Previous Sponsors at AutoSens
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About Jaguar Land Rover
Jaguar Land Rover is a company that brings together two much loved, highly prestigious British car brands. After Tata Motors acquired Jaguar and Land Rover from Ford in 2008, it merged the two marques into a single company and its success has flourished, with memorable vehicles and innovative technologies that add to a long-lasting legacy. Advanced design, engineering and technology have all played a part in Jaguar Land Rover’s success over the years. The company invests more in research and development than any other manufacturing company in the UK, which has allowed our thousands of world-class engineers to develop world-class innovations. Our technological development is led by our world-class designers, engineers and production specialists who ensure that every Jaguar and Land Rover vehicle we create is as innovative as it is desirable. Thanks to the huge investment made across all our facilities in the last decade they have the most advanced tools at their disposal to build cars with cutting-edge technologies.
3M
3M™ Connected Roads – enabling intelligent infrastructure. Our goal is to help develop the roadway infrastructure of the future and facilitate the long-term transition to connected automated vehicles by providing simplicity and adding redundancy.
With 80 years of experience in transportation safety, and have tackled issues around nighttime visibility and road safety by developing retroreflective materials to help human drivers better see traffic signs and road markings. We continue this work today to help both human drivers and automated vehicles stay safe on our roadways. A truly connected road lies ahead, visit 3M.com/ConnectedRoads to learn more.
About Siemens PLM Software
Siemens PLM Software is a world-leading provider of product lifecycle management (PLM) software. We help thousands of companies make great products by optimizing their lifecycle processes, from planning and development through manufacturing and support.
In the area of automotive, Siemens PLM Software offers an industry-unique portfolio of automotive design tools and software. Developing fully autonomous vehicles requires extensive exploration, validation, and verification of integrated circuit design. As well as electrical and electronic system integration, and vehicle performance. In combination with our strong solutions for E-Mobility, VX, and Smart-City, Siemens is the perfect partner on the road to future mobility – meeting the challenges of the upcoming revolutions in transportation from chip to city.
About IBM
IBM has a long history of delivering innovations, services, and partnerships to the automotive industry. With innovations such as AD/ADAS, comes greater responsibility for: data e.g. managing personal information of drivers; applications of data e.g. deploying AI in factories and on roads; and costs. IBM is investing in simplifying these data challenges with: agile hybrid multi-cloud storage solutions; scale-out big data distribution, archiving, and analysis; efficient workloads and IT resources management; and reference architectures/solutions for deep learning, IBM Systems Reference Architecture for AI and IBM Spectrum Storage for AI solution. To learn more, please visit: https://bit.ly/Who_Is_Driving_Your_Car and https://www.ibm.com/it-infrastructure/storage/ai-infrastructure
About NXP Semiconductors
NXP Semiconductors N.V. (NASDAQ: NXPI) enables secure connections and infrastructure for a smarter world, advancing solutions that make lives easier, better and safer. As the world leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, NXP is driving innovation in the secure connected vehicle, end-to-end security & privacy and smart connected solutions markets. Built on more than 60 years of combined experience and expertise, the company has 31,000 employees in more than 33 countries.
About ON Semiconductor
ON Semiconductor is the market share leader for automotive image sensors and offers a comprehensive roadmap spanning ADAS, viewing and in-cabin applications. The company also offers a comprehensive portfolio of energy efficient power and signal management, logic, discrete and custom solutions to help design engineers solve their unique design challenges in automotive, communications, computing, consumer, industrial, LED lighting, medical, military/aerospace and power supply applications. ON Semiconductor operates a responsive, reliable, world-class supply chain and quality program, and a network of manufacturing facilities, sales offices and design centers in key markets throughout North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific regions.
About Valeo
Valeo is the world’s leading provider of driving assistance systems to automotive manufacturers. In 2014, Valeo’s Comfort & Driving Assistance Group recorded €2.3 Billion in sales. Valeo Vision Systems (VVS), located near Galway, Ireland is Valeo’s automated parking and computer vision research hub. From being first to market in Europe with rear camera and surround view systems to producing next-generation vision systems and autonomous driving products, Valeo Vision Systems has long been at the cutting edge of development in automotive vision applications.
About Varroc Lighing Systems
Varroc Lighting Systems is a premier developer and manufacturer of next-generation external lighting systems and vehicle control electronics for the automotive and two-wheeler industries. Focused on safety, mobility, and style, Varroc Lighting Systems brings leading-edge technology to the mainstream automotive market with high-quality and cost-competitive solutions. Headquartered in Plymouth, Michigan, U.S., the company has more than 8,000 employees worldwide with operations in in 17 countries and capabilities on every continent where vehicles are produced. Varroc Lighting Systems is a key member of the Varroc Group family of automotive components businesses.
About Elektrobit
Elektrobit (EB) is an award-winning and visionary global supplier of embedded and connected software products and services for the automotive industry. A leader in automotive software with over 30 years serving the industry, EB‘s software powers over 1 billion devices in more than 100 million vehicles and offers flexible, innovative solutions for connected car infrastructure, human machine interface (HMI) technologies, navigation, driver assistance, electronic control units (ECUs), and software engineering services. EB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Continental. For more information, visit us at elektrobit.com.
About iMerit
iMerit provides high-volume data labeling services using our internal workforce of 2,200+ full time data technicians. We specialize in text/audio/image/video data with over 50 million data points labeled to date. Teams partner with iMerit for our balance of scalability, consultation, security, competitive pricing, and quality. Our flexible team of solutions architects, project managers, and data technicians have the expertise to work with you through the ebbs and flows of your nuanced projects. Whether just starting a labeling project or are well underway, we would love to connect and explore ways we can support your team.
About Qumulo
Qumulo is the leader in universal-scale file storage. Qumulo File Fabric (QF2) gives data-intensive businesses the freedom to store, manage and access file-based data in the data center and on the cloud, at petabyte and global scale. Founded in 2012 by the inventors of scale-out NAS, Qumulo serves the modern file storage and management needs of Global 2000 customers.
