Future of AI and Autonomy Symposium

About this event:

The Future of AI and Autonomy Symposium brings together world-class experts and industry stakeholders in the areas of AI, autonomy, and robotics in the heart of Silicon Valley to share their most exciting research projects and applications in the most challenging autonomous applications of AI Racing and Extreme Sports. By pushing the limit of AI algorithms, control systems, and 3D perception in extreme environments and corner cases, we aim to provide a forum to identify the future challenges and opportunities to bring the next-generation autonomous solutions to consumers and businesses.

This symposium was envisioned initially by the participating teams of the Indy Autonomous Challenge, whose principal investigators from the U.S., Italy, Germany, and Korea form the steering committee below. We invite interested academic researchers and industry stakeholders to join this one-day event to set the direction for the pursuit of both scientific discoveries and engineering good practices in these diverse applications.

Keynote speakers to highlight the pulse of emerging technologies
In-depth talks from world-class research groups that race autonomous vehicles at high speed and multi-car competition.
Panel discussion by industry leaders about present challenges and future opportunities

Organizers:

Speakers and Panelists:

Date & Time:

Monday, January 13, 2025 ⋅ 9 am – 4 pm

Location:

Stanley Hall
105 Auditorium and 1/F Atrium
Berkeley, CA 94720

Agenda:

9 – 10 am – Keynotes
- - Boris Ivanovic, Research Manager at Nvidia’s Autonomous Vehicle Research Group
  - Dragos Maciuca, Executive Director at GM
  - Ahmed Sadek, VP of Engineering, Chief System Architect Automated Driving at Qualcomm
  - Claire Tomlin, James and Katherine Lau Chair in Engineering and EECS Department Chair
10 – 11 am – Morning talks
- - Rodrigo Senofieni and Paolo Fusco, Politecnico di Milano – The Fast Lane to Safety: How High-Performance Autonomous Driving Shapes Urban Mobility
  - Francesco Prignoli, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia – Software Stack Architecture for Autonomous Racing Competitions
  - Murat Arcak, UC Berkeley – Hierarchical Control for Autonomous Systems
  - David Shim, KAIST – KAIST High Speed Autonomous Racing Architecture
11 – 11:30 am – Panel I: Simulation for Future Autonomy (Moderator: Paul Mitchell)
- - Thomas Fischer, CEO and Co-Founder of BeamNG
  - Ahmed Sadek, VP of Engineering, Chief System Architect Automated Driving at Qualcomm
  - Chengtao Wen, Senior Researcher at Siemens
11:30 – 11:45 am – ROAR Racing Ambassadors Spotlight
11:45 am – 1 pm– Lunch
- - Demo and Poster Session
  - Meet the ROAR Racing High School Ambassadors
1 – 1:30 pm – Panel II: Next-Generation Mobility Architecture (Moderator: Gary Passon)
- - Benedetto Carambia, Head of R&D at Movyon
  - Christian John, Chair of Autoware Foundation and President of Tier IV
  - Aaron Nathan, CEO of Point One Nav
1:30 – 2 pm – Panel III: Computation and Data Structures (Moderator: Allen Yang)
- - Mo-Sheng (Jason) Chiu, Principal of Engineering, Audi ADAS
  - Manish Mukherjee, VP of Engineering, CISCO
  - Joe Speed, Head of Edge, Ampere
2 – 4 pm – Afternoon Talks
- - David Bevly, Auburn University – Vehicle Dynamics Estimation and Control from 20 years of Autonomous Racing
  - Dvij Kalaria and Chinmay Maheshwari, UC Berkeley – Computational Tools for Competitive Strategies in Multi-car Autonomous Racing
  - Giuseppe Loianno, New York University – Agile and Collaborative Robot Autonomy
  - Lantao Liu, Indiana University – Vehicle Autonomy and Intelligence for Navigating the Unknown
  - Zhongyu Li, UC Berkeley – Towards Safe, Agile, and Intelligent Legged Robots