Listen to Prith Banerjee, Chief Technology Officer of $25 billion software simulation firm ANSYS, discuss the benefits of applying physics-based simulation with machine learning techniques. Prith describes how his career in IoT has convinced him that ANSYS is the right platform to influence asset performance management, predictive analytics, digital twins, and real-time product design feedback. These advances reduce product development cost, improve quality, improve service margins, and will significantly change workflows.
Listen to Reilly Brennan, co-founder and partner at early-stage venture fund Trucks VC, discuss his investments in the transportation and autonomy space. Reilly describes how his investment criteria and portfolio have changed over time and shares his thoughts on the Future of Transportation.
Listen to A. Charles Thomas, PhD., Chief Data & Analytics Officer of General Motors discuss how data analytics are influencing every part of GM. Charles describes his objectives, processes and success metrics for bringing a “data centric” approach to the ogranizations where he has led data analytics, including GM, Wells Fargo and USAA Insurance.
CES was kind enough to reach out to us, suggest we record an episode from the floor of the 2019 CES show, and offer us studio space.
Hear our reflections on CES as an event, as an auto show, and as a consumer electronics show. We chatted with the CEO/Founder of May Mobility (autonomous shuttles) and the VP of Strategy for NovuMind (AI chip).
Listen to Mamatha Chamarthi, Chief Digital Officer of ZF Group, a $40 billion revenue German Tier 1 auto supplier, discuss the future of transportation and the influence of autonomy, connectivity, electrification and sharing. Hear her insights on how a large organization like ZF fosters innovation and transitions electromechanical excellence into a “See. Think. Act.” mantra through digital technologies. What are ZF’s strategies for creating, finding and adopting new methods and technologies?
Listen to Swamy Kotagiri, Chief Technology Officer and also the President of the Power & Vision Division of $40 billion Tier 1 auto supplier Magna International, discuss the future of transportation and the influence of autonomy, connectivity, electrification and sharing. Hear his insights on a large organization like Magna stays at the cutting edge. What are Magna’s different styles of partnership with innovators such as Lyft, and why?
Electric vehicle adoption will threaten automotive profit distribution sooner than expected and much sooner than unit volumes would imply. Tesla has brought about this and many other large but less-noticed changes & threats. The Company has been afforded unprecedented (and sometimes counterproductive) latitude by customers, investors & the media.
Electric vehicle adoption will threaten automotive profit distribution sooner than expected and much sooner than unit volumes would imply. Tesla has brought about this and many other large but less-noticed changes & threats. The Company has been afforded unprecedented (and sometimes counterproductive) latitude by customers, investors & the media.
Listen to Alysia Green, Chief Information Officer of Chevron’s upstream energy exploration business, describe the interaction of Information Technology and Operational Technology. She discusses what’s shared and what’s different, from an IT perspective, between “conventional” exploration and “unconventionals” (such as fracking in the Permian Basin). Learn about the practical solutions derived from today’s Big Data and artificial intelligence, and machine learning technologies. Alysia describes the influence of human factors and safety on IT decisions.
Listen to Behrooz Abdi, Chief Executive Officer of TDK InvenSense, describe the genesis of the microelectromechanical or MEMS sensor. Behrooz explains why he thinks many years of growth and innovation is ahead for the industry, how sensor fusion can provide smart answers at the network edge without needing to access the cloud, and why smartphone sensors are encroaching on industrial applications. Behrooz describes why the acquisition of public company InvenSense by TDK was the right decision from a technology and manufacturing perspective.
Listen to Bill Ruh, Chief Executive Officer of GE Digital, describe the genesis of GE Digital in 2011 when he joined GE from Cisco. Bill explains the lessons learned in establishing the leading industrial internet of things player and why GE Digital’s offerings are what they are today. Listen to Bill describe how to innovate within a large company.
Listen to Eddie Amos, Chief Technical Officer of GE explain how, since joining GE Digital via its acquisition of Meridium, he has focused on digital products ranging from manufacturing solutions to Asset Performance Management (APM) applications and other technologies that allow customers to digitize their operations and unlock the productivity of industrial equipment.