About Blickfeld
Founded in 2017 and based in Munich, Germany, Blickfeld is a provider of cutting-edge LiDAR technology for autonomous mobility and IoT applications. The company has developed proprietary LiDAR technology based on patented silicon MEMS mirrors and commercial off-the-shelf components. The Blickfeld LiDAR product family meets the highest performance requirements at the cost and size needed for mass market adoption. Blickfeld’s team is made up of experienced professionals with renowned expertise in the fields of electronics, optics, MEMS and software. For more information, visit www.blickfeld.com.
About Appen
Appen is a global leader in the development of high-quality, human-annotated datasets for machine learning and artificial intelligence. Appen brings over 20 years of experience capturing and enriching a wide variety of data types including speech, text, image, and video. With deep expertise in more than 180 languages and access to a global crowd of over 1,000,000 skilled contractors, Appen partners with technology, automotive, and eCommerce companies — as well as governments worldwide — to help them develop and enhance products that rely on natural languages and machine learning.
About Lionbridge Technologies Inc.
Global Services for Machine Intelligence, Lionbridge provides the human component to complement and augment our customers’ AI efforts by providing unparalleled scalability and complete global coverage. As customers move quickly to solve data problems, they can rely on Lionbridge to offload the program management and operational requirements to execute solutions. For more information about Global Services for Machine Intelligence, Lionbridge, please visit www.lionbridge.com/GSMI or contact GSMI@lionbridge.com.
About Ouster
Ouster is a leading provider of LIDAR and related robotics/AV technology. We sell the OS-1 and OS-2 LIDAR sensors which are the most capable, powerful, and affordable sensors on the market, and work with major OEMs, Tier 1s, and AV companies to make safe autonomous driving and driver-assist technologies a reality.
About Cepton Technologies
Cepton is a 3D LiDAR solutions provider that is shipping next generation LiDAR products for the automotive, industrial and mapping markets. Cepton LiDAR delivers unrivaled detection, range, resolution and reliability at low cost to enable perception for the fast growing market for smart machines.
About Intrepid Control Systems, Inc.
Intrepid Control Systems provides innovative tools for vehicle, test and embedded engineering. Widely recognized for its neoVI and ValueCAN tools, Intrepid also produces the industry-leading RAD-Galaxy, RAD-Star 2 and RAD-SuperMoon Automotive Ethernet devices for 1000BASE-T1 and 100BASE-T1/BroadR-Reach. Intrepid supports the latest networks and protocols, including AUTOSAR, CAN FD, CAN, LIN, FlexRay, Automotive Ethernet, Keyword, UART, J1939, ISO 14229 and GMLAN. Intrepid has offices in the USA, China, Japan, England, Germany, India, Korea, and Australia for direct sales and support, plus a distributor network. Intrepid belongs to the Automotive Engineering Tool Alliance (www.aeta-rice.com), a comprehensive tool chain for state-of-the-art automotive electronics development.
About Arbe
Arbe is the world’s first company to demonstrate ultra high-resolution 4D imaging radar with post processing and SLAM. It is disrupting autonomous vehicle sensor development by bridging the gap between radar and optics with its proprietary imaging solution that provides optic sensor resolution with the reliability and maturity of radar technology for all levels vehicle autonomy. Headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, Arbe has business development and customer service locations in China and the United States. The company was founded in 2015 and is backed by 360 Capital Partners, Canaan Partners Israel, iAngels, Maniv Mobility, Taya Ventures, and O.G. Tech Ventures.
About AVL List
AVL is the world’s largest independent company for development, simulation and testing technology of powertrains (hybrid, combustion engines, transmission, electric drive, batteries and software) for passenger cars, trucks and large engines
About AEye, Inc.
AEye is an artificial perception pioneer and creator of iDAR™, a new form of intelligent data collection that acts as the eyes and visual cortex of autonomous vehicles. Since its demonstration of its solid-state LiDAR scanner in 2013, AEye has pioneered breakthroughs in intelligent sensing. The company is based in the San Francisco Bay Area, and backed by world-renowned investors, including Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Airbus Ventures and Intel Capital. For more information, please visit www.aeye.ai.
About Figure Eight
Figure Eight is the essential Human-in-the-Loop AI platform for data science and machine learning teams. The Figure Eight software platform trains, tests, and tunes machine learning models to make AI work in the real world.
About OmniVision
OmniVision is a global leading developer of advanced digital imaging solutions. For more than 20 years, we have been designing and developing advanced digital imaging technologies and products that provide superior image quality to many of today’s consumer and commercial applications, including automotive, mobile phones, notebooks, tablets, webcams, digital still and video cameras, security and surveillance, entertainment devices and medical imaging systems. The company’s breakthrough Nyxel™ technology can be used in automotive camera applications to enhance near infrared (NIR) sensitivity to improve day night image capturing without interfering with human vision.
About ANSYS OPTIS
If you’ve ever seen a rocket launch, flown on an airplane, driven a car, used a computer, touched a mobile device, crossed a bridge, or put on wearable technology, chances are you’ve used a product where ANSYS software played a critical role in its creation. ANSYS is the global leader in Pervasive Engineering Simulation. We help the world’s most innovative companies deliver radically better products to their customers. By offering the best and broadest portfolio of engineering simulation software, we help them solve the most complex design challenges and create products limited only by imagination. Founded in 1970, ANSYS employs thousands of professionals, many of whom are expert M.S. and Ph.D.-level engineers in finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, electronics, semiconductors, embedded software and design optimization. Headquartered south of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.A., ANSYS has more than 75 strategic sales locations throughout the world with a network of channel partners in 40+ countries. Visit www.ansys.com for more information.
About Brodmann17
Brodmann17 is a software company who developed a neural network with a game changer technology that can handle deep-learning vision even on commodity processors. Our cutting-edge deep learning software architecture achieves state of the art accuracy but consumes only a fraction of computing power. The software is designed for the industry’s toughest standards of autonomous vehicles and Advanced Driver Assistance. Broadmann17 can produce more AI from any processor and use the existing hardware to enable deep learning vision where no one else can. We are partnering with global OEMs and Tier1 leaders to define the automotive future platform and applications.
