26th October 2021, Modena Italy

As autonomous vehicle technology is entering a period of development maturity, fail-operational behaviour becomes pivotal to bringing this technology to a wider audience. Fail-operational behaviour is essential in handling safety-critical situations on its own, which directly impacts safety perception of AV users and the technology adoption rate. Bringing safe automated driving in urban and rural environments was one of the main factors for PRYSTINE project.

PRYSTINE project’s final review event will showcase all the work that has been done by 60 partners over the last 42 months. On 27th -28th of October Project Management team will present project’s achievements to reviewers during hybrid meeting in Modena, Italy. The rest of consortium partners will join the discussions online, via Webex platform.

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29th September 2021, Vienna, Austria

The Autonomous event, which this year was held on 29th of September 2021 at The Hofburg, the Imperial Palace in Vienna, brought together the world’s major mobility stakeholders to shape the future of safe autonomous vehicles. This year’s event slogan was “Untying the knot”, in other words, solving these complex challenges by sharing knowledge, engaging in conversations, and creating an inclusive international community to pave the way for safe autonomous mobility. The flagship event tackling the biggest challenges for safe autonomous mobility included: hybrid panel discussions, inspiring keynotes, in-person workshops, virtual roundtables, and networking opportunities. PRYSTINE project was presented in a workshop, which discussed the role and importance that R&D plays in the innovation process. PRYSTINE project was represented by George Dimitrakopoulos from Infineon Technologies AG and Anna Ryabokon from TTTech Computertechnik AG, who highlighted developments of the project in “PRYSTINE: Key safety challenges & result” presentation.

Metis Baltic Managing director Athanasios Giamas and Director of Research and Innovation Gabrielė Keraitė also participated in this event. As communication and dissemination managers of the project they strived to create valuable connections through networking and other social activities, that would not benefit this as well as other projects in the future.

29th June 2021 - online

On the 29th of June, PRYSTINE had its 3rd (online) review. Supply Chain and Work Package leaders updated Reviewers on project developments and achievements.

Global pandemic made the last year quite challenging and pushed back the project timeline. Despite all that, consortium partners worked hard to meet project objectives and expectations set during the 2nd review. And their valiant effort didn’t go unnoticed by the reviewers.

As we all head into final stretch of the project, we hope that in the final review, held later this year, we will be able to meet face-to-face and perform live demonstrations on the racing track.

14th May 2021 - online

We introduce to you PRYSTINE project`s 6^th newsletter. In this newsletter, you will find useful information on system validation activities, project management team activities, and dissemination events, that took place from November 2020 to April 2021. Stay tuned for further updates on the project!

14th May 2021 - online

We introduce to you PRYSTINE project’s 5th newsletter. In this newsletter, you will find an overview of project management team events and dissemination activities from April to November 2020. During this period PRYSTINE team performed demonstrations and tests integral to the future development of the project. We urge you to read about these developments in the newsletter below.

PRYSTINE PRESENTED AT EUCAD21!

20th – 22nd April 2021 - online

We are Happy to announce, that PRYSTINE project was presented in Connected and Automated Driving Conference EUCAD21.

EUCAD 2021 is a high-level and evidence-based conference where policy challenges meet innovative solutions to deliver on societal benefits. The event is the only conference in Europe that brings together political leaders from the European Commission and Member States with high-level representatives of industry, knowledge institutes and road authorities to exchange knowledge and experience on the most recent technological developments and policies in the area of CCAM.

PRYSTINE project was presented with online booth, presentations, and engaging project videos, that you can watch below.

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25th - 26th Nov 2020- online

The project partners presented the Prystine project together with similar AutoDrive and recent new ADACORSA projects in the European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems (EFECS). Prystine project partners have compiled a project booth visuals and information on lighthouse initiatives, Lighthouse mobility. E and Lighthouse industry 4.E.

EFECS is organized annually by AENEAS, ARTEMIS-IA, EPoSS, ECSEL Joint Undertaking, and the European Commission. This year was different, as the focus was heightened on the occurring COVID19 crisis and its impact on Europe's ECS value chain. Additionally, funding opportunities were presented together with project pitches covering the healthcare sector, mobility, and industry4.0. To facilitate further discussions and overlook the future opportunities, separate sessions were created for each sector. It has expanded our cross-sectoral knowledge and know-how.

Thank you for everyone stopping by our booth. We hope all your questions were answered, and we are looking forward to seeing you next time, with even more updates about our project's results!

8th Jul 2020, Lebring, Austria

Virtual Vehicle Research GmbH successfully realized demonstrator 2.4 referred to as “Passenger Vehicle for Low-Speed Autonomy – PVLSA” on the ÖAMTC test track located in Lang/Lebring, Austria. This demonstrator strongly supports PRYSTINE’s vision enabling Fail-operational Urban Surround perception (FUSION), which is based on robust Radar and LiDAR sensor fusion and control functions to enable safe automated driving in urban and rural environments.

In detail

Occupancy grid Filtering

            Point cloUd segmentation

                          Semantic segmentation

      Object detectIon

                Multi-Object tracking

            Path plaNning for parking

was successfully verified under real-world conditions on the test track.

