Thorsten Püschl

Püschl is working as a product manager for traffic simulation and scenarios in dSpace – a leading partner of the automotive industry for validation and simulation. After his diploma in computer-aided mechanical engineering at the University of Paderborn he gained over 15 years of professional experience in simulation modeling, HIL/SIL simulation and verification/validation of ADAS/AD.

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Presentation

Reduction of the residual risk in a SOTIF-compliant validation process

A major challenge for bringing autonomous vehicles to public service is homologation. It requires a SOTIF-compliant verification and validation process of the AV stack. Validation is a particular challenge as a reliable argumentation is required proving that the residual unknown risk is sufficiently low when the vehicle operates within its operation design domain. dSpace presents a new approach combining the analysis of real test drives with SIL simulation. Unknown risks in driving scenarios are found, evaluated and reduced. Abstract scenarios are used to categorize relevant scenarios experienced in test drives for an approximation of plausible test coverage evidence.