About SERIC Ltd.
Since our founding in 1984, we have developed and marketed a wide variety of products as a R&D-based company. Among them, our artificial solar lighting (XELIOS) products have been used by a large number of customers since they were first marketed in 1987.
The lighting product has been gathering particular attentions and recognized worldwide as a standard light source for color evaluations. Furthermore. Our high precision lamps met R&D of ADAS and LiDAR (Light Detection and ranging / Laser Imaging Detection and Ranging) fields and have been using by a lot of researchers all over the world.
About Dowa-Europe
DOWA is one of the leading supplier of GaAs wafers and IR LEDs. DOWA’s GaAs wafers feature low EPD and good career concentration control technology. Our technology enables developers to produce LASER for automotive LiDAR application.
DOWA’s IR LEDs provide customers of automotive sensors with high output power and a variety of wavelengths.
About Zenuity
Our company originates from the safety leaders of the automotive industry. We will bring new software features for advanced driver assistance systems and autonomous driving to market at a high pace using new business models, while always ensuring robustness and safety. We form a modern agile automotive software company that wants to be a dedicated long-term partner to vehicle manufacturers. We are committed to shape the future of driving, not just by building demos. We make it real!
About Playment
Playment is a one-stop data labelling platform for all types of sensor data. Our mission is to provide high-quality training data to enable AI work in the real world. We take care of enabling human-in-the-loop and machine learning methods to build training data for vehicle perception models at scale. We empower companies in the Autonomous Vehicle, Drones, Mapping, and similar spaces with high precision annotation services – No matter how complex. Playment has 300,000+ human annotators managed by our human intelligence experts who build your tasks and deliver results with assured quality.
About Pure Storage
Pure Storage (NYSE: PSTG) helps innovators build a better world with data. Pure’s data solutions enable SaaS companies, cloud service providers, and enterprise and public sector customers to deliver real-time, secure data to power their mission-critical production, DevOps, and modern analytics environments in a multi-cloud environment. One of the fastest growing enterprise IT companies in history, Pure Storage enables customers to quickly adopt next-generation technologies, including artificial intelligence and machine learning, to help maximize the value of their data for competitive advantage.
About Helix Technologies
Helix Technologies is developing a range of ceramic-based antennas that can significantly improve GNSS and V2X performance in congested urban environments. Our antennas employ dielectric loaded helix technology to reduce RF clutter and provide a significant uplift in RF reception and signal quality. We’re looking to work with Tier 1 V2X and GNSS systems integrators and OEMs.
About SOS Lab
SOS Lab Ltd. is a LiDAR technology startup based in South Korea, specializing in LiDAR sensors for use in self-driving cars, drones, AGVs, and security. When it comes to high performance LiDAR for use in self-driving cars, SOS Lab can meet the requirements of the mass-market in size, price, and superior performance through our patented hybrid scanning LiDAR technology, which combines solid-state MEMS and motor scanners.
About Imagination Technologies
Imagination is a global technology leader whose technologies are enabling a smarter future. The company’s range of silicon IP (intellectual property) includes innovative graphics, vision & AI, and connectivity cores used to create SoCs (Systems on Chips) that power mobile, consumer, automotive and other embedded electronics. Its technologies enable its customers to get to market quickly with complete and differentiated SoC platforms. Imagination’s licensees include many of the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers, innovative start-ups, and OEMs/ODMs. See: www.imgtec.com.
About Viavi Solutions
The Optical Security and Performance Products (OSP) business segment of Viavi Solutions leverages its core optical coating capabilities to design and manufacture a range of specialty products. With expertise in spectral management and high-precision thin-film coatings, Viavi provides optical filters and optical coatings for a broad range of applications in the consumer electronics, automotive, government and industrial markets. These applications include gesture recognition, 3D depth sensing, and LiDAR systems. As a trusted advisor in the advancement of high-performance optics, we deliver premium solutions and unparalleled customer service. From prototype to production, our expertise, technology, and processes give customers a competitive advantage.
About Naventik
NAVENTIK is a Startup based in Chemnitz/ Germany. With the new PATHFINDER technology, NAVENTIK developed a solution for the high-precision vehicle localization for ADAS and Autonomous Driving. The technology enables to depict the majority of the signal processing via software components and is available for integration to Nvidia Drive PX 2 and NXP Blue Box. PATHFINDER Software components can be put into practice following the automobile safety and quality standards and enables the deep integration of satellite navigation into the environment-sensing system of vehicles. The technology was awarded with main prize for software solutions at CeBit 2017.
About Samasource
Companies like Google, Microsoft, Qualcomm, and NVIDIA choose Samasource’s training data services to power their human-in-the-loop artificial intelligence and machine learning projects. And because we offer fully managed services, we can guarantee your service levels and create reliability for your business. You will also benefit by having your data secured in our ISO-certified data centers and we are GDPR friendly. We hope you will connect with Samasource’s 36,000+ employees, who have lifted themselves out of poverty by engaging in high-quality digital work that pays them a living wage. Get more out of your training data with Samasource.
About Tass International
TASS International, a Siemens Business, supports the global automotive industry in the creation of safer and smarter vehicles, offering a set of advanced simulation software tools, tailor made engineering solutions and state-of-the-art testing and certification facilities and services, with the aim to improve Integrated Safety systems of vehicles and boost the development of Highly Automated- and Connected Driving. TASS International, a Siemens Business, helps to develop better products, increased speed-to-market and more robust and cost-effective development processes . Its software brands PreScanTM, Delft-TyreTM and MADYMOTM are familiar names to the OEMs and to suppliers in the automotive industry.
