The third annual FISITA Intelligent Safety Conference took place on 16 July 2021 in Changchun, China, organized by China SAE and FISITA. Following highly successful events in 2019 and 2020, FISITA Intelligent Safety Conference 2021 run as a stand-alone conference for the first time. This event delivered a high-quality, international speaker line-up, which considers and discusses the important topics of the safety of future mobility.

The topics covered are:

• Safety of the Intended Functionality (SOTIF)
• Cybersecurity
• Impacts of Human Factors on Safety

Conference Chairs

• Jun Li, Academician of China Engineering Academy, President of China SAE, Professor of Tsinghua University
• Nadine Leclair, President of FISITA, Chair of FISITA Intelligent Safety Working Group

Hosted by

FISITA

China SAE

Co-organized by

College of Automotive Engineering, Jilin University

Automotive Innovation

State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control

State Key Laboratory of Comprehensive Technology on Automobile Vibration and Noise & Safety Control, FAW

Supported by

Tsinghua University Intelligent Vehicle Design and Safety Research Institute

CAICV SOTIF Technical Alliance

CAICV Cybersecurity Working Group

In the plenary session, Prof. Hsin Guan from Jilin University, Prof. Lutz Eckstein from RWTH Aachen University, Mr. Dan Li from FAW, and Mr. Dominik Schuster from BMW gave keynote speeches, sharing the technical strategy and future direction of autonomous driving safety. The Panel Discussion was chaired by Prof. Frank Zhao, Honorable Lifetime President of FISITA, Director of Tsinghua Automotive Strategy Research Institute (TASRI), they talked about "How to achieve L3/L4 autonomous driving safety?”

There are over 600 attendees that joined the conference.

Opening：

Moderator: Xuming Zhang, Deputy Secretary General of China SAE, Vice President of FISITA Industry

“ISC runs as a stand-alone conference for the first time. It is very meaningful because it happens in Changchun, the cradle of China’s automotive industry. We are hoping that from here in Changchun, ISC’s influence could thrive with your support.”

Jinhua Zhang, Executive Vice President of China SAE

“China SAE strives to promote collaborative innovation in the automotive industry and to develop solutions for autonomous driving safety connecting all industries. This helps to build basis for ISC.”

Nadine Leclair, President of FISITA, Chair of FISITA Intelligent Safety Working Group (online)

“Sharing the latest technology worldwide is increasingly important, and the ISC will strengthen ties between safety experts around the world to explore solutions to make autonomous vehicles safer and more reliable through technology exchange.”

Chris Mason, CEO of FISITA (online)

“ISC is an international technical platform jointly built by FISITA and China SAE, aiming to bring together elites from all walks of life in the automotive industry, and academia to explore intelligent safety solutions for future mobility.”

Prof. Zhenhai Gao, Dean of College of Automotive Engineering, Jilin University, Director of State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control

“The international technology exchange platform is of great importance in guiding and leading independent innovation in the Chinese automotive industry.”

Dr. Hongjian Li, VP of FAW R&D Institute, Director of State Key Laboratory of Comprehensive Technology on Automobile Vibration and Noise & Safety Control

“State Key Laboratory of Comprehensive Technology on Automobile Vibration and Noise & Safety Control of FAW will play a more active role in promoting academic progress and collaboration within the industry.”

 

Keynote Speeches:

Moderator: Prof. Mike Ma, Technical Advisor of FISITA, Professor of Jilin University, Executive Editor-in-Chief of Automotive Innovation

Prof. Hsin Guan, Vice President of China SAE, Professor of Jilin University, gave a speech entitled: An evaluation method of driving intelligence for automated driving vehicles. Prof. Guan said that the current social acceptance of automated driving systems is not high, mainly because of the inconsistent behavior of machine drivers and human drivers. He said that autonomous driving systems should focus on achieving humanoid intelligence and personalization of driving behavior, and that humanoid intelligent autonomous driving systems have the potential to significantly reduce costs.

Dominik Schuster, VP Vehicle Safety, BMW Group, gave a speech entitled 'The future of vehicle safety - a paradigm shift from "what" to "how and why"'. Dominik Schuster said that traditional passive safety only solves the problem of “what”, but with the continuous development of autonomous driving, we need to shift our thinking to solve the problem of "how and why".

