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Tuesday, July 01

10:00 AM - 10:30 AM

Live in Berlin

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As vehicles evolve from driver assistance toward full autonomy, the boundary between human and machine control becomes increasingly critical. In Level 2 and Level 3 autonomous systems, maintaining safe and intuitive transitions between manual and automated driving presents both a technical and human factors challenge. This presentation explores a high-quality agent framework designed to mediate shared autonomy—intelligently delegating control between human drivers and autonomous systems based on context, capability, and risk. Drawing from simulation studies and on-road testing, we illustrate how this collaborative approach enhances trust, safety, and user experience. The session will highlight decision arbitration techniques, real-time driver state monitoring, and adaptive control strategies that ensure seamless handovers and effective co-driving between human and machine.

In this session, you will learn more about:

  • How high-quality control agents can dynamically manage the delegation between manual and autonomous driving in L2/L3 systems
  • The importance of human-machine interface (HMI) design and driver state assessment in enabling safe and intuitive shared control
  • Strategies to improve system transparency and trustworthiness through context-aware handover policies
Presentation

Speaker

Matthew Walter

Associate Professor, Toyota Technological Institute Chicago

Matthew Walter is an assistant professor and director of the Robot Intelligence through Perception Laboratory (RIPL) at the Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTI-Chicago), a philanthropically endowed academic computer science institute located on the University of Chicago campus. He also holds a part-time faculty appointment in the Department of Computer Science at the University of Chicago. Prior to joining TTI-Chicago, Matthew was a research scientist in the Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), where he was fortunate to work with Seth Teller. He received his PhD from the Joint Program between MIT and the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, under the supervision of John Leonard.

Company

Toyota Technological Institute Chicago

Toyota Technological Institute at Chicago (TTIC or the Institute) is an accredited computer science institute, dedicated to basic research and graduate education in computer science. Its mission is to achieve international impact through world-class research and education in fundamental computer science and information technology. The Institute is distinctive to the American educational scene in its unique combination of graduate education and endowed research. TTIC is located in Hyde Park on the University of Chicago campus and has a close affiliation with the University of Chicago Computer Science Department. An agreement between the University of Chicago and TTIC allows cross-listing of computer science course offerings between the two institutions, providing students from each institution the opportunity to register in the other's courses. Faculty and students enjoy full privileges of the University library system, athletic facilities and other services.

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