About TowerJazz
TowerJazz (www.towerjazz.com), the global specialty foundry leader, specializes in manufacturing analog integrated circuits for more than 300 customers worldwide, the leaders in growing markets such as automotive, medical, industrial, consumer, IoT, and aerospace and defense, among others. TowerJazz offers a broad range of technologies including: SiGe, BiCMOS, Power and Mixed-Signal/CMOS, RF CMOS, CMOS image sensor, and MEMS as well as design enablement for a quick and accurate design cycle. TowerJazz also offers process transfer services to IDMs and fabless companies that need to expand capacity. TowerJazz operates two manufacturing facilities in Israel, two in the U.S. and three in Japan.
About OPTIS
OPTIS, the virtual prototyping company, brings life and emotion to all industrial projects. Its world-leading solutions pave the way for a revolutionary design process: towards zero physically prototype. Since 1989, OPTIS offers its know-how in light and human vision simulation into famous CAD/CAM software and dedicated virtual immersive solutions. This synergy creates true-to-life virtual mockups used as real decision-making tools. More than 2400 clients in over 50 countries already trust OPTIS and innovate day after day with its solutions to ensure the look and safety of their designs, reduce their ecological footprint and bring their future products faster on the market.
About CrowdFlower
CrowdFlower is the essential human-in-the-loop AI platform for data science teams. CrowdFlower helps customers generate high quality customized training data for their machine learning initiatives, or automate a business process with easy-to-deploy models and integrated human-in-the-loop workflows. The CrowdFlower software platform supports a wide range of use cases including self-driving cars, intelligent personal assistants, medical image labeling, content categorization, customer support ticket classification, social data insight, CRM data enrichment, product categorization, and search relevance. Headquartered in San Francisco and backed by Canvas Venture Fund, Trinity Ventures, and Microsoft Ventures, CrowdFlower serves data science teams at Fortune 500 and fast-growing data-driven organizations across a wide variety of industries.
About Groupement ADAS
Groupement ADAS is made up of 10 high-technology SMEs. Our mission is to bring electronic and digital innovation into your vehicles to address road safety challenges and driving comfort needs. We support our customers in their approach of creation and integration of new ADAS solutions in their environment. We provide a perception kit for autonomous vehicle multidisciplinary expertises, and interoperable open technologies. We are also in capacity if necessary to assess and integrate available market technologies. Groupement ADAS is empowered by Mov’eo the French mobility and automotive cluster.
About Nexyad
NEXYAD is a high-tech company founded in 1995, which has developed innovative and proven methods for the processing of digital data, signals, and images. The firm’s expertise is applied in visual effects for cinema, videos and pictures ; in data analysis, in articifial vision signal understanding and data fusion for testing. In automotive field, Nexyad is deploying now four products onboard for ADAS and autonomous cars. Three camera-based software modules : RoadNex – Road Detection ; ObstaNex – Obstacle Detection ; VisiNex – Visibility Measurement. One software module of Road Safety : SafetyNex that calculates Risk taken by Driver.
About NIT
NIT is a French company pioneer in Wide Dynamic Range solutions. With over 15 years of academic research and our patented MAGIC™ pixel technology, we master all the steps from the sensor design to complete camera engineering. Our core team clusters experienced CMOS designers with a multi- disciplinary group of optical, mechanical and electronic engineers. With sales partners in over 20 countries we address most efficiently any customer requests around the globe. NIT offers a complete portfolio of cameras and detectors embracing Visible, Intensified and SWIR technology. NIT serves various markets such as machine vision, automotive, night vision, biometrics. NIT also proposes flexible solutions and custom designs to best fit your specific requirements.
About Leddartech
LeddarTech is the developer and owner of Leddar, a patented solid-state LiDAR sensing technology that constitutes a novel approach in light detection and ranging. Developed over 10+ years of R&D, Leddar is a unique combination of advanced light wave digital signal processing and software algorithms that enable the production of solid-state LiDARs delivering superior performance and reliability at the highly competitive price. LeddarTech’s sensors are used in multiple mobility-related markets including automotive, intelligent transport systems, drones, and industrial vehicles. LeddarTech technology contributes to improving our safety and our quality of life through applications minimizing the risks of accidents, reducing traffic congestion, and improving transport efficiency. Additional information can be found at www.leddartech.com.
About GEO Semiconductor
GEO Semiconductor is an industry leader in high performance Camera Video Processing (CVP) IC solutions aimed at real-time video, camera, and geometry processing. GEO’s product line addresses both consumer and automotive markets. In the automotive market GEO provides camera processor solutions for Backup, Surround view, Mirror Replacement, and Driver Monitoring systems. Consumer applications include Home Monitoring, Surveillance, Projector and Video Conferencing Cameras. GEO’s market leading technologies include HDR Image processing and eWARP™ technology which enables image and video distortion correction, along with dynamic camera features such as ePTZ and AutoCal™.
About Dataspeed
Dataspeed provides engineers with a product development tool platform including specialized drive-by-wire hardware, Power Distribution System (PDS) and vehicle network interfaces. The ADAS Kit includes a complete hardware and software solution that allows seamless control of throttle, brake, steering, and shifting. Our technology empowers safe mobility for the future. To learn more, visit our website: www.dataspeedinc.com
About Cadence
Cadence enables electronic systems and semiconductor companies to create the innovative end products that are transforming the way people live, work and play. Cadence® software, hardware and semiconductor IP are used by customers to deliver products to market faster. The company’s System Design Enablement strategy helps customers develop differentiated products—from chips to boards to systems—in mobile, consumer, cloud datacenter, automotive, aerospace, IoT, industrial and other market segments. Cadence is listed as one of Fortune Magazine’s 100 Best Companies to Work For. Learn more at cadence.com.
About Intempora
Intempora S.A. is an independant software editor founded in 2000 and based on the works performed and developed from 1998 at the Center of Robotics of Mines-ParisTech. Intempora has now over 15 years of knowledge and expertise in providing advanced software solutions for the automotive industry, especially with real-time multisensor applications. Intempora provide RTMaps, a modular component-based development software which accelerates the design and the execution of ADAS and highly automated driving (HAD) applications. Since 2016 Intempora signed a strategic partnership with dSPACE GmbH for worldwide distribution and proposing a complete toolchain for ADAS and automated driving.
