As Chairman of AESIN I’m delighted to announce the launch of this valuable Automotive Capability Directory which provides a rich resource of UK based Companies offering Automotive Electronics services and solutions.

As part of our work at AESIN to help enable rapid innovation in Automotive Electronic Systems, it is vital that we reach out to companies across the UK and engage with our core Industry led  Workstream activities (Connected Corridor, More Electric powertrain, ADAS & AV, Security and Software).  I’m delighted to see that we already have over  sixty companies listed in our first release which will have both a searchable on-line and printed version launched at CENEX LCV2016 this year.

I would like to thank all those involved at AESIN and NMI for the working in preparing this new publication and also to our Editorial supplements from CENEX and UKTI.

I would encourage you make full use of the directory to help locate and connect with new potential suppliers and look forward to seeing this valuable resource grow in our first revision to be launched in 2H 2017.

Alan Banks
AESIN Chairman

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Automotive Electronic Systems Innovation Network Expands Impressive Line-up of top Industry Leading Speakers

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Functional safety assessor from Volvo Cars joins AESIN2016 Conference

 

30th August 2016

 

The Automotive Electronic Systems Innovation Network (AESIN) is a dedicated UK initiative focused on the accelerated and advanced delivery of Electronic Systems into Automotive applications and infrastructure.

039b39eAESIN today announced the addition of another notable industry speaker – Ireri Ibarra; Functional safety assessor at Volvo Cars is joining AESIN2016, Oct 20th, Solihull.

Ireri specialises in Safety Engineering for Automotive, Aviation and Defence and will talk on the Orchestration of automated vehicle functions within the ADAS (Advanced Driver Assistance Systems) & Autonomous Vehicles Session of the Conference.

“We have an outstanding line-up of speakers confirmed for this year’s conference.” said Alan Banks, AESIN Chairman. “This year’s speakers will share insights into the thought leadership and trends in automotive technology including Connected Cars, More Electric Powertrains, ADAS & Autonomous Vehicles, Automotive Security and Software.among others.”

Held on the 20th Oct at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull; this Premier UK Conference and Networking Dinner will provide insight into the latest thinking on Automotive Electronics from Industry experts, Government representatives and Researchers. Key information will also be shared on some of the latest UK Funded programmes, helping accelerate the automotive revolution being underpinned by electronic systems.

With more than 200 delegates expected from across the industry, up to 20 Exhibitors and vehicle demonstrators we are looking forward to welcome you at our biggest and best AESIN Conference.

Previously announced speakers include:

  • Graham Hoare, Director of Global Vehicle Evaluation & Verification Ford Product Development – Ford Motor Company
  • Mike Bell, Global Connected Car Director – Jaguar Land Rover
  • Roger Lanctot, Associate Director – Strategy Analytics
  • Jim O’Sullivan, Chief Executive – Highways England

Early Bird tickets are available until September 8th and interested parties can register or make contact via the AESIN website

 

About AESIN

AESIN (operated by NMI), provides an excellent basis for collaboration across  electronic systems and automotive domains with Industry led Workstreams covering Connected Car, ADAS & Autonomous Vehicles, Security, More Electric Powertrain and Software.

 

For more information, please visit www.aesin.org.uk
Follow @UKAESIN on Twitter

Jim O’Sullivan, CEO of Highways England, to deliver Keynote at the Automotive Electronic Systems Innovation Network Annual Conference 2016

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The Automotive Electronic Systems Innovation Network (AESIN) is a dedicated UK initiative focused on the accelerated and advanced delivery of Electronic Systems into Automotive applications and infrastructure.

Further complementing an already impressive and exciting line-up of speakers, AESIN has confirmed Chief Executive of Highways England – Jim O’Sullivan will be a keynote at the AESIN2016 conference.

Jim O'Sullivan - Highways EnglandJim will share the strategy and vision of Highways England, whose primary role is to operate and improve the strategic roads and Motorways in England. With tough targets set for safer and less congested roads, the exciting opportunity for delivery through technology innovation and collaboration will be shared with AESIN conference delegates.

Jim is a chartered engineer and has spent his career within transportation, asset management, and utility organisations. He was previously Managing Director at Heathrow Airport Holdings (formerly BAA) – Airports Division and Edinburgh Airport.

Held on the 20th Oct at the National Motorcycle Museum, Solihull; this Premier UK Conference and Networking Dinner will provide insight into the latest thinking on Automotive Electronics from Industry experts, Government representatives and Researchers. Key information will also be shared on some of the latest UK Funded programmes, helping accelerate the automotive revolution being underpinned by electronic systems.

With more than 200 delegates expected from across the industry, up to 20 exhibitors and vehicle demonstrators we are looking forward to welcome you at our biggest and best AESIN Conference.

Previously announced keynote speakers include:

  • Graham Hoare, Director of Global Vehicle Evaluation & Verification Ford Product Development – Ford Motor Company
  • Mike Bell, Global Connected Car Director – Jaguar Land Rover
  • Roger Lanctot, Associate Director – Strategy Analytics

Early Bird tickets are available until September 8th and interested parties can register or make contact via the AESIN website

 

About AESIN

AESIN (operated by NMI), provides an excellent basis for collaboration across electronic systems and automotive domains with Industry led Workstreams covering Connected Car, ADAS & Autonomous Vehicles, Security, More Electric Powertrain and Software.

For more information, please visit www.aesin.org.uk
Follow @UKAESIN on Twitter