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Autonomous Driving

This work led by me is supported by

• the GM-Carnegie Mellon Autonomous Driving Collaborative Research Lab (AD-CRL), which I am a Co-Director of,
• a "CPS Large Project" on "Advanced Transportation Systems" funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF), a project for which I am the Principal Investigator of, and
• the Technologies for Safe and Efficient Transportation (T-SET) University Transportation Center (UTC), funded by the US Department of Transportation (USDOT), with me serving as the Director of the T-SET UTC.

Media Coverage of Sept 4, 2013 Autonomous Ride

Congressman Shuster's Ride in a 33-mile trip in Our Autonomous Cadillac SRX

• CBS Evening News, Terrell Brown Reporting, "A Car That Drives Itself", October 13, 2013.
• TechVibe, "CMU Driverless Car", October 12, 2013.
• CBS This Morning, "Driverless Car No Longer Just Science Fiction", October 5, 2013.
• Reading Eagle, "Who's that behind the wheel? Nobody", September 16, 2013.
• Occupational Health & Safety, "Safety Groups Buzzing About 'Crash-Proof' Car", September 10, 2013.
• Railway Age, "Imagine a multimodal Northeast Corridor", September 10, 2013.
• The Cranberry Eagle, "Test vehicle travels on Cranberry roads", September 9, 2013.
• Middle-East North Africa Financial Network, "Once a fantasy, self-driving cars are close to reality", September 09, 2013.
• Sahara Samay, "Now, 'crash-proof' driver-less car for safe driving", September 09, 2013.
• IEEE Spectrum, "CMU's Autonomous Car Doesn't Look like a Robot", September 09, 2013.
• Politico, "Bill Shuster: Driverless cars are the future of transportation", Sept 09, 2013.
• Business Standard, "Now, 'crash-proof' driver-less car", September 09, 2013.
• gizmag, "Cadillac SRX converted into a self-driving car", Sept 8, 2013.
• The Tartan CMU newspaper, Once a fantasy, self-driving cars are close to reality", Sept 8, 2013.
• Las Vegas Guardian Express, "Will Automated Cars Make Us Safer?", Sept 7, 2013.
• AARP, "Computer-Operated Car Takes Congressman for a Ride", September 6, 2013.
• Pittsburgh Tribune Review, "Vehicle of future forgoes the driver", Sept 6, 2013.
• TechTaffy, "Self-Driving CMU Car Changes Lane, Waits For Pedestrians In Test Drive", Sept 6, 2013.
• St. Louis Post-Dispatch, "Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman", September 06, 2013.
• Robotics Business Review, "The CMU Caddy: Unobtrusively Driverless", September 05, 2013.
• CBS News, "Will your car be driving itself by 2020?", September 05, 2013.
• KDKA (CBS affiliate), "Pa. Congressman, Transportation Director Test Driverless CMU Car", Sept 04, 2013.
• WTAE (ABC affiliate), "Rep. Bill Shuster travels to Pittsburgh International Airport in driverless car", Sept 04, 2013.
• Carnegie Mellon University Press Release, "Carnegie Mellon Creates Practical Self-Driving Car Using Automotive-Grade Radars and Other Sensors", Sept 04, 2013.
• Congressman Shuster Press Release, "Transportation Committee Chairman Shuster Takes Trip in Carnegie Mellon University", Sept 04, 2013.
• Shuster Comments, "Press Conference: Carnegie Mellon University Driverless Car", Sept 04, 2013.
• Associated Press, "Computer-Operated Car Transports Pa. Congressman", September 04, 2013.
  • Time NewsFeed, "Computer-Operated Car Transports Pennsylvania Congressman: The future of travel?", Sept 04, 2013.
  • ABC News, "Computer-Operated Car Transports Pa. Congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Businessweek, "Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman ", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Chicago Sun Times, "Pennsylvania Congressman tests Driverless Car", Sept 04, 2013.
  • San Francisco Chronicle, "Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Pittsburgh Courier, "Computer-operated car from CMU transports Pa. congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Philly.com, "Congressman takes ride in a driverless car in Pa.", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Greenwichtime.com - Connecticut, "Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • The Seattle Post-Intelligencer, "Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Salt Lake Tribune, "Computer-operated car transports Pennsylvania congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Sun Herald - Mississippi, " ".