About Labsphere
Labsphere, Inc. is headquartered in North Sutton, New Hampshire, with a satellite facility in China and a global network of distribution partners. Founded in 1979, it is part of the Halma group of companies. Labsphere specializes in the design and manufacture of high-end light measurement solutions for the LED/SSL lighting industry, uniform sources and products for remote sensing and imager/consumer camera calibration, diffuse optical coatings and materials including Spectralon®, Spectraflect® and Permaflect®, instrumentation and reflectance standards for spectroscopy applications, and Integral® software for a variety of photometry applications. For more information, please visit www.labsphere.com
About BECOM BLUETECHNIX
Since its foundation BECOM BLUETECHNIX has been synonymous with optimized embedded systems and sensor solutions of highest quality. BECOM BLUETECHNIX designs and manufactures 3D sensor systems ranging from compact, high volume OEM modules to complete cameras for challenging environments as a One-Stop-Shop targeting automotive, industrial and medical markets. With an in-house accredited EMC laboratory and automotive qualified manufacturing capabilities within the BECOM Group we can cover the whole process from idea to certification and volume production – meeting the highest quality standards. BECOM BLUETECHNIX is launching a new automotive Time-of-Flight platform this fall.
About Nextchip
Nextchip, a leading vision technology provider in the semiconductor field, is pleased to present vision-based ADAS solutions at AutoSens 2017. Nextchip has created innovative image processing techniques and grown significant market share over two decades. With these highly mature vision technologies, Nextchip provides wide-ranging knowhow and experience from bottom to top, including evaluation and assessment based on Nextchip and Nextchip’s core technology advantage. Providing differentiated technical expertise and securing optimized IPs from our proprietary algorithms are the key competencies of Nextchip’s approach. Nextchip prioritises success in both business and technical disciplines.
About Dell EMC
Dell EMC serves a key role in providing the essential infrastructure for organizations to build their digital future, transform IT and protect their most important asset, information. Dell EMC enables our enterprise customers’ IT and digital business transformation through trusted hybrid cloud and big-data solutions, built upon a modern data center infrastructure that incorporates industry-leading converged infrastructure, servers, storage, and cybersecurity technologies.
About Mighty AI
Mighty AI generates high quality training and validation datasets for teams building computer vision models for autonomous vehicles. Our fully managed approach to image labeling delivers highly complex ground truth data and model validation at enterprise scale. We consult with every client to configure annotation workflows based on unique project specifications and flexibly tune each project as requirements evolve. Our industry-leading cloud-based annotation tools (including segmentation, bounding boxes, keypoints, polylines, metadata attribution and more), global community of trained annotators, and machine learning-based quality assurance systems enable us to generate millions of complex ground truth labels and validate detection model output with guaranteed accuracy.
About Algolux
Algolux provides machine learning technologies that optimize vision systems for image quality and computer vision accuracy, saving companies time and money and accelerating their products to market. Addressing the costly and manually intensive effort of tuning traditional ISP-based vision systems, we offer our CRISP(™)-ML machine learning platform to automate the typical 3-6 month process down to hours or days. Taking this one step further, we recognize autonomous vision systems demand higher robustness in difficult imaging scenarios than currently possible and have developed our CANA(™) unified neural architecture to address this, replacing existing ISP-based approaches.
About Lumentum
Lumentum (NASDAQ:LITE) is a market-leading manufacturer of innovative optical and photonic products enabling optical networking and commercial laser customers worldwide. Lumentum’s optical components and subsystems are part of virtually every type of telecom, enterprise, and data center network. Lumentum’s commercial lasers enable advanced manufacturing techniques and diverse applications including next-generation 3D-sensing capabilities.
About Renesas
Renesas Electronics, headquartered in Japan, is one of the leading supplier for the global automotive industry and number one supplier of automotive microcontrollers (MCUs) worldwide with advanced semiconductor solutions, including system-on-chip (SoC). With Renesas autonomyTM, an open, innovative, and trusted platform for assisted and automated driving, Renesas Electronics gives customers the choice to decide the future of driving will look like. Renesas Electronics is dedicated to support big ideas both locally and globally with its subsidiaries in 20 countries worldwide. More information is available at www.renesas.com.
About TRIOPTICS
We have the largest spectrum of optical measurement technology and supply test systems for R&D and Production for every manufacturing step in optics: From a system for refractive index measurement, via various lens test systems with an autocollimator as measurement head, up to MTF test systems and camera module testers, we can supply the appropriate optical measurement system for every process step.
TRIOPTICS has successfully applied its competence in optical measurement technology to develop and market different systems for the active alignment and assembly of lenses and camera modules. This is the key for automated production systems which result in a combination of both: aligning and measuring.
About LG Electronics
LG electronics is developing a wide variety of highly competitive products. Our products include Infotainment System (such as AVN), an advanced driver assistant system (ADAS) called ‘intelligent safe’, and other convenient devices. Our company is also focusing on vehicle engineering, to include vehicle thermal systems, electronic vehicle battery packs, etc. and is providing them to major customers in the vehicle industry.
About Vector Informatik
Vector offers comprehensive solutions for performing various tasks involved in ADAS development in the form of software and hardware tools as well as embedded software components:
- The CANape measurement and calibration tool is used to acquire sensor and ECU data and to optimize algorithms on real and virtual ECUs.
- The CANape Option “Driver Assistance” is used to verify results of ADAS algorithms in the ECU.
- vADASdeveloper provides the infrastructure for developing algorithms for driver assistance systems and automated driving.
- In the area of embedded software, Vector offers the MICROSAR product which is a comprehensive solution for basic software in accordance with AUTOSAR.
About Chronocam
Chronocam develops innovative machine vision sensors and systems for applications in all fields of machine vision. The sensor technology is inspired by biological eyes, acquiring and processing the visual information in an extremely performing yet highly efficient way, offering disruptive solutions for problems considered until now out of reach and setting a new standard in machine vision.
About OTSL Inc.
