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Automotive Research Center

Agenda

The 2024 agenda will be updated as details are confirmed. The previous 2023 agenda can be sampled in the Archives.

This year features our first co-event Summit on Advancing Modeling and Simulation for AGVs (SAMS AGV).

2024 Day 1 - June 5

8:00 AM	Light Breakfast
9:00	Opening Remarks
9:20	Keynote: COL Ryan A. Howell Program Manager, Main Battle Tank Systems, Program Executive Office Ground Combat Systems
9:55	Keynote: Dr. Alvaro Velasquez Program Manager, Transfer from Imprecise and Abstract Models to Autonomous Technologies (TIAMAT), DARPA
10:30	Break
10:45	Case Study 1: Through the Virtual Lens: Improving Human-Robot Team Performance via Training Reviews with a Virtual Spectator Interface (abstract)
11:30	Case Study 2: What's a Little Dirt in the Eye? Detection and Adaptive Planning for Off-Road Autonomous Navigation under Soiled Sensors (abstract)
12:15 PM	Group Photo \| Lunch
1:30	Technical Session 1 (matrix of parallel sessions)
	Session 1.A \| Session 1.B \| Session 1.C
3:30 - 6:30	Poster Session and Reception Reception begins at 4:30pm

2024 Day 2 - June 6

8:00 AM	Light Breakfast
9:00	Day 2 Opening Remarks
9:10	Debate Details TBA
10:20	Break
10:35	Technical Session 2 (matrix of parallel sessions)
	Session 2.A \| Session 2.B \| Session 2.C
12:40 PM	Awards & Lunch Announcing Winners of Best Student Poster Competition Announcing Recipient of ARC Excellence in Research Award (ARC-ERA)

	Summit on Advancing Modeling and Simulation for Autonomous Ground Vehicles (SAMS AGV)
2:15	Welcome and Opening Remarks Dr. Daniel Carruth Associate Director, Center for Advanced Vehicular Systems, Mississippi State University Dr. Bogdan Epureanu Director, Automotive Research Center, University of Michigan Dr. David Gorsich Chief Scientist, DEVCOM Ground Vehicle Systems Center (GVSC)
2:30	Addressing DoD Challenges in Modeling and Simulation at the Automotive Research Center Panel discussion with the Automotive Research Center thrust leaders; ARC efforts to address DoD challenges in M&S Panelists Jon Smereka, GVSC (Invited) Paramsothy Jayakumar, GVSC Katie Sebeck, GVSC Vamshi Korivi, GVSC Matt Castanier, GVSC Steve Rapp, GVSC
3:30	Break
3:45	Standards Panel Discussion of current efforts to support standardization, interoperability and portability of simulations Panelists Aaron Prather, American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) TBA
4:45	Speaker TBA
5:30	Networking / Social Event

2024 Day 3 - June 7

8:00 AM	Light Breakfast
9:00	Opening Remarks
9:05	Keynote Speaker: COL Ryan M. Howell Chief of Staff, Next Generation Combat Vehicle Cross-Functional Team (NGCV CFT)
9:40	Industry Panel: Discussion of industry support for M&S in off-road environments.
10:40	Break
10:50	Working Sessions Focused roundtable conversations: multiple breakout rooms, moderated group discussion, each room assigned a topic area and primed with material to drive discussion, try to achieve equal parts education and idea generation, unpacking recent successes, current challenges, and future of autonomous vehicle simulation.
	Main Room – Technical Presentations Peilin Song, ERDC Mihir Acharya, Mathworks Dithoto Modungwa, CSIR Joe Auchter, SWRI Breakout Session #1 – Cybersecurity and Communications M&S Breakout Session #2 – Simulation Fidelity Moderator: Chris Goodin, Mississippi State U. Breakout Session #3 – Test Design for Autonomous Ground Vehicles Moderator: Buhrmann Gates, ERDC
11:50	Break
12:00 PM	Speaker TBA Presentation on expanded horizons in off-road autonomy – other application areas, challenges not yet addressed, etc.
12:40	Wrap Up
12:50 - 3:00 PM	Lunch Reception and Networking

ARC contact: arc-event-inquiries@umich.edu

SAMS AGV contact: samsagv.admin@cavs.msstate.edu