Research Issues and Approaches for Connected and Automated Vehicles

Driverless and/or environment-friendly cars have recently received a great deal of attention from media and almost all industry and government sectors due mainly to their great potential impacts on safety, economy, and environments. In particular, enabling vehicles to communicate with one another via wireless devices holds the potential to automate vehicles while dramatically improving safety, reducing congestion, and conserving energy. To move toward realization of this potential, we have been conducting research into various issues, including: Automation of vehicle sensing and control; Vehicle safety and passenger comfort; Securing information communication and computation; Developing environment-friendly solutions. In this talk, I will discuss various issues and approaches related to security of connected and automated vehicles.