Founded in 2003, OTSL is a technology company that provides high technological capabilities by planning and developing embedded systems, real-time systems, and short-distance wireless communication systems. Its corporate philosophy is “to contribute to the development of human beings by logical thinking and provide highly reliable systems to help customers create products that make people’s lives richer.” Its business activities include system development, software development, consultation on quality assurance, and provision of educational services. Its aim is to provide a wide range of support to help advanced companies take advantage of the technological benefits of information technology and advance their products and services using their technological advantages.
About FotoNation
FotoNation, a wholly owned subsidiary of Xperi Corporation, is a global leader in providing computational imaging and computer vision solutions. FotoNation serves a broad range of markets including access control systems, activity cameras, automotive, digital cameras, drones, smartphones, surveillance systems, tablets, and more. FotoNation’s solutions use a hybrid software-hardware implementation to enable a rich set of capabilities while performing on-the-fly processing, maintaining low-power consumption, assuring flexibility and achieving the highest performance possible. With nearly three billion devices worldwide using its solutions, FotoNation bridges the gap between technology and emotion and helps machines understand what they see beyond light and color.
About Panasonic Automotive
At Panasonic, our technology and expertise delivers innovation across diverse industries, including driver assistance systems(ADAS), infotainment, and consumer-electronics. Regarding sensing technology, based on surround sensors such as camera, Lidar, radar and/or ultrasound, Panasonic ADAS sense and interpret the surroundings through incorporating breakthrough solutions on the Localization and Mapping field. Our functions assist the driver in various situations and increase the driving comfort. Moreover, Panasonic ADAS improve safety by supporting the driver in critical situations requiring rapid and safe action. Panasonic-Automotive is member of several initiatives and NoEs that aim to promote the public awareness and shape the future of ADAS at European and Global Scale.
About Hamamatsu Photonics
Hamamatsu Photonics produces a variety of optical sensors and light sources for many different markets including automotive, industrial, medical, analytical and scientific. For the automotive market, Hamamatsu Photonics has produced optical semiconductors for over 30 years, remaining ahead of the market technology requirements. Vehicle manufacturers and suppliers trust the good performance and extremely high reliability of our products. The use of optical sensors for different applications in cars has increased drastically over the last years. We offer standard products and custom specific developments including photodiodes, avalanche photodiodes and arrays, Photo-ICs, CMOS Image Sensors, LEDs and other optical semiconductors
About FLIR Systems
FLIR Systems, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes technologies that enhance perception and awareness. We bring innovative sensing solutions into daily life through our thermal imaging systems, visible-light imaging systems, locator systems, measurement and diagnostic systems, and advanced threat detection systems. Our products improve the way people interact with the world around them, enhance public safety and well-being, increase energy efficiency, and enable healthy and entertained communities.
About DIBOTICS
DIBOTICS it’s the creator of the Augmented LiDAR technology, that allows for real-time Localization, 3D Mapping, Obstacles Detection/Tracking, Segmentation and Calibration-less Sensor Fusion, relying only on the raw data from any LiDAR sensor.
About ARM
ARM provides the foundation of the technological shift taking place in the automotive industry. From IVI systems, where 90% of the market is ARM-based, to ADAS sensors and body electronics, the ARM architecture delivers right-sized computing for each distinct part of the vehicle. Supported by a large partnership of silicon suppliers, the ARM ecosystem combines the technology IP, tools and software needed to create the scalability, security and safety for the automotive experience of the future.
About Melexis
Combining a passion for technology with truly inspired engineering, Melexis designs, develops and delivers innovative micro-electronic solutions that enable designers to turn ideas into applications that support the best imaginable future. The company’s advanced mixed-signal semiconductor sensor and actuator components address the challenges of integrating sensing, driving and communication into next-generation products and systems that improve safety, raise efficiency, support sustainability and enhance comfort.
Melexis, founded in 1988, is headquartered in Belgium and employs over 1,100 people in 19 locations worldwide. For more information, visit www.melexis.com
Melexis, founded in 1988, is headquartered in Belgium and employs over 1,100 people in 19 locations worldwide. For more information, visit www.melexis.com
About SoftKinetic
SoftKinetic is the leading provider of 3D vision technology for consumer electronics and industrial applications. More than ten years’ R&D has produced a unique blend of 3D vision technology covering three core areas:
- Active control: to allow the user to control devices using gestures instead of touch
- Context awareness: to enable devices to gather and use information about their environment, including location, time of day, user activity, and nearby users or devices.
- Real world acquisition: to collect accurate 3D models of the real world
About Rogers Corporation
Rogers Corporation is the world’s technology leader in innovative solutions providing high performance laminates for 24 Ghz and 77 GHz Radar Sensor applications in the Advanced Driver Assistance System. The Rogers RO4000 and RO3000 series materials enable the Radar Sensor to detect upcoming collision to prevent road accidents. Rogers’ materials enable the radar sensor as part of the active safety system to achieve the highest performance in all weather conditions. Rogers also provides innovative material solutions for V2X Communications, Telematics, Wireless infrastructure and Thermal management in Powertrain and LED applications.
About Codeplay
Codeplay Software connects AI to silicon, enabling the latest artificial intelligence and vision processing technologies to be safely hosted on heterogeneous processing systems. Codeplay’s ComputeSuite technology for automotive will provide ISO 26262 compliant platforms for enabling ADAS and the autonomous vehicle.[
SBG Systems
www.sbg-systems.com
Carrières-sur-Seine, France & Huntington Beach, USA
+33 (0)1 80 88 45 00
www.sbg-systems.com
Carrières-sur-Seine, France & Huntington Beach, USA
+33 (0)1 80 88 45 00
About SBG Systems
SBG Systems is a fast growing supplier of miniature, high performance and innovative motion sensing solutions. SBG Systems headquarters are based in Carrières-sur-Seine, France. SBG Systems offers a complete line of inertial sensors based on the state-of-the-art MEMS technology such as Attitude and Heading Reference System (AHRS), Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU), Inertial Navigation Systems with embedded GPS (INS/GPS), etc. This technology, combined with advanced calibration techniques offers miniature and low-cost solutions while maintaining a very high performance at every level. Our sensors are ideal for industrial, defense & research projects such as unmanned vehicle control.
