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:: Research
The GM Collaborative Research Lab @ Carnegie Mellon
University’s four research thrusts are Dependable
Embedded Systems, Design Methodologies, Human
Computer Interaction, and Wired and Wireless Multimedia.
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Car Demo
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Embedded Systems
Goal: To improve automotive safety and reliability by
adapting vehicle electronic configurations and functionality in
situations in which the vehicle, the driver, or both are not operating
at peak effectiveness.
Methods: Create and demonstrate new architectures, methodologies,
and tools that result in fundamental advances within GM core technology
related to the distributed embedded system lifecycle.
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Design
Methodologies
Goal: To enable vehicle-level design, simulation, and
validation of the computer system for the automobile of the future.
Methods:
- Design and analyze complex systems that
include both hardware and software models.
- Detect logical errors in embedded computing
systems.
- Investigate and develop a semantic model
to which all vehicle-level computation will be consistently specified
and simulated.
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Human
Computer Interaction
Goal: To improve security and driver-vehicle interfaces
by building a car that is capable of analyzing the driver's intention
and watching the physical and mental status of the driver for any
impairments or information overload.
Methods: Focus efforts around the Driver Information Cycle:
- Acquire information from the driver and
the environment.
- Process and manage the information.
- Present the information to the driver.
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Wired
and Wireless Multimedia
Goal: To enable the exchange of information between vehicles
on the road, between vehicles and fixed network access points, and
between vehicles and portable appliances within the vehicles, using
wireless communications systems.
Methods:
- Conduct research into reliable, cost-effective
communications systems that support the vision of the automobile
as a multimedia information platform.
- Meet communication needs ranging from the exchange
of short messages containing traffic and road hazard information
to the delivery of multimedia entertainment.
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