 

Dan Li, VP of FAW R&D Institute, Director of ICV Department, FAW, gave a speech entitled: Safety and security technology strategy and innovative applications of Hongqi Brand. Mr. Li firstly introduced the 8 technology trends in the automotive industry and the current issues they are facing in terms of functional security, SOTIF, cybersecurity and data security, and he introduced their response strategies from the strategic design and technical level. 

Prof. Lutz Eckstein, Director of Institute for Automotive Engineering, RWTH Aachen University talked about: Insights into automated driving research. He shared the concept and composition of the user center as well as the update of the corresponding basic design.

Panel Discussion: How to ensure the safety of L3/L4 automated vehicles?

Chair: Prof. Frank Zhao，Honorable Lifetime President of FISITA, Director of Tsinghua Automotive Strategy Research Institute (TASRI)

Panelists：

- Dan Li, VP of FAW R&D Institute, Director of ICV Department

- Wenhui Zhou, Director of Vehicle Safety Division, Road Transportation Safety Research Center, Ministry of Public Security of the PRC

- Stanislav Lincer, Functional Safety & Cybersecurity Director, Great Wall Motor Co. Ltd

- Yali Wang, Head of Functional Safety Team in Baidu

- Rainer Hoffmann, CSO, Shanghai Digauto Automobile Technology Co. Ltd.

SOTIF Session

SOTIF is closely related to the safety of the software and algorithms of autonomous driving. Safety of the Intended Functionality (SOTIF) refers to the absence of unreasonable risk due to hazards resulting from functional insufficiencies of the intended functionality or by reasonably foreseeable misuse by persons. SOTIF Session shared ideas related to SOTIF system, safety AI algorithm, scenario database construction, safety evaluation technology, road testing and ISO/DIS 21448.

Dr. Hong Wang, Associate Research Professor at the School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, and Deputy Executive Director, CAICV-SOTIF Technical Alliance, and Dr. Bolin Gao, Associate Research Professor at the School of Vehicle and Mobility, Tsinghua University, and Deputy Secretary General of the Youth Committee of China SAE, co-chaired the session. Speakers include Prof. Hong Cheng from University of Electronic Science and Technology, Stanislav Lincer, Functional Safety & Cybersecurity Director, Great Wall Motor, Pascal Chaussis, Safety Expert of Renault Group (online), Stefan de Vries, Project Manager & Business Developer, Connected and Automated Vehicles, Applus IDIADA (online), Rainer Hoffmann, CSO, Shanghai Digauto Automobile Technology, Dr. Adrian Zlocki, Head of Autonomous Driving of fka GmbH (online), and Dr. Shulian Zhao, Director of Data and Simulation Department, CACI Intelligent Network Technology Co. Ltd.

Cybersecurity Session

In response to the increasingly prominent cybersecurity issues, cybersecurity experts from industry and research institutes exchanged ideas on automotive cybersecurity challenges, multi-level security systems, penetration testing systems, cybersecurity practices, security detection and response technologies for L4-level autonomous driving, and safe automotive software development process based on ISO/SAE 21434.

This session was co-chaired by Dr. Hongxing Hu, CTO Cybersecurity, China Automotive Innovation Co., Ltd., and Dr. Bosong Zou from China Software Testing Center. Dr. Tomas Olovsson (online) from Chalmers University of Technology, Prof. Shichun Yang, Dean of School of Transportation Science and Engineering, Beihang University, and Dr. Denis Kengo Oka (online), Principal Automotive Security Strategist, Synopysis, gave technical presentations.

Impacts of Human Factors on Safety Session

As the level of autonomous driving continues to increase, human factors safety, including human perception, behavior, and HMI, is of increasing concern. Human Factors Safety ensures safer driving and more effective communication between humans and vehicles. What kind of HMI solutions can make driving safer and enhance user experience? These questions were discussed in this session.

This session was co-chaired by Prof. Xinjie Zhang, Vice Director of State Key Laboratory of Automotive Simulation and Control, Professor of Jilin University and Prof. Fang Chen, Chief Consultant of HMI Design, China FAW Group. Prof. Fang Chen, Dr. Stéphane Buffat (online), a road safety expert from Renault Group, Prof. Rui Fu from Chang'an University, Prof. Meike Jipp (online) from German Aerospace Center, Prof. Feng Chen from Tongji University, Azra Habibovic (online), a senior researcher from RISE Research Institute in Sweden, and Prof. Hongyu Hu from Jilin University gave technical presentations.

All talk videos of ISC 2021 are available at www.fisita.com/isc.