An Interview with Nastaran Saberi: Closing the Gap Between Simulation and Reality for ADAS Validation

As simulation becomes increasingly central to ADAS and autonomous vehicle development, the quality of the virtual environment is becoming just as important as the algorithms being tested.
We spoke with Nastaran Saberi, Co-founder and CTO of GeoMate, about the realism challenges that remain, how simulation fidelity should be measured, and why scalable, continuously updated digital environments are key to the future of autonomous driving validation.
CES 2025 Report 1: Engineers’ Changing Workload & Unification of Internal + External

During CES I met with companies focused on technology for both the exterior perception stack and interior sensing and experience. I had a different strategy this year so I could report in more detail and with more context. I met with fewer companies for better in-depth conversations to find out more about exactly how they fit into the market, the background of their leadership team, their business strategy, and why they’re building the solutions they are. These reports will cover conversations with both Suppliers and T1s.