Event

The SAFER Thursday seminar week 16 features speakers from University of Skövde and VTI. Yacine Atif will present a SAFER pre-study on driver distraction analysis. Bruno Augusto and Arne Nåbo from VTI will give us an update on their simulation infrastructure, a SAFER connected research resource.
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Context-Aware Driver Distraction Analysis to Reduce Driving Errors 
Speaker: Yacine Atif, Professor of Informatics, University of Skövde

Human-centered safe driving research is organized around two major thrusts. First, understanding the conditions under which unsafe driving may occur. The second thrust explores enhanced Human-Machine Interfaces (HMIs) to assist drivers to reduce the likelihood of impact from these conditions.   

This pre-study investigates the first research thrust to identify unsafe driving contexts by analyzing driver-error conditions in knowledge, intent, and performance. The impact of the expected failure is subsequently predicted. Then, as part of the above second research thrust, a control loop is engaged accordingly, to reduce human-error margins, via HMI assistive measures, in order to move the expected impact below prescribed safety thresholds.  

We propose a context-aware safety model, which could be used to rate safety-compliance schemes or evaluate assistive HMI measures, in naturalistic driving studies. In doing so, we present an analysis of corroborative “human error” factors as well as related classification processes, to cope with driver distraction factors leading to driving errors. 

Simulation Infrastructure at VTI – a SAFER connected research resource
Speakers: Bruno Augusto, Research engineer & Arne Nåbo, Research Director, VTI

The Swedish National Road and Transport Research Institute (VTI) conducts research in the transport sector, and its principal task is to perform research and development related to infrastructure, traffic, transport, and mobility users. Our operations cover all modes of transport, including areas of pavement technology, infrastructure maintenance, vehicle technology, traffic safety, traffic analysis, mobility users , environment, planning and decision making processes, transport economics, and transport systems.

VTI has worked with driving simulation since the 1970’s and continues to do so well into the 21st century. Since then, simulation at VTI has expanded to include trains, bicycles and even pedestrians, in an attempt to characterize a broader slice of the transport system spectrum. This presentation will highlight VTI’s motivations behind simulations/simulator, as well as introduce current simulation capabilities and ongoing research efforts.

Welcome!
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This seminar is only open for SAFER partners. Missing your invitation? Please contact Mikael von Redlich.