Program Information:

The Indy Autonomous Challenge (IAC)  was ambitiously conceived of as a wheel-to-wheel race of fully autonomous race cars on the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS) oval. Although a multi-car race didn’t materialize as envisioned, an exciting and boundary pushing competition was still held on schedule at IMS on October 23, 2021. The success of that IAC competition has since led to a follow-on competition at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway during the 2022 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) on January 7: the Autonomous Challenge at CES. For this presentation, Dr. Kris Kozak will give a behind the scenes look at the process that led up to the original competition, provide insight into the technologies used in the cars, and touch on some of the unique challenges that were faced by competitors.

Speaker Information:

Kris is an experienced researcher, developer and problem solver with a demonstrated history working globally to provide customized solutions in the dynamic fields of self-driving & autonomous vehicles, robotics, systems and software. Skilled in vehicle localization, control and perception with high-level experience developing software in C++, Matlab and Python.  Kris earned his Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on robotics from Georgia Institute of Technology and currently serves as vice-chair of the LSS Robotics and Automation Society Chapter.   This past year he was involved in the Indy Autonomous Challenge. He will give his presentation virtually.

Again, there will be a physical meeting location as well as on-line participation. In-person attendees are welcome to bring their own lunch or purchase a meal at the SwRI Cafeteria which offers a variety of food to choose from.

Also, we are limited to 16 in-person participants due to capacity restraints, and are required to obtain the attendees’ names to permit their entry onto SWRI’s campus. In order to facilitate planning, please indicate (Via V-Tools link below) if you will attend the meeting at SwRI or participate virtually.

All virtual participants may join via Zoom.

The Virtual (Zoom) link will be provided on the day of the presentation.

Please register for this event at: https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/298801