Diploma Thesis: IoT based Weather Information System for Autonomous Driving

AVL, Graz

With 11,500 employees worldwide, AVL is the world's largest independent company for the development, simulation and testing of powertrain systems (hybrid, combustion engine, transmission, electric drive, batteries, fuel cell and control technology) for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, construction, large engines and their integration into the vehicle. Environmental and weather conditions are crucial influence parameters on advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous driving (AD). To evaluate their performance regarding perception and safety it is important to not only acquire ADAS/AD sensor data (from Radar, Lidar, Camera, etc.) but also environmental conditions.

TASKS

Development and validation of a weather information system consisting of various weather sensors
Data acquisition and classification of weather and environmental conditions (e.g. rain, fog, illuminance, humidity) relevant for ADAS/AD
Data uplink to an analytics platform including: GPS timestamp & localization of acquired weather data Consolidated weather data

FIELDS OF STUDY

Telematics / Informatics
Electrical / Electronic Engineering

REQUIREMENTS

Strong programming skills in LabVIEW / NI CompactRIO-Controller programming
Electrical, electronic & mechanical engineering experience
Understanding of IoT systems

Remuneration: The successful completion of the thesis is remunerated with a one-time fee of EUR 2,600 before tax. According to the Austrian Employment of Foreign Nationals Act it is unfortunately not possible to assign graduate work to third-country citizens (Non-EU citizens) who study at a university abroad.

CONTACT

Dr. techn. Georg Brunnhofer
Research Engineer, ITS/TRN Nanophysics and Sensor Technology
Tel.:
E-Mail: georg.brunnhofer@avl.com
www.avl.com/master-and-phd-thesis