About ESPROS Photonics
ESPROS Photonics is the foundry, product and technology solution provider for optoe-lectronics manufacturers, imager designers, and researchers. We serve our customers with the only non-captive high performance CMOS process with optical front end world-wide. The open-access ESPROS technology is available for everyone with the need to design photonics chips with outstanding optoelectronic performance. We serve biomedical, robotics, life science, automotive, space, automation and many more.
About Sunex
Sunex, Inc. is a privately owned US company established in 1997. We specialize in providing innovative and yet cost-effective optical solutions by delivering a US-based engineer to engineer support with high quality manufacturing in China. We have built a high quality manufacturing organization in China. This enables us to produce our designs in volume with the highest level of quality and the lowest possible cost.
The company’s USA facility is located in Carlsbad, CA near San Diego. We have a team of experienced optical engineers to work with our customers to identify the appropriate solutions to your optics needs. We can help you to achieve success by providing the most cost-effective optical solutions that are truly optimal for your applications. We distinguish ourselves by providing you with high quality optics that is delivered on time and the professional services and support that you’ve come to expect from a partner.
About XenomatiX
XenomatiX develops automotive Lidar solutions. The solid state Lidar technology allows vehicles to digitize and understand in real-time the road and its surrounding. The novel projection pattern leads to unprecedented detection reliability and operates in all weather and light conditions. XenomatiX offers laser-based, solid-state vision systems to create a high resolution pointcloud, resulting in highly accurate and reliable information of the road profile and possible obstacles. This metrology grade data can be used in a wide variety of automotive vision applications. Leading automotive companies have evaluated and approved this unique solution.
Kalray
www.kalrayinc.com
Grenoble, France and Los Altos, California, USA
+33 4 76 18 90 71
@Kalrayinc
www.kalrayinc.com
Grenoble, France and Los Altos, California, USA
+33 4 76 18 90 71
@Kalrayinc
About Kalray
Kalray Inc., is a fabless semiconductor company and pioneer in manycore processor solutions. Its products deliver a unique combination of high performance and low power consumption paired with real-time capabilities. These capabilities have proven to be particularly well-adapted to the autonomous vehicle and embedded technology markets. At the heart of its solutions, Kalray integrates its 288-core MPPA® processor – unmatched on the market for its ratio of performance/power consumption – to address sensor fusion, deep learning and number crunching applications within self-driving cars.
About CEVA
CEVA is the leading licensor of cellular, multimedia and connectivity technologies to semiconductor companies and OEMs serving the mobile, consumer, automotive and IoT markets. CEVA’s IP portfolio includes comprehensive technologies for computer vision and computational photography, advanced audio and voice processing, wireless baseband (2G, 3G & 4G LTE/LTE-A), connectivity (Wi-Fi & Bluetooth) and serial storage (SATA & SAS). CEVA’s state-of-the-art technology is primarily deployed in high volume markets including smartphones, mobile computing (tablets, notebooks, wearable devices), the Internet of Things (Bluetooth Low Energy Devices) the connected home (smartTVs, set-top-boxes, game consoles, access points, residential gateways), automotive, enterprise storage, infrastructure devices (small cells, base-stations) and industrial (Machine-2-Machine, smart grid, surveillance).
About Image Engineering
Image Engineering is the world’s leading independent test lab and test equipment manufacturer for digital imaging systems since 1997.
Starting with digital camera tests, our portfolio has continually expanded and includes mobile imaging, video, broadcasting, machine vision, surveillance, medical and automotive imaging or other areas where digital images play important roles.
Image Engineering’s uniqueness is being able to provide complete systems from the execution of standardized tests, development of our test software tools and production of high quality measuring devices and charts.
Well-known manufacturers also from automotive industry are our customers and test their products successfully using our equipment.
Starting with digital camera tests, our portfolio has continually expanded and includes mobile imaging, video, broadcasting, machine vision, surveillance, medical and automotive imaging or other areas where digital images play important roles.
Image Engineering’s uniqueness is being able to provide complete systems from the execution of standardized tests, development of our test software tools and production of high quality measuring devices and charts.
Well-known manufacturers also from automotive industry are our customers and test their products successfully using our equipment.
About STMicroelectronics
STMicroelectronics is among the world’s largest semiconductor companies, serving all electronics segments, with approximately 8,300 people working in R&D, ~15,000 owned patents in ~9,000 patent families and 500 new patent filings. STMicro are delivering solutions that are key to Smart Driving and the Internet of Things with a rich, balanced portfolio (ASICs, Application-Specific Standard Products and Multi-Segment Products).
Headquartered in Switzerland, the company has more than 75 sales and marketing offices in 35 countries and 11 main manufacturing sites, employing more than 40,000 people.
About SensL
SensL is the market leader of Silicon Photomultiplier low light sensors (SiPM). SiPMs are employed extensively in a wide range of markets including ADAS automotive applications where LiDAR is used for ranging and sensing. The single photon sensitivity of the SiPM coupled with its inherent stability with temperature variation, excellent uniformity and low cost makes it an ideal solution for automotive applications. With the SensL Technologies silicon photomultiplier product, designed and qualified to automotive specifications, Tier 1’s and OEMs now have a compelling alternative for their newest laser scanning requirements.
About b-plus
b-plus is an established and recognized partner of the automotive and mobile automation industry. With a strong focus on future technologies, b-plus develops complex hardware and software solutions for applications like advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and safety control units. Highly dynamic and innovative future technologies like autonomous driving and others are supported by our portfolio of diagnosis, development and measurement platforms. With a team of 100 employees b-plus supports its customers along their design and development process.
