Seminar by Vinod K. Agrawal
General Motors Research and Development Overview
and
Distributed Embedded Systems in the Automobile Industry
Vinod K. Agrawal
General Motors Date: Thursday, April 8, 2010 Time: 5:15 PM Venue: CS102.
Abstract:
General Motors Research and Development, founded in 1920, is one of the oldest industrial research labs in the world. Currently, GM R&D conducts research into diverse areas pertaining to automobiles, across locations spread from China to California. This talk shall present an overview of GM R&D, while focusing on GM India Science Lab (GM ISL). This talk shall introduce the groups in GM ISL, and present a feel of the work culture at GM ISL. Additionally, the talk shall discuss the emergent research challenges in designing distributed embedded systems, which are pervasive in automotive systems. The Electrical and Software Architecture group at GM ISL, focuses its research on designing robust and scalable distributed embedded systems. This talk shall present the trends and emergent innovations in automotive systems, and present a flavor of automotive electronics, software, intra-vehicle serial communication, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication.
About The Speaker:
Dr. Vinod Agrawal completed his M.Tech.(EE) from IIT Kanpur in 1978, and PhD in Computer Science and Automation from IISc Bangalore in 1986. He joined ISRO in 1978 and worked extensively on the design of computerized control for Remote Sensing and Geo-Stationary satellites. During his stint in ISRO, he developed an integrated computing platform for future satellites, which has since been used in several missions including "Chandrayan". At ISRO Dr. Agrawal held the positions of Group Director, Control Systems, Project Director for the technology demonstrator GSAT4 spacecraft, and was appointed as an "Outstanding Scientist". He joined GM R&D as Lab Group Manager of the Electrical and Software Architecture Group. Currently, he is establishing a group in the area of Automotive Computer Systems, and Fault Tolerant Computing Systems. Back to Seminars in 2009-10