Eric Knauss

Head of Division at Interaction Design and Software Engineering

Eric is a Professor at the Department of Computer Science and Engineering, Chalmers | University of Gothenburg. His research interests focuses on managing requirements and related knowledge in large-scale and distributed software projects to enable digitalization of societies. Research topics include Requirements Engineering, Software Ecosystems, Global and Cross-Organizational Software Development, and Agile Methods.

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2023

Aspects of modelling requirements in very-large agile systems engineering

Grischa Liebel, Eric Knauss
Journal of Systems and Software. Vol. 199
Journal article
2023

Managing Human Factors in Automated Vehicle Development: Towards Challenges and Practices

Amna Pir Muhammad, Eric Knauss, Jonas Bärgman et al
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering. Vol. 2023-September, p. 347-352
Paper in proceeding
2023
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An Investigation of Challenges Encountered When Specifying Training Data and Runtime Monitors for Safety Critical ML Applications

Hans-Martin Heyn, Eric Knauss, Iswarya Malleswaran et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 13975 LNCS, p. 206-222
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2023
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A compositional approach to creating architecture frameworks with an application to distributed AI systems

Hans-Martin Heyn, Eric Knauss, Patrizio Pelliccione
Journal of Systems and Software. Vol. 198
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2023
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Human factors in developing automated vehicles: A requirements engineering perspective

Amna Pir Muhammad, Eric Knauss, Jonas Bärgman
Journal of Systems and Software. Vol. 205
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2023

Requirements Engineering for Automotive Perception Systems: An Interview Study

Khan Mohammad Habibullah, Hans-Martin Heyn, Gregory Gay et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 13975 LNCS, p. 189-205
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2023

Automotive Perception Software Development: An Empirical Investigation into Data, Annotation, and Ecosystem Challenges

Hans-Martin Heyn, Khan Mohammad Habibullah, Eric Knauss et al
Proceedings - 2023 IEEE/ACM 2nd International Conference on AI Engineering - Software Engineering for AI, CAIN 2023, p. 13-24
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2022
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Collaborative Augmented Reality for increased efficiency and interactivity of infrastructure maintenance and inspection

Rasmus Rempling, Carlos Gil Berrocal, Ignasi Fernandez et al
Report - Smart Built Environment
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2022
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Architecture evaluation in continuous development

Magnus Ågren, Eric Knauss, Rogardt Heldal et al
Journal of Systems and Software. Vol. 184
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2022

Defining Requirements Strategies in Agile: A Design Science Research Study

Amna Pir Muhammad, Eric Knauss, Odzaya Batsaikhan et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 13709 LNCS, p. 73-89
Paper in proceeding
2022

Marine Data Sharing: Challenges, Technology Drivers and Quality Attributes

Keila Lima, Ngoc Thanh Nguyen, Rogardt Heldal et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 13709 LNCS, p. 124-140
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2022

Setting AI in Context: A Case Study on Defining the Context and Operational Design Domain for Automated Driving

Hans-Martin Heyn, Padmini Subbiah, Jennifer Linder et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 13216 LNCS, p. 199-215
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2022

Agile Beyond Teams and Feedback Beyond Software in Automotive Systems

Magnus Ågren, Rogardt Heldal, Eric Knauss et al
IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. Vol. 69 (6), p. 3459-3475
Journal article
2022

VEDLIoT: Very Efficient Deep Learning in IoT

Martin Kaiser, R. Griessl, Nils Kucza et al
Proceedings of the 2022 Design, Automation and Test in Europe Conference and Exhibition, DATE 2022, p. 963-968
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2022

What Makes Agile Software Development Agile

Marco Kuhrmann, Paolo Tell, Regina Hebig et al
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering. Vol. 48 (9), p. 3523-3539
Journal article
2021

Managing Traceability Information Models: Not Such a Simple Task After All?

Salome Maro, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer, Eric Knauss et al
IEEE Software. Vol. 38 (5), p. 101-109
Journal article
2021

Welcome to the First International Workshop on Requirements Engineering for Explainable Systems (RE4ES)

Wasja Brunotte, Larissa Chazette, Verena Klos et al
Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Requirements Engineering. Vol. 2021-September, p. 157-158
Paper in proceeding
2021
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Requirements engineering challenges and practices in large-scale agile system development

RASHIDA KASAULI, Eric Knauss, Jennifer Horkoff et al
Journal of Systems and Software. Vol. 172
Journal article
2021

Why and How Your Traceability Should Evolve: Insights from an Automotive Supplier

Rebekka Wohlrab, Patrizio Pelliccione, Ali Shahrokni et al
IEEE Software. Vol. 38 (4), p. 62-70
Journal article
2020
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Charting Coordination Needs in Large-Scale Agile Organisations with Boundary Objects and Methodological Islands

RASHIDA KASAULI, Rebekka Wohlrab, Eric Knauss et al
Proceedings - 2020 IEEE/ACM International Conference on Software and System Processes, ICSSP 2020, p. 51-60
Paper in proceeding
2020

Modeling and Analysis of Boundary Objects and Methodological Islands in Large-Scale Systems Development

