Speakers at InCabin Brussels

Adrian is the Senior Vice President of Engineering with Xperi responsible for leading DTS AutoSense – the company’s in-cabin sensing product line. He is also the general manager of Xperi’ R&D facility in Bucharest.

Adrian has two decades of experience in the space of computer vision and edge AI. He led global technology development, product management and customer engineering teams and developed a track record of deploying edge computer vision applications on consumer products such as smart cameras, smartphones, and smart cars.

Adrian has over 40 granted and published US patents in computer vision and computational imaging.

He earned his Bachelor of Science in Imaging & Artificial Intelligence and his Master’s degree in Biomedical Engineering from the Politehnica University of Bucharest.

Adriano Palao has 9 years of experience in Automotive Engineering, within the Testing and Validation domain. After completing his Bachelor and Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering by Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, he worked for Nissan Motor Corporation, Applus+ IDIADA, Punch Powertrain, and Mitsubishi Electric. In January 2022 took the role of Technical Manager ADAS/AD at Euro NCAP.

Agnes Jernström is a senior software engineer in the MultiSensing® development team at Neonode. MultiSensing® is Neonode’s proprietary technology for Machine Perception which utilizes the latest advances in machine learning combined with in-house generated synthetic data to interpret and understand a wide range of objects, situations, and contexts. Agnes has a broad experience from the automotive industry having worked for leading OEMs in a wide variety of fields such as positioning of autonomous vehicles, gearbox actuation, and vehicle-to-vehicle communication. She holds a MSc in Industrial Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology in Stockholm, Sweden.

Albert Theuwissen is author or coauthor of 200+ technical papers in the solid-state imaging field and issued several patents. He was co-editor of IEEE Micro special issue on Digital Imaging Nov./Dec. 1998 and of the IEEE Transactions on Electron Devices special issues on Solid-State Image Sensors, May 1991, October 1997 and January 2003. For the latest special issue IEEE-ED on image sensors, published in January 2016, he acted as the guest editor-in-chief. He was general chairman of the International Image Sensor Workshop in 1997, 2003, 2009 and 2015. He is member of the Steering Committee of the aforementioned workshop and founder of the Walter Kosonocky Award, which highlights the best paper in the field of solid-state image sensors. Together with his peers, Eric Fossum and Nobukazu Teranishi, he founded the International Image Sensor Society, a non-profit organization to stimulate sharing of technical knowledge in the field of digital image capturing.

André Lourenço, Ph.D., is co-founder and CEO of CardioID, a company dedicated to developing high-standard solutions integrating the electrocardiogram (ECG) in several everyday-life applications. André is a dynamic and passionate engineer and researcher whose vision has been making a difference internationally in biometric innovation, particularly in healthcare. Accordingly, his company has accumulated numerous prizes and is a reference in the automotive startup world.

Feng Chen, Ph.D. in Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Massachusetts, Vice President of Automotive Vision Group, ArcSoft Corporation Limited; responsible for business development of strategic partnerships and new opportunities in the automotive industry.

Fabiano Ruaro is the Product Manager – North America for Interior Monitoring Systems within Bosch supporting product development and product management activities. With nearly 20 years of experience in the automotive industry with a wide range of roles including engineering, project management, product management, business development and general management. The team is part of a global effort to provide a full understanding of driver, occupants, and the entire cabin scene. Their automotive domain understanding combined with a strong expertise in computer vision and sensor systems enables Bosch to offer superior safety and comfort and make driving a safe experience.

Fabiano’s experience in automotive systems includes fuel injection systems, advanced driver assistance systems, such as automated parking, as well as driver and occupant monitoring systems using both camera and radar sensors. He graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Universidade Tecnológica Federal do Paraná (UTFPR) in 2002.

Gualtiero Bagnuoli was born in Turin, Italy , in 1962. After studies in Electronics he joined Honeywell Information system as CPU and cache memory designer. In 1990 he moved to the automotive industry to Magneti Marelli as designer and then project Manager. In 2001 he joined Micronas as ASICs Market Manager and then took over the role of Automotive Marketing Manager. Since 2011, he has been working for Melexis as System Marketing Manager and in 2015 he has become Product Marketigng Mamager for Optical Sensor product line.