Listen to Mark Farrell, the Mayor of San Francisco, explain why he wrote an open letter to Autonomous Vehicle companies requesting enhanced cooperation with municipal authorities. Hear the Mayor describe the outcomes from the resulting Safety Briefing, with presentations from Zoox and GM Cruise. Whay sensitized the Mayor to autonomous vehicles, well before the recently publicized and highly unfortunate fatal accidents.
Listen to Y Combinator 2018 Winter Event graduates Mike and Jack Ross, co-founders of Beanstalk, describe their objectives, challenges, and solutions for indoor farming.
Understand how Beanstalk uses spin-offs of technologies outside of agriculture to make its approach successful.
Listen to Y Combinator 2018 Winter Event graduates Igino Cafiero and Aubrey Donnellan, co-founders of Bear Flag Robotics, describe their objectives, challenges, and solutions automating tractors that services orchards.
Understand how Bear Flag focuses on the near-term-possible in autonomy to target near-term commercial deployments.
Listen to William Santana Li, Founder and CEO of Knightscope, and a Ford Motor Company veteran, describe how he’s raised $40MM without venture capital to build the leading security robot company.
Understand how Knightscope focuses on the near-term-possible in autonomy to achieve commercial deployments today.
Listen to Chuhee Lee, Vice President of Technology and Strategy, a veteran of Volkswagen of America’s Electronic Research Lab, describe how his group’s activities improve the user experience for the 11 million vehicles a year that the VW Group manufactures.
We’ll explore vehicle infotainment, autonomy, customization, and the evolving concept of “luxury”.
Listen to Josh Switkes, CEO and co-founder of Peloton Technology, describe how his company enables safe tailgating between trucks, helping the industry save fuel and improve safety. Understand why the company has raised $80MM from the likes of Intel, UPS and Volvo.
What’s unique about trucking? Why is Peloton’s implementation of limited autonomy, a proprietary truck communication technology, and a network operating center proving to be the right approach? How does regulation influence Peloton?
In Part 3, we discuss recent progress and prospects for widely available, substantially autonomous vehicles. We’ll look at advances and leaders.
In this 3-part segment, we ask and answer: What’s real and what’s not in “self-driving?” Which advances have near-term applications, and which vehicles are driving themselves already? In Part 1, we quantified the enormous size of the transportation industry, and how that size means there’s no reason to exaggerate autonomy claims: partial autonomy and unrelated technology advances are making a big difference in everything from energy sources, to safety, to infotainment, and to utilization rates. In Part 2, we reviewed the history, challenges, and over promises in the field of vehicle autonomy.
In Part 2, we review the history, challenges, and over promises in the field of vehicle autonomy.
In this 3-part segment, we ask and answer: What’s real and what’s not in “self-driving?” Which advances have near-term applications, and which vehicles are driving themselves already? In Part 1, we quantified the enormous size of the transportation industry, and how that size means there’s no reason to exaggerate autonomy claims: partial autonomy and unrelated technology advances are making a big difference in everything from energy sources, to safety, to infotainment, and to utilization rates. In Part 3, we will discuss recent progress and prospects for widely available, substantially autonomous vehicles. We’ll look at advances and leaders.
What’s real and what’s not in “self-driving?” Which advances have near-term applications, and which vehicles are driving themselves already? In Part 1, we quantify the enormous size of the transportation industry, and how that size means there’s no reason to exaggerate autonomy claims: partial autonomy and unrelated technology advances are making a big difference in everything from energy sources, to safety, to infotainment, and to utilization rates.
In Part 2, we’ll review the history, challenges, and over promises in vehicle autonomy. In Part 3, we’ll discuss recent progress and prospects for widely available, substantially autonomous vehicles. We’ll look at advances and leaders.
Ali Tabibian of GTK Partners will roadmap this series, describing how we’ll help Dear Listeners understand the world of artificial intelligence, data science, connectivity and sensors through their applications in cars and machines. He’ll answer your burning questions:
What is this series about anyway?
Why is tech in cars and machines so closely related?
Who are these GTK guys anyway, and why should I listen to them?
We’ll make it fun to digest our nutrient-packed, thoughtful content for those of you who like to learn.