Automotive ECS Development, Verification & Validation: Recent Trends & Challenges

S. Ramesh
Senior Tech Fellow General Motors Research and Development Division

Stevenson Hall 1300
12:00 PM - 12:50 PM

Electronics, Control and Software (ECS) assets have taken a central place in today’s vehicles.  They have been ever increasing in content and exploding in complexity thanks to the demands of advanced driver assist systems, and highly automated driving features. In the recent times, there have been multiple evolutions that are underway in the development of ECS assets: (i) Introduction of AI/ML Components for feature implementations, (ii) Shift from traditional domain controllers to more centralized architecture, (iii) Adoption of agile software development, and Continuous Improvement/Continuous Deployment (CI/CD), (iv) from static to adaptive SW architectures. This talk will focus on the recent challenges to the development, verification & validation of ECS systems and how the industry is responding to these with solutions that include: (a) guidelines & standardization of AI/ML Component Development and V&V, (b) new safety processes for dealing with functional insufficiency, (c) system level modeling and analysis and (d) scenario-based verification.