After graduating in Physics in the Complutense University of Madrid with master courses in Temple University, Javier turned to technology and now he accounts for over 30 years of experience in software development, systems integration, project and product management. He has worked for all kind of companies, big and small. It’s worth highlighting his time at HP and more recently at Samsung Research where he applied his experience in deep learning-related projects. He is Anyverse’s product technical expert and point of contact for applications such as sensor simulation or deep learning training using advanced hyperspectral synthetic data

•2020 April ~ present
Sr. Product Line Manager in Imaging and Sensing BU at Lumentum

•2013 June ~ 2020 April
Customer Application Engineer at OSRAM
Opto Semiconductors

•2009 Jan ~ 2013 May
Product development R&D engineer at Seoul Semiconductors

•2004 Mar ~ 2009 Feb : Bachelor’s degree in Semiconductors Science, Dongguk
University(Seoul, Korea)

Jukka Korpi is responsible for Appen’s service and technology sales in EMEA. Jukka has 20+ years of experience in data sourcing, data enrichment, language, localization and content creation industries. He holds a senior management role in sales, marketing and product development.

Javier Salado is responsible for Anyverses technical product, physics-based rendering technology and service of providing data to improve computer vision/perception systems. Javier has 30+ years experience in programming, product development, engineering and management of product teams.

Jungyong is Vision AI specialist. He received Master degree of machine learning from Korea Universtity. Now, he is working as AI expert in LG Electronics. Currently, his primary interest is In-Cabin monitoring solution and he is focusing on the optimized AI solution with the state-of-the art performance.

Laura Fautz (M.Sc.) studied industrial engineering at the FH Aachen. In 2019, she started as a consultant at fka GmbH in the area of strategy and consulting and has since then been working on projects with international OEM and suppliers. The projects focused mainly on HMI development and software-defined vehicle topics.

Dr Mahdi Rezaei is an Assistant Professor of Computer Science at the Institute for Transport Studies (ITS), ‎University of Leeds. His main research interests are AI, ML, and Computer Vision for Autonomous Vehicles including driver/occupant monitoring, pedestrians’ intention prediction, and AV/road-user interactions. He has over 15 years of experience in ‎academia and industry and currently leads a team of computer vision experts and experts in transportation at the University of Leeds.

Dr Rezaei is an executive member of the “Universities Transport ‎Study Group” (UTSG) in UK, a team leader in the EU Hi-Drive flagship project, a member of the Academic Advisory Group in the LIDA data scientist development programme (LIPAG), and also principle investigator and Co-I of multiple EU and UK funded projects in AV field.

Martin holds a diploma in electrical engineering and joined Infineon after his studies more than 20 years ago. He was responsible in different product marketing roles working since 9 years in the area of time-of-flight with the focus on automotive applications.

Michael Hödlmoser is engaged as CTO at emotion3D. He is responsible for planning and development supervision for all the solutions the company currently provides. Further duties include the company’s technical roadmap definition, product development and software architecture tasks.

Previously, Michael worked as project manager at Siemens, where he was responsible for setting up a computer vision team in Vienna. In addition, he led collaborative scientific and Siemens-internal innovative projects in the field of 3D computer vision in the context of smart buildings / smart cities. Michael also worked as a strategist for the entire image processing team.

He graduated with honors in 2013 from the PhD program in Computer Vision at the Vienna University of Technology, after finishing his diploma studies in Computer Science at the FH Salzburg. During his doctoral studies, he worked as a project assistant at the Vienna University of Technology and as a project manager at CogVis GmbH, Vienna. He was responsible for project acquisition/project development (including communication and cooperation with research funding agencies in Austria and at EU level) and project implementations as well as for the implementation of many image processing solutions.

In addition, he worked as a visiting scholar for several months at the ETH Zurich. Michael has published several papers at international conferences.