About Cogent Embedded
Founded in early 2012 by embedded open source industry experts, Cogent Embedded helps semiconductor vendors and device manufacturers create next-generation intelligent devices and revolutionary user experiences. The Cogent Embedded team brings deep, cross-industry experience to every engagement, with tenures at leading embedded software vendors, including MontaVista, Wind River, and Embedded Alley. Headquartered in the Silicon Valley, Cogent Embedded has development centers in Saint Petersburg, Russia and Espoo, Finland, with expanding local sales, support and engineering presence across North America, Europe and Asia.
About TetraVue
Founded in 2008, TetraVue’s Smart Vision products takes an entirely new approach to Time of Flight (TOF) technology and is the successful result of several years of experimental research. It’s designed to perform in a wide array of industries, ranging from autonomous vehicles, to engineering, robotics, as well as Virtual and Augmented reality applications. As the visualization needs of businesses and consumers become more sophisticated, increasingly complex machines require intelligent 3D vision for maximal efficiency. TetraVue’s technology captures high definition images, indoor or outdoor, and at long range with less power than a night light. Smart Vision for Smarter Machines
About Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) is a global semiconductor design and manufacturing company that develops analog ICs and embedded processors. By employing the world’s brightest minds, TI creates innovations that shape the future of technology. TI’s state-of-the-art semiconductor products allow manufacturers and system suppliers to deliver world-class features to the automotive market. Our extensive automotive portfolio includes power management, interface and analog signal chain solutions, along with DLP® displays, ADAS and infotainment processors, Hercules™ TMS570 safety microcontrollers and wireless connectivity solutions. TI offers SafeTI™ ICs designed to facilitate OEMs’ compliance with the requirements of ISO 26262, as well as parts specifically designated as compliant with the AEC-Q100 and TS16949 standards, all with excellent product documentation.
About Innoviz Technologies
Innoviz Technologies is an Israeli startup providing LiDAR remote sensing solutions for fully autonomous vehicles. InnovizOne™, our flagship High Definition Solid State LiDAR, enables smart and advanced 3D sensing of the vehicle’s surroundings. Driven by its proprietary HW & SW technologies, InnovizOne™ offers superior performance and accuracy meeting automotive grade reliability while significantly reducing both cost and size. Innoviz also provides Computer Vision solutions including Object Detection, Tracking, Classification, Accurate Mapping and Localization. Our growing team is comprised of leading experts in numerous fields such as Electro-Optics, Computer Vision, MEMS design, Signal Processing and System Architecture.
About Robar Public Relations
Robar Public Relations is a global resource of creative thinking headquartered on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit. Founded in 2005 and led by Colleen Robar, the agency prides itself on energetic communications for clients of all sizes. The majority of the agency’s work has focused on business-to-business companies, the media and the automotive industry.
About Imatest
Headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, Imatest has been a leader in image quality testing for over 10 years. Imatest software, test charts and consulting services enable clients to develop the best products possible. Our customers come from all industries, including mobile electronics, security, automotive and medical imaging. They use our software, resources and knowledge to test all manner of cameras, whether it’s satellites or camera phones, visible light or infrared.
About Fujikura Automotive
Fujikura Automotive Europe is part of the automotive business unit of Fujikura Group, and is specialized in the development and manufacturing of wire harnesses, seat sensors, plastic parts and electronic components for the automotive sector. Our main customers are the key players of European car industry. With production plants in Romania, Morocco, Russia and Ukraine and customer service centers in Spain, Germany, Czech Republic and Hungary we deliver development, manufacturing, sales, quality, logistics and purchasing services to all our customers in Europe. 131 years ago the Fujikura Corporation started to strive for research, new technology development, enabling and delivering technology solutions for its customers and achieves a yearly turnover of more than 5.5 Bn. U.S $.
About IEEE-SA
The IEEE Standards Association (IEEE-SA) is a leading consensus building organization that nurtures, develops and advances global technologies, through IEEE . We bring together a broad range of individuals and organizations from a wide range of technical and geographic points of origin to facilitate standards development and standards related collaboration. With collaborative thought leaders in more than 160 countries, we promote innovation, enable the creation and expansion of international markets and help protect health and public safety. Collectively, our work drives the functionality, capabilities and interoperability of a wide range of products and services that transform the way people live, work and communicate.
About Ann Arbor SPARK
Ann Arbor SPARK, an economic engine within southeast Michigan, is cultivating a network of business and manufacturing excellence. Whether you are launching your first startup, a seasoned entrepreneur, or the CEO of a Fortune 500 company, our services can help you succeed.
Propelling thought leadership and creative implementation, we concentrate our efforts on four innovation-driving industries: automotive and mobility; life sciences and healthcare; data and information; and technology. The services we provide include incubating and accelerating startups, showcasing our vibrant communities to site selectors and connecting job seekers with hopeful employers.
Headquartered in downtown Ann Arbor near the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor SPARK serves Washtenaw and Livingston counties.
About Washtenshaw Community College
For over 40 years, WCC’s open-door admissions policy, affordable tuition rates, and high-quality classes have attracted students from local communities and around the world. More than 18,000 register for credit classes each year, and thousands more enroll in Economic and Community Development classes. WCC’s diverse student body includes more than 1,000 students from over 100 foreign countries.
WCC’s small classes allow for lots of individual attention. The average class size is 23 students. That’s a fraction of the size of many basic classes at four-year colleges and universities.
WCC also emphasizes convenience. It offers classes seven days a week, at night, and online. And transferring is easy because WCC has agreements with four-year schools throughout Michigan.
About CEI-Europe
CEI Europe supplies professional training courses aimed at new and established professionals in electronic engineering, including education on the recent advances in Microelectronics and Photonics, Sensors and Imaging, Semiconductor Technology and Devices, Circuit Design, Signal Processing and Telecommunications.
CEI-Europe is internationally renowned for the quality of its continuing education programs for engineering professionals and we use only the very best lecturers available. Our instructors are internationally recognised in their respective fields, and have the pedagogic ability to impart technological expertise to a professional audience.
CEI-Europe is internationally renowned for the quality of its continuing education programs for engineering professionals and we use only the very best lecturers available. Our instructors are internationally recognised in their respective fields, and have the pedagogic ability to impart technological expertise to a professional audience.
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