  • Evening Sun - PA, "Pa. congressman tests driverless CMU car", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Public Opinion - SD, " ".
  • WJTV - Mississippi, "Driverless Car Takes Congressman For Ride", Sept 04, 2013.
  • WITF - Central PA, "Congressman takes ride in driverless car", Sept 04, 2013.
  • WTXF - Philly, "Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Newser, "Computer-operated car developed by Carnegie Mellon University takes Pa. congressman for a ride", Sept 04, 2013.
  • The Intelligencer - Philly, " ", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Star Tribune - Minneapolis, "Computer-operated car developed by Carnegie Mellon University takes Pa. congressman for a ride", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Burlington County Time - NJ, "Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Register Guard - Eugene, OR, "Pa. congressman to test driverless Carnegie Mellon University car for airport trip", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Wilkes Barre Weekender, "Who's in the driver's seat? No one?", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Wichita Eagle, "Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • WSB-TV Atlanta, "Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • WHAS11 - Louisville, KY, "Congressman Bill Shuster takes a ride in a driverless car", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Waynesboro Record Herald, "Congressman Bill Shuster takes a ride in a driverless car", Sept 04, 2013.
  • GoLackawanna - Wilkes Barre, "Who's in the driver's seat? No one?", Sept 04, 2013.
  • The Columbus Dispatch, "Modified, driverless SUV chauffeurs congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Altoona Mirror, "Car drives Shuster around", Sept 04, 2013.
  • NWI Times, "Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Indiana Gazette, "Rep. Shuster takes ride in driverless car", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Daily Reporter, "Computer-operated car developed by Carnegie Mellon University takes Pa. congressman for a ride", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Daily Mail, "Look, no driver! Congressman braves 33-mile trip to the airport in driverless car that navigates by radar", Sept 04, 2013.
  • WPXI (NBC Affiliate), "http://www.wpxi.com/ap/ap/pennsylvania/pa-congressman-to-test-driverless-cmu-car/nZmRg/", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Canadian Business, "Computer-operated car developed by Carnegie Mellon University takes Pa. congressman for a ride", Sept 04, 2013.
  • Huffington Post, "Computer-operated car transports Pa. congressman", Sept 04, 2013.
  • The Washington Post, "Computer-operated car developed by Carnegie Mellon University takes Pa. congressman for a ride", Sept 04, 2013.
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• The Verge, "Congressman hitches a ride in a stealthy self-driving Cadillac".
• Pittsburgh Business Times, "At CMU cars drive themselves and the rest of us may get them soon".
• National Journal, "Driverless Cars and Other Goodies".
• WESA (NPR), "CMU Researchers Unveil Self-Driving Cadillac".
• Carpet Baggery, "The future is happening in Pittsburgh".
• Inventor Spot, "Carnegie Mellon University Has Developed A Computer-Operated Car".
• Azosensors, "Radars, Lidars and Infrared Cameras Drive Carnegie Mellon's Self-Driving Car".
• Pittsburgh Tribune Review, "Driverless Cadillac performs flawlessly in road test".
• WTAE (ABC affiliate), "Photos: Carnegie Mellon University designs driverless car".
• WNYC, "VIDEO: Pennsylvania Congressman Takes a Ride in a Driverless Car".
• Pittsburgh Tribune Review, "PennDOT chief, U.S. congressman to make Western Pa. trip in driverless vehicle", September 3, 2013.

