Click here to download the Call for Papers.
Please submit your abstract on the following topics:
1) Drive Train Electrification
Is the hybrid a transitional solution?
Total Energy & Life Cycle Assessment
Start/stop systems: Requirements an integration
Is the electric drive goal-oriented?
Infrastructure
Energy storage technologies and management
Suitability for daily use, reliability and safety aspects
2) From comfort to safety function?
Functions and systems for advances driver assistance systems, passenger an pedestrian protection
Methods for integrated development (processes, architecture, SIL standard, accountability)
Customer acceptance/understanding of the functions
Integration and merging, new sensors/sensors fusion
Human-machine interface
C2X/Infrastructure/E-Call
Domain-spanning cooperation (e.g. chassis, body, safety)
3) Electronics Concepts meeting demand for new markets – Electronics in low price vehicles
Regional market requirements and approaches
Legal restrictions
Competition between sites/distributed development/local content
Which functions does the customer need?
Scalable Architecture
4) Infotainment
Synchronization and integration with portable devices
Wireless transmission in the driver environment
Human-machine interface
Upgradability and digital rights management (DRM)
Effects of demographic development
Natural language dialogue
5) Electronics in the process chain
EE Development processes and tools
Service-oriented development
Standardization of processes and requirements
Production-geared development
Cooperation models (internal and external)
Long-term spare party supply
6) EE system architecture, tools, components and sensors
System architecture, system partitioning, signal distribution and bus systems
Design to Cost, scalability, flexibility
Weight reduction in/by electronics
Lighting electronics
Implementation and roll out strategies of standards, e.g. Autosar, Flexray
High-speed/high-temperature electronics and components
7) Standardisation vs. Diversification
Meaningful use of resources (e.g. how can the release expenditure for variants be reduced?)
What has Autosar actually achieve?
Modular kits for the industry
Use and limits of Standardisation (process, product)
Are you an expert in any area mentioned under the key topics
listed below? If so, why not make an active contribution to the
success of this conference by presenting a paper?
Please submit a summary covering no more than one A4 page. It should reach us by 6th March 2009 at the latest. You can register together with your paper proposal here.
Your summary must include:
The informative title of your paper
Details of the person presenting the paper and his co-authors (names, job title and contact data)
An indication of the contents with specific information
A statement regarding the level of innovation
The key theme area the paper comes under
Details of previous publications on the subject
