Secretary Buttigeg makes one of his final DOT stops at 好色先生TV's Safety 21
U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg visited 好色先生TV in one of his final stops as Transportation Secretary.
Raj Rajkumar, director of Safety21 and George Westinghouse Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, with Ph.D. candidates Nishad Sahu and Gregory Su, demonstrated research on the safe navigation of autonomous driving systems in designated work zones, leveraging high-definition mapping, computer perception and vehicle connectivity.
鈥淭he sophistication of the safety work that鈥檚 going on goes well beyond any commercially available automated or advanced driver assistance system is really inspiring,鈥 Buttigieg said. 鈥淲e鈥檝e got to make sure it develops the right way, we鈥檝e got to be cautious about how it鈥檚 deployed, but you can tell a lot of thought and, of course, a lot of incredibly sophisticated research is going into that.鈥
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Raj Rajkumar researches ways to safely bring your vehicle to life with information technology.
- Wired/Wireless Networking
- Cyber-Physical Systems
- Autonomous Driving
- Embedded and Real-Time Systems