To sum it up, Michael has 15+ years of experience as CTO / project manager / strategist / lead software engineer / senior scientist in the field of 3D computer vision and image and video processing. His expertise mainly focuses on management and strategic development of computer vision / machine learning projects and solutions for mainly automotive

Mike is a global authority on human factors and safety. Following an esteemed academic career as a Professor in Human Factors at the Monash University Accident Research Centre (MUARC), he moved to Seeing Machines in 2014 and has held Executive roles leading both technology and commercial businesses.

Currently as Chief Science & Innovation Officer he leads Seeing Machines human factors, machine intelligence and advanced engineering teams that research, design and develop our next generation technologies. Working with government, industry and global policy groups he promotes operator state monitoring technology, making the world’s roads and skies safer. He remains an Adjunct Professor at MUARC, and holds a Global Executive MBA and a PhD in Human Factors Psychology.

Mohamed Sayed founded Heuro Labs GmbH in 2015. Heuro Labs, based in Berlin, develops heuristics and robotic agents to mine data and automate processes.Over the years, Heuro Labs developed various innovative solutions with OEMS in the areas of smart navigation and energy management.
Prior to founding Heuro Labs, Mohamed was a principal architect at HERE , Nokia and Yahoo!. When he started his technical career in the late 90s, he spent around 7 years working on embedded systems and security appliances before moving up the stack to planetary scale services for positioning, traffic and navigation.

For the past two decades, Dr. Mavadati has been fascinated by how humans gather and interpret visual information, to not only survive but also improve their quality of life. He has dedicated his career to researching and developing technologies that can provide a deep understanding of complex and nuanced human behaviors – all with the goal of bridging the gap between humans and machines. After completing his PhD research, Dr. Mavadati joined Affectiva, the startup that invented the field of Emotion AI. Currently at Smart Eye, Dr. Mavadati serves as the technical lead and guides the team that works on building technology for better understanding emotional states of people in a wide range of usecases, including automotive (in-cabin sensing).

Professor Merat is an experimental psychologist, and Director of Virtuocity@Leeds. Her main research interests are in understanding the interaction of road users with new technologies, including driver distraction/inattention and impairment. She is an expert in the human factors implications of highly automated vehicles. She has been PI to key pojects on AVs, including AdaptIVe , CityMobil2, InterACT, HumanDrive, and L3PILOT. She currently leads the User sub-project of Hi-Drive. Professor Merat is Chair of the TRB sub-committee on Human Factors in Road Vehicle Automation; the European Chair of the trilateral (EU-US-Japan) Working Group on Human Factors of AVs and co-chair of an ISO task force on design guidelines for future DMS.

Patrick Laufer earned his Master of Science degree from the faculty of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science of the Technical University of Berlin in 2021. During his semester abroad at the University of California, he discovered his passion for artificial intelligence and has been pursuing a PhD in human-centered artificial intelligence at the Technical University of Berlin since completing his master’s degree. Since 2020, he works as a development engineer at IAV Vehicle Safety in the field of interior sensing.

Peng Zhang is the program mananger for the UWB program at IMEC the Netherlands. He has been with IMEC since 2014. At IMEC, he started as a senior wireless researcher and later a project lead for many ultra-low-power radio and radar designs. He has rich experience in managing large and complex projects. As the program manager, he is responsible for road mapping IMEC’s UWB program, coordinating wireless projects, and customer acquisition and relationship management. Before joining IMEC, Peng Zhang worked as a Ph.D. researcher specializing in communication and information theory and worked in a joint program between IMEC and Eindhoven University of technology on the topic of ultra-low power wireless design for body area networks.

Peter Kristiansen is Head of Business Development at Embedl and has the privilege of working with finding business opportunities in a deep-tech environment. He has experience from the Automotive software industry from his work in introducing 2nd gen. Driver Monitoring Systems to Tier1s and OEMs in Europe, Americas, and Asia as well as autonomous systems, neural networks, and robotics from his studies. Apart from work Peter likes snowboarding and hiking.

Philipp Russ is co-CEO of Simi Reality Motion Systems, a ZF Group company. He leads a team of experts in computer vision and artificial intelligence working on interior monitoring topics with a focus on body perception. Philipp collected more than 15 years of experience in motion capture and biomechanics tech industry, before the company which he co-owned was acquired by ZF in 2019. Today Philipp works at the intersection of perception technology and vehicle use cases with a focus on passive safety applications within the ZF Group.

