Automotive Circuits and Systems Workshop (AutoCAS 2021)

Nowadays, automotive circuits and systems have been attracting much attention because of the rapid development of electronic systems based autonomous vehicles. They are not only used in controlling the engine but also have emerged in the areas of safety driving assistance and communications. Autonomous vehicle needs highly reliable circuits and systems for sensing and signal processing. Additionally, the future electronic systems are moving towards making the vehicles which are possible to easily configure the behaviors by using software. Automotive circuits and systems design is an area of high investment for semiconductor companies targeting high revenue and growth potential. This workshop aims at announcing the contributions in the automotive components and technologies, such as V2X radio architecture, in-vehicle network, cyber security and software platform, etc. Through this workshop, the researchers are able to obtain the benefit from these innovative techniques. By learning about the advantages and disadvantages of the state-of-the-art methods, they can innovate and improve their circuits and systems further for highly demanding vehicles in the next five to ten years.

AutoCAS 2021 Program Schedule

The AutoCAS Workshop is scheduled on May 25, 2021(Tuesday) in KST(GMT+9).

General Program

Autocas 2021 Invited Speakers

• A Multiband 5G V2X Radio Architecture May 25, 2021 10:00-11:00 (KST)
  Mohammed Ismail, Wayne State University
  Seyedeh Masoumeh Navidi, Wayne State University Details

  Abstract.

  A programmable radio architecture for 5G multi-band vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication chipset will be presented, which utilizes a programmable Time-Interleaved (TI) Analog to Digital Converter (ADC), and enables multi-band operation for maximum hardware share, minimum chip area, and low power consumption. Both V2X and V2N (Vehicle-to-Network), which operate in two different frequencies and two different bandwidths, can be supported by this architecture. The eight-channel TI-ADC is designed using the Synopsys Custom Design Platform in GF 22nm FDSOI, which can support 800MS/s and 200MS/s to cover the requirements of V2N and V2X, respectively.
  
  

  Biography.

  Mohammed Ismail Elnaggar, Ph.D., has spent over 30 years in academia and industry, having worked in the United States, Canada, Sweden, Egypt, and most recently at Khalifa University in the United Arab Emirates. Ismail is the founding director of Ohio State University’s Analog VLSI Lab, one of the foremost research entities in the field of analog and RF integrated circuits. He was a research chair at the Swedish Royal Institute of Technology (KTH) and created the RaMSiS (Radio and Mixed Signal Integrated Systems) Research Group. He has served the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers in many editorial and administrative capacities, and has co-founded several startup companies in semiconductor and IC design services.
  
  Seyedeh Masoumeh Navidi received her B.Sc. and M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering in 2012 and 2018, respectively, both from the K. N. Toosi University of Technology (KNTU), Tehran, Iran. As an undergraduate student, her thesis was “Design and implementation of an RFID based automobile production line”. During her Master’s work, she focused on analog and Mixed-Signal circuit design for low power biomedical applications. Her Master thesis was “Design and simulation of a low power 9-bit 1V SAR ADC in 0.18µm CMOS technology”. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. degree in Wayne State University where her research focus is on Mixed-Signal Circuit Design. She is mainly working on the design of a TI SAR ADC for V2X applications. Her research interests include low power analog and Mixed-Signal circuit design, and low power data converters design.
• Review for In-Vehicle Network and Electrical and Electronic Architecture in Next-Generation Vehicle May 25, 2021 11:00-11:35 (KST) │ Convention Hall C, Hotel Inter-Burgo DAEGU
  Seung-Yun Ryu, Infineon Technologies Details

  Abstract.

  In next-generation vehicles, eco-friendly systems for CO2 reduction and advanced driver assistance systems for driver convenience will be essential. In this future vehicle, more electronic control units(ECU) will be added compared to the conventional internal combustion engine(ICE) vehicles, and new communication methods and electric/electronic architectures will be applied or developed for efficient communication between the increased ECUs.  In this session, the effective types of in-vehicle network and electric/electronic architecture will be discussed.
  
  

  Biography.

  YU, Seung-yun is a System Application Engineer for automotive business unit in Infineon Technologies Korea. Major application area is electrical drive train for xEV and Electrical and Electronic architecture based on microcontroller products.
• Cyber Security for Automotive Ethernet May 25, 2021 11:35-12:10 (KST) │ Convention Hall C, Hotel Inter-Burgo DAEGU
  Boheung Chung, ETRI Details

  Abstract.

  This presentation explains the contents related to cyber security in the next-generation vehicle environment using automotive ethernet. First, it explains how the vehicle Ethernet will be applied and applied to vehicles, and what are the security threats associated with it. Finally, I will conclude the presentation by explaining the countermeasures that can respond to the threats in this environment.
  
  

  Biography.

  Dr. Chung has been working at ETRI's Information Protection Headquarters since 2002. He has done a number of tasks related to information protection and varies from system field to network security. Until recently, he worked on social security issues such as MTM security, IoT security, and automotive security. He is currently interested in the field of identifying security problems and dealing with solutions based on RISC-V, and is preparing to perform tasks.
• Radiation Effects on SoC and Functional Safety for Road Vehicles May 25, 2021 12:10-12:45 (KST) │ Convention Hall C, Hotel Inter-Burgo DAEGU
  Sung Soo Chung, QRT Details

  Abstract.

