CV

• Bachelor studies of electrical engineering and information technology at KIT
  • closed in November 2014
  • Bachelor thesis: Implementation of an adaptive OFDM-Demonstrator for powerline communication
• Master studies of electrical engineering and information technology at KIT
  • closed in November 2016
  • Master thesis: Feature-based gestures classification using high-resolution radar measurements
• at ITIV since January 2017

Research interests

• Design, test and management of Over The Air (OTA) software updates for connected vehicles
  The introduction of the OTA technology in the automotive industry brings many advantages to both the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and the vehicle owner. It significantly reduces the maintenance costs of embedded software and makes update processes more convenient and faster. Furthermore, OTA is an important part of the "Internet of Things" and a core feature for the realization of future autonomous driving functions. However, the introduction of OTA technology brings several challenges: In addition to the obvious security risks, the increasing complexity of the electric/electronic architecture, with up to over a hundred networked ECUs, requires new methods for testing and managing the software components to be updated in conjunction with the enormous number of variants and configurations in the field.

• Methods for model-based development of updatable electric/electronic architectures
  For the design and verification of OTA updates, computational methods such as model-based development, software-in-the-loop (SiL), and virtual testing of embedded systems are investigated and evaluated for their efficiency and performance. The focus is on ensuring the functional safety of the system (cf. ISO 26262, SOTIF) after each functional update performed. As a use case, updates of driver assistance systems of automated driving are considered. For the implementation, different tools from the state of the art and science are used and, if necessary, combined or extended.

Teaching

• Seminar: Grundlagen Eingebetteter Systeme
• Seminar Eingebettete Systeme

Supervised student works (selection)

• MA: "Development of a Methodology for Cross-Fleet Verification of Software Updates of a Self-Learning Driving Function"
• MA: "Entwicklung einer re-konfigurierbaren Digital-Twin-Simulation für Contract-basierte Update-Tests im Automotive-Bereich"
• BA: "Konzeptionierung und Implementierung von serverseitigen Konfigurationschecks für OTA Updates"
• BA: "Realisierung und Analyse von Contract-Checks eines Software Updates für variantenreiche Automotive Systeme"
• MA: "Entwurf und Aufbau eines demonstrativen Systems für Software Over the Air (SOTA) Updates"