19th - 21st November Helsinki, Finland

The Prystine project together with similar AutoDrive and recent new AI4DI and NewControl projects were presented by the project partners in the European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems (EFECS). Cooperating partners from all projects have organized a large joint project booth with posters and videos representing each project individually and generally reflecting the connection that links all projects, such as lighthouse initiatives, Lighthouse mobility.E and Lighthouse industry 4.E.

EFECS is the international forum with a focus on ‘Our Digital Future’ along the Electronic Components and Systems value chain in Europe. The event was jointly organized by AENEAS, ARTEMIS-IA, EPoSS, ECSEL Joint Undertaking, and the European Commission, in association with EUREKA. It was a very successful event with numerous opportunities to learn more about the latest developments, cooperation and funding possibilities in the ECS Community.

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4th - 8th November 2019, Graz, Austria

The Prystine Team participated in the 2019 IEEE ICCVE in Graz last month. During the Conference the latest innovations on CAV's were presented to the audience. On schedule had been Panel discussions, Presentations to various automotive themes and several known keynote speakers like Mykel Kochenderferfer from the stanford university or Thomas Kuehbeck from BMW.

27th of September 2019, Modena, Italy

On the 27th of September PRYSTINE took a chance to be presented at Annual “Researchers night” which is happening on the same night all over Europe dedicated to involving society to actively participate in science. This time PRYSTINE was presented at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, in Italy, where the project was introduced to both young and mature people starting with preschool children, ending with seniors. The project booth attracted many visitors and sparked many interesting discussions with the project representing partners.

26th - 27th of September 2019, Modena, italy

On 26th-27th of September Project Management Team (PMT) together with the invited Innovation Technology and Advisory Board (ITAB) gathered to discuss the progress after the 1st review and to discuss the necessary actions to be taken. The main purpose of this meeting was to discuss lessons learned from the 1st review, status and open issues, interactions, risks and mitigation in SCs and WPs level.

24th - 26th of September 2019, Brussels, Belgium

On 24th – 26th of September the PRYSTINE project participated in European Research and Innovation Days (European R&I Days), where project partners together with the ECSEL JU team organized to show the latest demonstrators developed within PRYSTINE for the project booth in the event. PRYSTINE together with AutoDrive project were presented for over 200 visitors at the joint projects’ booth with several demonstrators in face to face discussions, and in general, for 3000 visitors auditorium via event wrap up video of the three days event. PRYSTINE project presented two technical demonstrators: Demo 1.3 Radar and Demo 1.1 LiDAR which received exceptional attention from the visitors for its interactive representation, including:

• Ms. Maria da Graça Carvalho -Member of European Parliament;
• Mr Krasimir Valchev (Minister of Education and Science in Bulgaria),
• Mr David Talbot (European Research Coordinator for Transport for London),
• Ms Lauma Sika (Counsellor at Ministry of Education and Science of Latvia),
• Ms Lucie Beaumel (European Green Vehicles Initiative).

5th of July 2019, Brusseles, Belgium

On the 5th of July the 1st review meeting was held in Brussels, Belgium at the ECSEL JU headquarters. Project Managing Team (PMT) and individual partners representing project demonstrators gathered to introduce the Reviewers with the overall project status after the first year. Leaders of Supply Chains and Work Packages presented the achieved results, deliverables, and milestones, and gave a glimpse into near-future plans and activities, focusing especially on the planned technological demonstrators. 1st  year review meeting culminated with a session of two demonstrators and a few demonstration-videos showing early progress which was highly appreciated.

17-18 of June 2019, Bucharest

PRYSTINE together with other Lighthouse Mobility.E projects AutoDrive, AI4DI and NewControl was presented during the ECSEL JU Symposium 2019 ‘Shaping digital innovation’. The Symposium took place in Bucharest Palace of Parliament, Romania on the 17-18 of June 2019. The event gathered a wide range of European and global stakeholders in the Electronics Components and Systems domain, including industry representatives, research and financial experts, policy decision-makers, and key opinion leaders.

The ECSEL JU Symposium 2019 provided an excellent opportunity and space for the ECSEL JU projects to present their progress and results to date, to disseminate the scientific and technological achievements, and to cast light on their contributions to the programme. This year in line with the digitization theme, projects presented their results in digital form: videos, digital posters, project presentations, and photo displays.
PRYSTINE was represented by project partners MetisBaltic, Institute of Electronics and Computer Science, AVL, Infineon Technologies, and TTTech.

During the Symposium, visionaries introduced new trends and new perspectives in the digital sector, focusing on how digital transformation will change the world. The audience was captivated by Martin Wezowski’s speech about digital society and digital transformation. Furthermore, fascinating insights about the impact of the ECSEL JU contribution to the EU synergy and complementarity strategy for the ECS sector were presented.