  The Soft Error is the Hard Problems to solve for future autonomous vehicles. This presentation brings four key points to address the status of various standards requiring radiation tests, how the data is analyzed and used, how the industry is preparing for the changes. As an expert in radiation tests and analysis, I present critical directions for the industry to achieve safety goals and deliver reliable products to end-users.
  1. Status of various standards requiring radiation test for commercial application
  2. How the SER data is used and applied
  3. How the industry is preparing for the changes
  4. What and how can we help to achieve safety goals
  5. Conclusions
  
  

  Biography.

  Sung Soo Chung (IEEE Life Member since 2018) spent 15+ years with Cisco Systems Inc., where he managed ASIC DFT Team for over 10 years. and Mr. Chung also developed industry first companywide SEU test and mitigation processes to mitigate radiation induced soft errors.
  He briefly joined Hanyang University as a Research Professor from July 2013 to July 2016, lecturing and researching as a part of Korean Government’s Brain Scouting Program.
  Sung is now with QRT Inc to lead R&D activities for radiation induced soft error test and analysis.
  He holds 17 U.S. and Korean patents and has contributed over 40+ technical papers in ASIC test, Design-for-Test, Soft Error test & mitigation, and fault injection techniques.
• Software-Defined End to End Autonomy May 25, 2021 13:45-14:20 (KST) │ Convention Hall C, Hotel Inter-Burgo DAEGU
  Minseok Oh, Nvidia Details

  Abstract.

  Autonomous vehicles are transforming the way we live, work, and play—creating safer and more efficient roads. These revolutionary benefits require massive computational horsepower and large-scale production software expertise. Tapping into decades-long experience in high-performance computing, imaging, and AI, NVIDIA has built a software-defined, end-to-end platform for the transportation industry that enables continuous improvement and continuous deployment through over the air updates. It delivers everything needed to develop autonomous vehicles at scale.
  
  

  Biography.

  Minseok Oh is working at NVIDIA Automotive BU as Sr. Solution Architect with 19 years of automotive industry experience. Formerly, he worked at LGE and Harman developing Telematics, IVI (inner-vehicle infotainment) system for GM and HMC.
• Autonomous Driving SW Platform Development Strategy and Core Technology May 25, 2021 14:20-14:55 (KST)
  Junmuk Lee, Hyundai Autoever Details

  Abstract.

  In the beginning of the session, short introduction will be presented to share our views on what Hyundai Autoever is mainly focusing on and what our major interest is in the field of the autonomous driving domain. Autonomous driving SW platform is a key component in realizing high level automated driving features and applications. Its importance will enlarge as the complexity of the system rises with higher automation system requirements. Core modules in this software platform are being developed, consolidated and validated by Hyundai Autoever. A glimpse on the details of the SW platform that is being developed to go into mass production for Hyundai Motor Group vehicle ECUs will be shared. Target for the release to the commercial market is planned for mid to late this year.
  
  

  Biography.

  Junmuk Lee is currently leading the Autonomous Driving SW Platform Team within Hyundai
  Autoever. His major field of research and development is focused on autonomous driving and
  parking systems for Hyundai Motor Group. He has more than nine years of working experience as a system architect, development engineer and project lead, successfully leading ADAS/AD
  projects under collaboration with numerous global partners and customers. Also, six years of
  working experience with Samsung Electronics, before joining Hyundai, was mostly involvement
  in developing vision based inspection systems for the LCD panel manufacturing machineries.
  Background in school is mechanical engineering focused on building controllers to optimize and stabilize robotic systems utilizing specialized skills in working with simulators.
• V2X Communications for Future Connected and Automated Vehicles May 25, 2021 16:10-16:45 (KST)
  Barbara M. Masini, Italian National Research Council (CNR) Details

  Abstract.

  The automotive industry is facing deep technological transformations since an increasing number of vehicles is going to be connected and automated and will exchange an increasing amount of data. In fact, future automated vehicles will have to rely not only on their own sensors, but also on those of other vehicles, and will need to cooperate with each other.
  These trends pose significant challenges to the underlying communication system.
  Objective of this presentation is to highlight the main challenges and requirements of future vehicular applications and to discuss how wireless access technologies can answer to these challenges starting from IEEE 802.11p and LTE-V2X, toward their evolutions IEEE 802.11bd and 5G-V2X, up to new frequency bands and techniques that can complement the classical radio access in specific scenarios.
  
  

  Biography.

  Barbara Mavi' Masini received the Laurea degree (with honors) and the Ph.D. degree in telecommunications engineering from the University of Bologna, Italy, in 2001 and 2005, respectively.
  Since 2005, she is a researcher at the Institute for Electronics and for Information and Telecommunications Engineering (IEIIT) of the National Research Council (CNR) and since 2006 she is also adjunct Professor at the University of Bologna.
  The research is performed in the field of wireless communication systems within the framework of national and international projects, especially dealing with vehicular communications and networks, facing issues from physical and MAC aspects up to real field trial implementations.
  She is co-funder of the Italian National Research Lab in Telecommunications (Wilab) and secretary of the Italian joint Chapter of the IEEE Vehicular Technology and Communication Society.
  She is Editor of Elsevier Computer Networks and IEEE Access and Guest Editor of several journals in the field of connected and automated vehicles.

AutoCAS 2021 Organizing Committee

General Chair

• Jun Jin KongSamsung, Korea

Technical Program Co-Chairs

• Hanho LeeInha University, Korea
• Soojung RyuSK Telecom, Korea
• KyungKi KimDaegu University, Korea

Industry and Public Institute Chairs

• Ikkyun KimETRI, Korea
• Hyunsurk Eric RyuSeoul National University, Korea