About COVESACOVESA is an open, collaborative, and impactful technology alliance; accelerating the full potential of connected vehicles. Working together, we are a force-multiplier, creating a more diverse, sustainable, and integrated mobility ecosystem.COVESA code is openly available on GitHub and more information on COVESA projects can be found on the COVESA Wiki.Connected Vehicle Systems AllianceCOVESA_5ecc984c-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea00The Connected Vehicle Systems Alliance (COVESA), is a global, member-driven alliance focused on the development of open standards and technologies that accelerate innovation for connected vehicle systems, resulting in a more diverse, sustainable, and integrated mobility ecosystem.COVESA Board & OfficersMatt JonesPresident | Director of Global Technology Strategy at Ford Motor Company ~ With nearly 20 years of experience in the technology industry, Matt now oversees technology strategy and embedded experience at Ford Motor Company. ^^ Until recently, Matt led the delivery of safety-critical connected, intelligent systems as Wind River’s Corporate Vice President of Global Engineering. Accelerating the digital transformation across verticals from aerospace to industrial, defense to medical, and networking to automotive. He was previously an engineering Senior Vice President at Virgin Hyperloop One; Chief Product Officer at moovel Group, Daimler’s mobility solutions company, and Director of future technology at Jaguar Land Rover. ^^ Matt holds a Master of Engineering in Electronics and Electrical Engineering from the University of Birmingham. He is a Fellow of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers and a Chartered Engineer within the Institution of Engineering & Technology (IET).Graham SmethurstChairman of the Board | Research Lead at BMW Group ~ Graham previously held the position of Chairman and President at GENIVI Alliance and has now returned as Chairman of the Board for COVESA. Graham has been with the BMW Group for over 30 years and now is a research lead focusing on data and program sharing among OEMs and suppliers.Gerald SpreitzVice President | Open Source Strategy Officer at Robert Bosch Car Multimedia GmbH ~ Gerald is the OSS Strategy Officer at Bosch and held past positions as the Corporate Officer for Open Source based software development and Group Lead Corporate Research for Communication Technology System Design for Digital Radio, Digital Wireless Microphones for professional audio systems. Gerald holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics and Communications Engineering and Electronics and Signal Processing from Leibniz University Hannover.Pedro López EstepaSecretary | Director of Automotive at RTI ~ Pedro López Estepa is the Director of Automotive at Real-Time Innovations (RTI), the largest software framework company for autonomous systems. In this position, he manages RTI’s fast-growing global automotive business and strategy for RTI Connext Drive, the first automotive-grade safety-certified data-centric communications framework for next-generation electric and autonomous vehicles. More than half of the top 10 funded vehicle newcomers are using RTI software to radically change the approach to car engineering, and automotives running on RTI software are in production and on the road in North America, Europe and Asia. ^^ Mr. López Estepa is a member of the Spanish Association of Autonomous Vehicle (AEVAC) where he contributes as an expert in Software-defined Vehicles and Autonomous Systems. He has more than 10 years of automotive market strategy and engineering experience, working extensively with global automotive and automation industries. Pedro joined RTI from u-blox, the Swiss semiconductor leader, where he led automotive market strategy at the short-range business unit. ^^ Pedro holds a MSc in Telecommunications Engineering from the University of Granada and an International Master of Business Administration degree from the Politecnico di Milano. He participates at the Global Leadership Programme organized by San Telmo Business School, where the organization brings together world's leading entrepreneurs, politicians and senior managers in a forum for strategic reflection focused on the current global context.Christoph LudewigBoard Member | Vice President OEM Europe at Geotab Inc. ~ Working with Geotab, the global leader in IoT and connected vehicles industry, Christoph is responsible for OEM relations and integrating Geotabs business model with that of the OEMs. He looks back to 25+ years in the Automotive industry where he built, ran, and grew various products and businesses for fleet telematics for trucks, vans, and cars.Florian BaumannBoard Member | Sr. Director of Product Management, Middleware & DevOps at APTIV ~ Florian Baumann has been the Director for Cloud & Software Strategy at Aptiv since 2021. From a young age, Florian has been obsessed with technology especially machine learning (ML), leading up to a PhD on the topic from the Leibniz University of Hannover. He brings that experience to the table developing AD/ADAS solutions.Hisao MunakataBoard Member | Senior Director, Automotive Digital