Jan Reich heads the safety engineering department at the Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering IESE since 2024, which deals with systematic assurance, validation and safety monitoring methods to enable the safe market entry of innovative systems. The focus is on autonomous systems (of systems) that are operated in complex operational environments and include technological innovations such as machine learning. In his previous role as Expert Scientist, he was responsible for the topic "Dynamic Assurances for Connected Autonomous Systems" at the institute. In the German lighthouse project "PEGASUS Verification and Validation Methods (VVM)" of the VDA flagship initiative "Automated Connected Driving", he coordinated the creation of a safety argumentation framework for the approval of highly automated driving systems.
Solution Study
Tuesday, September 30
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Live in Berlin
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The global flagship projects for automated driving safety assurance currently focus on getting scenario-based pre-deployment validation approaches realized. However, the residual uncertainties due to the lack of experience with technologies like machine learning and assurance methods result in performance loss. This presentation will provide insights into three major remaining challenges, which prevent safe and performant ADS: Adequate operational environment specification and analysis, design assumption validity and dealing with safety-relevant changes and events during operation. A roadmap will be presented identifying the building blocks of next generation safety architectures and assurance methods, which balance safety needs and customer value.