Sampling of Coverage in Other Countries and Languages

• Niti Central, India, "Now, a crashproof car that needs no driver!", Sept 11, 2013.
• Times of India, India, "Now, a crash-proof driverless car", Sept 10, 2013.
• Udayavani, India, "Indian scientist invents crash-proof driverless car", Sept 10, 2013.
• SBS, South Korea, "Approaching the Age of Unmanned Vehicles", September 09, 2013.
• Joins, South Korea, "Is this the upcoming era of unmanned vehicle?, September 06, 2013".
• Hani, South Korea, "Self-Driving Car", September 05, 2013.
• China Daily, China, "U.S. lawmakers experience driverless cars", September 05, 2013.

Other Recent Coverage (yes, we did/do do other things!)

• The Financial Times, "Auto industry: Look no hands", September 20, 2013.
• ABC News, "Tesla Motors Announces Plan For Automated Driving", September 18, 2013.
• NBC, "Today Morning Show", September 19, 2013.
• CNBC, "The Rise of the Machines", Documentary, Maiden broadcast at 9pm, September 18, 2013, with a re-airing at midnight. Other re-broadcasts are expected.
• CNBC, "The Rise of the Machines: Future of Smart Cars", Documentary Promo, September 17, 2013.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Computer chauffeur: Driverless cars are coming, ready or not", August 31, 2013.
• Pittsburgh Business Times, "CMU helping to make hands-free driving reality by 2020, August 28, 2013.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Front-page story in Sunday edition, "Carnegie Mellon Developing Driverless Car of the Future Now", August 25, 2013.
• Slate, Online Magazine, "This Is What It's Like Behind the Wheel of a Driverless Car", August 22, 2013.
• Pittsburgh Magazine, "CMU's Robot Car Hits The Highway", August 20, 2013.
• National Public Radio, "All Tech Considered", "Hitting The Road Without A Driver", August 19, 2013.
• New York Times, ""Disruptions: How Driverless Cars Could Reshape Cities", July 7, 2013.
• Time Magazine, Special Issue, "The Rise of the Robots", July 3, 2013.
• Capitol Hill Daily, "Will a New Driverless Car Soon Hit the Road?", June 12, 2013.
• Reuters, " Driverless Car Steering Course to Road-Readiness", June 11, 2013.
• Greater Pittsburgh ABC Affiliate, WTAE TV (Channel 4), "CMU working on vehicle that can drive itself", May 10, 2013.
• Freakonomics, "Baby, You Can Program My Car: A New Marketplace Podcast".
• Scientific American, "Crash Course: Training the Brain of a Driverless Car", April 11, 2013.
• New York Times, "Drivers With Hands Full Get a Backup: The Car", January 12, 2013.
• Scribble Live, "How Driverless Cars Can Improve Congestion", August 25, 2011.
• The Globe and Mail, "Google gets behind the wheel", August 24, 2011.
• Washington Times, "Self-driving car on road out of science fiction", March 8, 2011.
• Scientific American, "Will Federal Stimulus Money Spark a High-Speed Rail Renaissance in the U.S.?", Nov. 23, 2009.
• Scientific American, "Carnegie Mellon robot racers plot successor to Boss", Jun. 25, 2009.
• Pittsburgh Tribune Review, "CMU, GM to design mass market vehicle that drives itself", June 19, 2008.
• Pittsburgh Tribune Review, "GM, CMU make 5-year deal to develop autonomous cars", June 20, 2008.
• Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, "Honestly, Officer, I wasn't speeding"June 19, 2008, left column of upper fold of front page.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "CMU, General Motors partner on 'vehicle of future'", June 20, 2008.
• KDKA TV (Pittsburgh CBS Affiliate), 5pm News, June 19, 2008.
• WQED, multiple NPR News Reports, June 19 and June 20, 2008.
• Amateur Economists, "Keeping up with the Jetsons", July 14, 2008.
• Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon Press Release, June 19, 2008.
• Carnegie Mellon University, Carnegie Mellon Press Release, Aug 31, 2006.
• "Carnegie Mellon Researchers Are Driving Force Behind Emerging New Smart Car Technologies", Carnegie Mellon Press Release, Feb 09, 2005.
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Congressional Demonstrations - Sen Harry Reid, Majority Leader, US Senate

• US Senate, NSF Cyber-Physical Systems Initiative, July 1, 2009.

Tartan Racing Media Coverage

• "Chauffeuring of Another Kind", IT Magazine, January 2008.
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Miscellaneous Mentions

• Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Newsmakers, February 25, 2012.
• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, "Carnegie Science Awards announced", February 3, 2011.
• Pittsburgh Tribune Review, Newsmakers, February 1, 2011.

Automotive Software Safety

Click here to see my blog on automotive safety.

• Search "toyota acceleration rajkumar".
• " Toyota's Crisis Puts Spotlight on Auto Electronics", Associated Press, February 26, 2010.
• "Out of Control: How arrogance and bungled recalls sent the once flawless Toyota careening into crisis", Macleans Magazine, February 15, 2010.
• "Why won't Toyota install brake override software, some experts ask", Detroit Free Press, February 09, 2010.
• "No Easy Answer To Why Toyota Accelerators Stick", Associated Press, January 27, 2010.

GM-Carnegie Mellon Information Technology Collaborative Research Lab

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• FutureCar TV series on Discovery Channel. Watch Episode 4 titled The Brain, which features work done by General Motors and the GM-Carnegie Mellon Collaborative Research Lab. Reruns can often be seen, or a DVD set can be purchased online.
• WPXI 11 TV (Pittsburgh NBC Affiliate), "Our Region's Business", 2005.

Sensor Networks

• Network World, August 11, 2010.

TimeSys

I was the primary founder of TimeSys, a vendor of products and services to the (large but fragmented) embedded systems market. The company was established in 1996 and contines to be based in Pittsburgh (Carnegie Mellon's hometown). 17 years! Most startups apparently fold in fewer than 5 years.

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