Products Marketing Division Automotive Solution Business Unit at Renesas Electronics Corp ~ Munakata had strived to utilize various OSS (like Linux kernel, Chromium, Wayland,..) in Renesas automotive target silicon over ten years. And he established a close collaborative connection to various OSS community stakeholders and Industry consortia leaders now.Trpko S. BlazevskiBoard Member | Head of Global Digital Innovation, Tech Scouting, & Digital Partnerships at Stellantis ~ Trpko S. Blazevski is responsible for Global Digital Innovation and Agile Coaching at Stellantis, where he leads his teams on a journey of experimentation implementing innovative product features for end customers. Trpko is a two-time alumni of Oakland University, having graduated with his bachelor's degree from the School of Engineering & Computer Science in 2014 and his master's from the School of Business Administration in 2016.Shareef HakimBoard Representative | Director of Platform Architecture and Prototyping at Ford Motor ~ Shareef leads a team that delivers advanced platform and simulation technologies to improve experience and increase the spectrum of capabilities in future vehicles. Having previously worked at Intel; Shareef has extensive experience working in the tech industry in both hardware and software domains delivering solutions in the domains of architecture, simulation and cloud.Stephen LawrenceBoard Representative | Principal Engineer at Renesas Electronics Corporation ~ Stephen is a principal engineer representing Renesas within the COVESA Alliance. He is highly skilled at Embedded Systems and software and was formerly the global representative of the GENIVI Linux automotive alliance Baseline Integration Team (BIT). He also was a maintainer of the Renesas R-Car SoC Genivi Yocto BSP. Stephen is highly skilled in Linux kernel development within the Linux team of the European Design Centre for global automotive markets. His focus has principally been in the area of SoC for high-end Car Information Systems (CIS). Stephen holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science.Ted GuildBoard Representative | Connectivity Standards Lead at Geotab Inc. ~ Ted Guild is the Connectivity Standards Lead at Geotab. His role consists of standards participation and coordination, strategy, and partner engagement. He came to Geotab in May of 2021 from MIT where he had been for 21 years, most of that time as Head of IT for the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C). In his last seven years at MIT, he led W3C's Automotive activity, developing standards for connected vehicles and conducting cybersecurity research. He remains active in the W3C Automotive activity as a co-chair and is involved in the broader, joint Common Vehicle Interface Initiative with COVESA.A more diverse, sustainable, and integrated mobility ecosystem_5ecc9950-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea00To accelerate the future of connected vehicles_5ecc99fa-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea00ExperienceCOVESA is well-positioned as an experienced collaborative community given its strong foundation of introducing the Vehicle Signal Specification (VSS) and having launched with W3C the Common Vehicle Interface Initiative in 2019.CollaborationOpen SourceMembers are encouraged to build on this foundation by introducing projects that deliver specifications, open source licensed software, and related materials that equip the industry with useful assets for commercial solution development. Commercial SolutionsStandards & TechnologiesDevelop open standards and technologies for connected vehicle systems_5ecc9b30-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea00Connected Vehicle SystemsCOVESA is the only alliance focused solely on developing open standards and technologies for connected vehicles, which now form a growing percentage of vehicles on the road. Leveraging vehicle data and vehicle-to-cloud connectivity has become a primary goal of automakers and their suppliers. Data_5ecc9bc6-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea001Data Expert GroupModels_5ecc9c52-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea001.1Data ModelsSignalsDescribe vehicle data_5ecc9d2e-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea001.1.1Vehicle Signal Specification (VSS) is a common approach for describing vehicle data and is a widely adopted, developer-friendly, extensible data model and catalog with industry-supported tooling.OntologyFacilitate the use of VSS in analytics and services_5ecc9dc4-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea001.1.2Vehicle Signal Specification Ontology (VSSo) facilitates the use of VSS in analytics and services.Interfaces_5ecc9e5a-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea001.2Common Vehicle InterfacesCapabilities & Use CasesIdentify capabilities and use cases_5ecc9ef0-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea001.2.1Capability and use case identification.IFEXProvide an interface description and transformation technology_5ecc9f86-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea001.2.2IFEX is a general interface description and