Piotr Mroz leads Varroc’s technical sales activities focused on the area of automotive cameras for both exterior and interior sensing, a key growth area of the company. In his role, he applies his deep technical expertise and knowledge of complex systems powered by AI neural networks, while preparing suitable technical solutions for clients. The knowledge helps him to understand and analyze the latest trends in technology and impact a customer vision of future human-vehicle interactions.
Piotr has hands-on experience developing vision sensing and building ADAS prototype vehicles and demos.
Prior to his role in Technical Sales, Piotr held technical project manager positions at Varroc and contracting companies working for Continental and Valeo. He was managing teams responsible for the development and testing of Advanced Driver Assistant Systems cameras. He has an MSc. In automatic control and robotics from AGH University of Science and Technology in Krakow, Poland.

Sam is the CEO and Founder of Meili Technologies. At Meili, Sam is building the health and safety data layer for fleet and passenger vehicles starting with health emergency detection. Her background is in data science, electrical engineering, and computer science with degrees from Princeton and Cornell. Her personal experiences inspired her to establish Meili Technologies and develop technology that can make our roads safer as well as help people with health challenges, like her father, regain their freedom of mobility. Sam’s commitment to making a positive impact on the world is what drives her to build Meili towards the goal of creating a safer and more accessible world for everyone.

Simon Block is the Chief Technical Officer at Optalert, a pioneer in drowsiness monitoring. With over 30 years in a range of technology and engineering roles, Simon has worked across product strategy, R&D, manufacturing, technical content, and platform architecture. He began his career at Hewlett Packard and has since built up broad experience in technologies including video encoding, telecommunications, testing and measurement, and real-time processing.

Simon is acutely aware of the challenges facing product development teams and how to balance those against commercial realities. Within Optalert, he spearheaded the development of a software development kit (SDK) to embed its world-leading drowsiness measurement technology in driver monitoring systems within the automotive sector.

Simon is passionate about laying solid foundations, getting the right team composition, and not cutting corners. In addition, he is mindful of privacy considerations within new technologies and recently became a certified EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) Practitioner.

As a Feature Writer for Future Transport-News, Tiana covers news and updates related to a broad spectrum of modes and technologies that could help shape the future of transport globally. She is passionate about safe and sustainable mobility solutions and through her role at Future Transport-News, her content provides operators and manufacturers with the latest information on the sector and suppliers in the field.

– Diploma in in civil engineering at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT)
– PHD in structural mechanics, Multiscale FEA simulations of layered carbon reinforced shell structures, KIT
– 2018 becomes part of ZF Group – Passive Safety Systems, System Engineering Core
– Since 2021 Integrated Safety – Product Owner: Adaptive in-crash Restraint

Tyler Warga is a Senior Strategic Marketing Analyst for Interior sensing solutions within Bosch, supporting product development and marketing activities. The team he is part of seeks to provide a full understanding of driver, occupants, and the entire cabin scene. Their automotive domain understanding combined with a strong expertise in computer vision and sensor systems enables Bosch to offer superior safety and comfort and make driving a safe experience. Tyler has supported a wide range of products at Bosch, ranging from infotainment to connectivity, as well as automated driving and driver assistance technology. He has a unique perspective with these products, leading activities related to product compliance, government affairs and more recently strategic marketing and program management. He graduated with a Bachelor’s in Economics and Political Science from the University of Michigan, Dearborn in 2017.

Verena Ihring is Senior Product Manager at Robert Bosch GmbH for Interior Monitoring Systems in the area of Cross-Domain Computing Solutions. Since 2020, she has been responsible for product and partnering strategy, innovation management, market and competition monitoring, and communication content within the product area. She studied industrial engineering with a focus on international management at the University of Applied Sciences in Pforzheim. After graduating, she first worked in corporate marketing and sales at Robert Bosch GmbH and then completed her master’s degree in technically oriented business administration at the University of Stuttgart. She subsequently rejoined the Bosch Group as Technical Sales Manager within the Junior Managers Program. She then temporarily managed the office of the president of the executive management of the former Bosch Car Multimedia division.