Tuesday, November 21st at 1:00 p.m., Shahrokh Valaee, Professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto, will be presenting “ComSoc Tutorial: Cooperative Self-Driving Vehicles”.
Day & Time: Tuesday, November 21, 2017
1:00 p.m. ‐ 3:00 p.m.
Speaker: Shahrokh Valaee
Professor, Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Toronto
Location: Room SF (B560) Basement
Sandford Fleming Building
10 King’s College Road, Toronto, M5S 3G8
Contact: Eman Hammad
Organizer: Communications Society
Abstract: We are witnessing the emergence of autonomous Vehicles, which intend to be an assistant to, or completely replace the driver. Unfortunately, we also notice accidents that such self-driving vehicles are involved in. Engineers wonder whether autonomous driving can provide a safe driving experience. In this talk, we will show that autonomous driving will indeed be the start of a new chapter for automobiles that will pave the path for the more advanced Connected Car technology. Autonomous vehicles use advance sensing to enhance safe driving. However, sensing quickly loses its effectiveness in high speeds, severe weather conditions, and non-line-of-sight. In a recent tragedy, a Tesla car could not detect a truck and crashed into it resulting in fatal accident. Most of such accidents can be prevented if wireless communication and networking is available for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) and vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) communication. But, what is the most appropriate communication technology that can be used in cars and also be attractive for future buyers? In this talk, we will review the techniques and challenges for cooperative communication in Connected Vehicles. We will discuss the IEEE1609 and IEEE802.11p suite of standards, and C-V2X. The talk will discuss the shortcoming of these technologies in addressing the most challenging problem of interference management in vehicular communication. We will show how the concept of pseudo-orthogonality, network coding and compressive sensing can reduce congestion on the wireless channel.
Biography: Shahrokh Valaee is a Professor in the Edward S. Rogers Sr. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Toronto. He is the founder and the Director of the Wireless and Internet Research Laboratory (WIRLab) at the University of Toronto. Professor Valaee is the Lead TPC Chair of PIMRC 2017, and has served as Networks Track Co-Chair of WCNC 2015, TPC Co-Chair of ICT 2014, Tutorial Chair of PIMRC2014, Co-Chair of the Wireless Networks Track of WPMC 2012, and the TPC chair of PIMRC 2011, among other conference chairing activities. He has served as an Editor of IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications, and IEEE Signal Processing Letters, and as a guest editor for several journals including IEEE Wireless Communications Magazine, Wiley Journal on Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing, and EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing. He is currently serving as an Editor of Journal of Computer and System Science and the Area Editor of Localization and Location Based Services of Springer Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks. Professor Valaee is a Fellow of the Engineering Institute of Canada. His research includes, vehicular networks, localization and tracking, and cellular systems.