21/23.05.2019 Vilnius Lithuania

On 21st-23rd of May the 1st review preparation meeting was held in Vilnius, Lithuania, organised by project dissemination partner Metis Baltic. Project Managing Team (PMT) and individual partners gathered to discuss the overall status of the project ahead of the 1st Review. Project partners presented the overall project status after the first year, and discussed the challenges for the second year. Leaders of Supply Chains and Work Packages presented the achieved results, deliverables and milestones, and gave a glimpse into near future plans and activities, focusing especially on the planned technological demonstrators. This successful meeting was crowned with an impressive dinner with a marvellous view of the Trakai Castle and live choir music.

2nd May 2019

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02/04.04.2019 in Helsinki, Finland

On the 2^nd of April PRYSTINE project management team (PMT) met at the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency (Traficom). During this meeting, PMT members internally discussed the progress of the project on the Supply Chain and Work Package level. One key subject of discussion was the preparation for the first review: available demonstrators that could be shown and presentation of the project’s progress up to date were discussed.

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24/25.01.2019 in Amberg, Germany

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The quarterly meeting of the steering committee and the work package for embedded systems (WP4) took place at the OTH Amberg-Weiden. Prof. Höß was pleased to welcome the approx. 30 members of the PRYSTINE steering committee and selected other European partners to the OTH in Amberg as vice president of the university. During the meetings in Amberg, in additional partners were involved online, the progress of the project on the work package and supply chain level was evaluated and interface topics were discussed. All in all, it turned out that all the work was in line with the project planning. The next meetings will take place in Helsinki (April), Vilnius (May/June). In addition, the first review by the European funding agency will be held in Brussels on the 5th of July.

20/22.11.2018 in Lisbon, Portugal

PRYSTINE, together with other Lighthouse Mobility.E related projects AutoDrive and 3Ccar, was presented during the European Forum for Electronic Components and Systems (EFECS2018) in Lisbon, Portugal. Project partners have organized an impressive joint conference booth with project posters and technological demonstrators: in-wheel motor and inverter, and highly integrated 4x4 MIMO 79GHz radar module.

EFECS is the international forum with a focus on ‘Our Digital Future’ along the Electronic Components and Systems value chain in Europe. The organizers of this event, AENEAS, ARTEMIS-IA, EPoSS, ECSEL Joint Undertaking and the European Commission, in association with EUREKA, had joined forces to bring all stakeholders together for this event. EFECS provided numerous opportunities to learn more about the latest developments, cooperation, and funding possibilities in the ECS Community.

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14.11.2018 in Bologna, Italy

On 14^th of November 2018, experts from PRYSTINE partner Maserati started co-teaching activities at MUNER: Motorvehicle University of Emilia-Romagna, located in Italian Motor Valley. The teaching course is part of the Advanced Automotive Electronic Engineering teaching program. This program aims to educate electronic engineers with a solid knowledge of the methods and tools that make electronics the foundation of all the systems that collect, process, transmit and store information, with a particular emphasis on the electronic subsystems that are embedded in vehicles and future vehicles.

The first seminar, presented by Maserati representatives, was focused on ADAS systems. Experts from Maserati presented the PRYSTINE collaboration during the first lecture, inviting students to familiarize themselves with the state-of-the-art research of European partnerships.

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During the final review of 3Ccar the third ECA2030 event will be held, bringing together a large number of stakeholders and initiating discussions in an exhibition space of project’s technical demonstrators. The event will take place in Graz on 09.10.2018 at 16:30 – 18:30 in the Hans-List Center.

We will share results about translated complexity of today’s cars into semiconductors and discuss the major results seen in demonstrations, as well as discuss about changing the mind-set in terms of the safety requirements of highly automated in order to discuss the next evolution cycles, technology gaps and limits of today´s technologies to pave the way for the electric, connected, automated car for the 2030 customer (ECA-cars).

Background for the Mobility.E light house and the networking events ECA2030

• In 2030, the electric, connected and automated car will become mainstream. On a global scale, today´s yearly manufacturing volume of more than 80 Mio conventional cars will contain a share of estimated 40 Mio ECA-cars in 2030, which have to be produced in a sustainable way.
• As a consequence of this disruptive change, we need to define not only the needed technology basis, but also to identify possible gaps to gain and keep the sovereignty and the IP to build our cars in and for Europe. 
• ECA2030 is especially driven along the ECS value chain by research topics based on semiconductors, embedded control, seamless communication, advanced algorithms and system integration including the needed materials. Key migration parameter, the DNA of the technologies, must be defined for the next evolution cycles.

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29/30.05.2018 Infineon, Munich

The PRYSTINE project started with a kick-off meeting which took place on May 29^th  - 30^th 2018, at the Infineon Kubus in Munich. The kick-off was inaugurated by the project coordinator Prof. Dr. Eng. George Dimitrakopoulos (IFAG) and Mr Herbert Roedig (IFAG). Work Package Leaders presented the planning of their work packages for the first year of the project. Supply Chain Leaders gave thought-provoking overviews of the key issues related to technology areas. The main objectives for the meeting were to set the official start of the project, to establish connections between all partners, to provide clarifications about administrative aspects, and to define the specific work that each participant is going to fulfil during the project lifetime.