transformation technology.ServicesDefine common vehicle services_5ecca01c-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea001.2.3uServices is a definition of common vehicle services using protobuf.APIExposes vehicles to touchpoints_5ecca0bc-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea001.2.4Vehicle API exposes vehicles as defined and described by VSS to a variety of agreed-upon touchpoints in and out of the vehicle.Information & SignalsEnable access to vehicle information and signals from sensors on control units _5ecca152-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea001.2.5W3CVehicle Information Service Specification is a joint effort between W3C and COVESA hosted by W3C. It is a service for accessing vehicle information and signals from sensors on control units within a vehicle's network. It exposes this information using COVESA VSS.Architecture_5ecca1f2-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea001.3Data Architecture Terminology drives understanding and adoption of COVESA specifications and technical projects through the definition of reusable common architectural terminology and patterns realized with technical implementations, and proofs of concept. Central Data Service Playground is a neutral playground to investigate internals and combinations of data services on and off of the vehicle in the context of data-centric architectures.EVs_5ecca292-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea002Electric Vehicle Charging Expert GroupData & APIsStandardize data and APIs that will enable and leverage shared big data at a large scale to deliver great charging experiences_5ecca332-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea002.1EV Charging Event Data Aggregation Project focuses on the standardization of data and APIs that will enable and leverage shared big data at a large scale to deliver great charging experiences.BatteriesDevelop a standard specification for power optimization_5ecca3dc-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea002.2Fixed Battery TeamEV Optimization - Increase Travel Range for Fixed Battery team aims to develop a standard specification for power optimization and demonstrate features/scenarios by POC. Data SharingProvide technical solutions to address the challenges of sharing data_5ecca486-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea002.3Private Cross OEM Joint Compute for EV Charging group provides technical solutions to address the challenges of sharing data.CybersecurityAddress standards and topics enhancing cybersecurity in the vehicle_5ecca530-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea003Security TeamAutomotive Cybersecurity Team addresses a growing number of standards and topics enhancing cybersecurity in the vehicle.AAOS & GASIdentify gaps between AAOS with GAS and AAOS without_5ecca5da-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea004Automotive AOSP App Framework Expert GroupAutomotive AOSP App Framework Expert Group identifies gaps between AAOS with GAS and AAOS without and proposes, and specifies and/or develops white label solutions/alternatives.OEMsOnly topics either not being available for OEMs using AAOS without GAS or not available at all will be tackled within this group to avoid fragmentation across the automotive industry.Automotive IndustryVSS & SdVSupport OEMs in the adoption of VSS, SdV, and COVESA standards_5ecca68e-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea005digital.autodigital.auto aims to support OEMs in the adoption of VSS, SdV, and COVESA standards by making it easy to rapidly explore the feasibility of new business ideas and features through an online playground. Simulation & ToolingMake it easy to explore the feasibility of new business ideas and features through an online playground_5ecca738-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea005.1Commerce & PaymentsExplore standard and novel approaches for in-vehicle commerce and payments_5ecca7ec-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea006In-Vehicle Payment SIGVehicle Experience and Content – Entertainment BoF In-Vehicle Payment SIG explores standard and novel approaches for in-vehicle commerce and payments.VSSIdentify issues and gaps in the practical use of VSS for commercial vehicle fleets_5ecca8aa-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea007Commercial Vehicle Birds of a Feather (BoF)Commercial Vehicle BoF identifies issues and gaps in the practical use of VSS for commercial vehicle fleets.Commercial Vehicle FleetsSafety_5ecca95e-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea008Connected Safety Birds of a Feather (BoF)The goal of the Connected Safety BoF is to help motorists avoid crashes, minimize the consequences of crashes should they happen, and expedite recovery.MotoristsCrashesHelp motorists avoid crashes_5eccaa12-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea008.1ConsequencesMinimize the consequences of crashes_5eccaada-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea008.2RecoveryExpedite recovery_5eccab98-b0c2-11ee-aaf4-6a111683ea008.32024-01-12https://covesa.global/about-covesaOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net