VVM Mid-term presentation

15 / 16 March, 2022

March 15

Agenda Day 1 - 9am - 5pm CET

9:00 - 9:30	Welcome & Introduction Jochen Balling (BMW)
	Welcome & Introduction Mirko Franke (Bosch)
	Welcome & Introduction Ernst Stöckl-Pukall (BMWK)
9:30 - 9:50	From PEGASUS to VVM - Where do we come from and why the PEGASUS Journey has not yet reached its Final Destination Ulrich Eberle (Stellantis)
9:50 - 10:20	VVM Main Approach - How to Systematically Release AD Systems Roland Galbas (Bosch)
10:40 - 11:10	VVM Assurance Argumentation - How to Systematically Organize the Approval Concerns for Safe AD Systems in a Structured Framework Jan Reich (Fraunhofer), Marcus Nolte (TU Braunschweig)
11:10 - 11:40	VVM Safeguarding Automation - How to Ensure a Safe Operation of an Automated Driving System by a Methodological Approach - An interims report Helmut Schittenhelm (Mercedes-Benz)

Parallel Streams - Day 1

Stream 1: Requirements

1:15 - 1:35	How to Derive Top Goals Systematically Tino Brade (Bosch)
1:35 - 2:05	Criticality Analysis for the Verification & Validation Automated Driving Systems Christian Neurohr (DLR)
2:05 - 2:25	Ontologies for the Formalization, Recognition, and Analysis of Criticality Lukas Westhofen (DLR)
2:25 - 2:45	Criticality Metrics: Introduction and their Use in Practice Martin Bollmann (ZF)
3:15 - 3:30	How to Specify Behavior of Automated Vehicles in Accordance with Traffic Rules and Regulations - A Contribution Frank Junker (Bosch)
3:30 - 4:15	Contributions to a Traceable Behavior Specification for Automated Driving Systems Using Formal Methods Hans Nikolaus Beck (Bosch), Nayel Fabian Salem (TU Braunschweig)
4:15 - 4:45	Capability-based Architecture for Automated Vehicles in Urban Environment Tamara Hofmann (PROSTEP)

Stream 2: Verification & Validation

1:15 - 1:45	Structure of Verification and Validation Jürgen Nuffer (Fraunhofer)
1:45 - 2:15	An Approach for Decomposition and Analysis Julian Pott (Ford), Matthias Rauschenbach (Fraunhofer)
2:15 - 2:45	A Story of Scenarios - From Data and Knowledge to Scenarios for Testing Andreas Bussler (Volkswagen), Nicolas Wagener (RWTH Aachen)
3:15 - 3:45	Technical Test Orchestration – Deriving Technical Test Specifications and Ensuring Test Automation Martin Doerr (ZF), Slavisa Krebs-Radic (ZF)
3:45 - 3:15	Test Technologies and Infrastructure for Verification and Validation of AD Systems Christian King (FZI), Jonathan Millitzer (Fraunhofer)
4:15 - 4:45	Validation of Test Infrastructure - From Cause Trees to a Validated System Simulation Gerhard Schunk (Valeo), Philipp Rosenberger (TU Darmstadt)

Stream 3: Data processes and tools

1:15 - 1:45	Dataflow in the VVM Project Nicolas Wagener (RWTH Aachen), Kevin Laubis (AVL)
1:45 - 2:15	The OMEGA Format – A Comprehensive Open-Source Measurement Data Format Michael Schuldes (RWTH Aachen)
2:15 - 2:45	Derivation of Requirements for Data Collection Christian Gutenkunst (AVL)
3:15 - 3:45	Deriving and Simulating Scenarios Michael Schuldes (RWTH Aachen), Tuan Duong Quang (TÜV Süd)
3:45 - 4:15	Configurable Simulation Tools for Various V&V Tasks Hardi Hungar (DLR)
4:15 - 4:45	Usage of Baselining and Traceability Demonstrator Developed in VVMethods Christian Bühler (PROSTEP), Kim Steinkirchner (PROSTEP)

March 16

Agenda Day 2 - 9am - 3pm

9:00 - 9:30	A Summary of Current Project Achievements Roland Galbas (Bosch)
International Perspectives and Link to VVM - (When) are we ready for Deployment? European Perspectives
9:30 - 9:40	Introduction to the International Session Marcus Nolte (TU Braunschweig)
9:40 - 10:00	The SET Level project approaching the final sprint Frank Köster (DLR), Germany
10:00 - 10:20	ODD based safety assurance for Automated Driving Systems - standards and tools Siddartha Khastgir (WMG, University of Warwick), UK
10:20 - 10:40	A path to a European scenario database for ADAS and ADS specification and validation Emmanuel Arnoux (Renault), France
10:40 - 11:00	Scenario selection and allocation based on databases Xavier Sellart (IDIADA), Spain
International Perspectives and Link to VVM - (When) are we ready for Deployment? Oversea Perspectives
11:15 - 11:35	Safety Assurance to Earn Public Trust - Formalizing the Safety Case for ADS (Autonomous Driving Systems) Steven Shladover (University of California, Berkeley), US
11:35 - 11:55	Advancing on the development of a sustainable ecosystem for Autonomous Driving safety assurance in Japan Jacobo Antona-Makoshi (JARI, SAKURA project), Japan
11:55 - 12:15	Challenges, solutions and industry practices of SOTIF for Autonomous Vehicles in China Hong Wang (Tsinghua University), China
1:15 - 2:45	Panel Discussion: Harmonizing Targets and Solutions for Deployment Moderator: Lutz Eckstein Participants: Roland Galbas (Bosch), Ulrich Eberle (Stellantis), Björn Filzek (Continental), Jan Reich (Fraunhofer), Helmut Schittenhelm (Mercedes-Benz), Frank Köster (DLR), Jacobo Antona-Makoshi (JARI, SAKURA project), Steven Shladover (UC Berkeley), Emmanuel Arnoux (Renault), Xavier Sellart (IDIADA), Hong Wang (Tsinghua University)
2:45 - 3:00	Wrap-up Roland Galbas (Bosch)