Rebekka Wohlrab, Jennifer Horkoff, Rashidah Kasauli et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 12400, p. 575-589
Paper in proceeding
2020

Foreword to the Special Issue in Empirical Software Engineering: Best Papers of REFSQ 2019

Eric Knauss, Michael Goedicke, Paul Gruenbacher
Empirical Software Engineering. Vol. 25 (5), p. 4348-4349
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2020
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Collaborative traceability management: a multiple case study from the perspectives of organization, process, and culture

Rebekka Wohlrab, Eric Knauss, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer et al
Requirements Engineering. Vol. 25 (1), p. 21-45
Journal article
2020

Agile Islands in a Waterfall Environment: Challenges and Strategies in Automotive

RASHIDA KASAULI, Eric Knauss, Joyce Nabende et al
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, p. 31-40
Paper in proceeding
2020

Beyond connected cars: A systems of systems perspective

Patrizio Pelliccione, Eric Knauss, Magnus Ågren et al
Science of Computer Programming. Vol. 191
Journal article
2020

Why and how to balance alignment and diversity of requirements engineering practices in automotive

Rebekka Wohlrab, Eric Knauss, Patrizio Pelliccione
Journal of Systems and Software. Vol. 162
Journal article
2019
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Use, potential, and showstoppers of models in automotive requirements engineering

Grischa Liebel, Matthias Tichy, Eric Knauss
Software and Systems Modeling. Vol. 18 (4), p. 2587-2607
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2019

On interfaces to support agile architecting in automotive: An exploratory case study

Rebekka Wohlrab, Patrizio Pelliccione, Eric Knauss et al
Proceedings - 2019 IEEE International Conference on Software Architecture, ICSA 2019, p. 161-170
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2019
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The Impact of Requirements on Systems Development Speed: A Multiple-Case Study in Automotive

Magnus Ågren, Eric Knauss, Rogardt Heldal et al
Requirements Engineering. Vol. 24 (3), p. 315-340
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2019

The Missing Requirements Perspective in Large-Scale Agile System Development

Eric Knauss
IEEE Software. Vol. 36 (3), p. 9-13
Journal article
2019

Challenges of Scaled Agile for Safety-Critical Systems

Jan-Philipp Steghöfer, Eric Knauss, Jennifer Horkoff et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 11915 LNCS, p. 350-366
Paper in proceeding
2018

Involving External Stakeholders in Project Courses

Jan-Philipp Steghöfer, Håkan Burden, Regina Hebig et al
ACM Transactions on Computing Education. Vol. 18 (2)
Journal article
2018
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Boundary objects in agile practices: Continuous management of systems engineering artifacts in the automotive domain

Rebekka Wohlrab, Patrizio Pelliccione, Eric Knauss et al
ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, p. 31-40
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2018

A model of estimating the strategic development of a company on the base of expert knowledge

A. A. Zakharova, T. Y. Chernysheva, O. A. Kolegova et al
RPC 2018 - Proceedings of the 3rd Russian-Pacific Conference on Computer Technology and Applications
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2018
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Organisation and Communication Problems in Automotive Requirements Engineering

Grischa Liebel, Matthias Tichy, Eric Knauss et al
Requirements Engineering. Vol. 23 (1), p. 145-167
Journal article
2018

The Problem of Consolidating RE Practices at Scale: An Ethnographic Study

Rebekka Wohlrab, Patrizio Pelliccione, Eric Knauss et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 10753, p. 155-170
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2018

T-Reqs: Tool support for managing requirements in large-scale agile system development

Eric Knauss, Grischa Liebel, Jennifer Horkoff et al
Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 26th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2018, p. 502-503
Paper in proceeding
2018

Safety-Critical Systems and Agile Development: A Mapping Study

RASHIDA KASAULI, Eric Knauss, Benjamin Kanagwa et al
Proceedings - 44th Euromicro Conference on Software Engineering and Advanced Applications, SEAA 2018, p. 470-477
Paper in proceeding
2018
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Continuous Clarification and Emergent Requirements Flows in Open-Commercial Software Ecosystems

Eric Knauss, Aminah Yussuf, Kelly Blincoe et al
Requirements Engineering. Vol. 23 (1), p. 97-117
Journal article
2018

The manager perspective on requirements impact on automotive systems development speed

Magnus Ågren, Eric Knauss, Rogardt Heldal et al
Proceedings - 2018 IEEE 26th International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2018, p. 17-28
Paper in proceeding
2018

Modeling support for strategic API planning and analysis

Jennifer Horkoff, Juho Lindman, Imed Hammouda et al
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. Vol. 336, p. 10-26
Paper in proceeding
2018

Experiences applying e3 value modeling in a cross-company study

Jennifer Horkoff, Juho Lindman, Imed Hammouda et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 11157 LNCS, p. 610-625
Paper in proceeding
2017

Quality Requirements in Agile as a Knowledge Management Problem: More than Just-in-Time

Eric Knauss, Grischa Liebel, Kurt Schneider et al
2nd International Workshop on Just-In-Time Requirements Engineering (JIT at RE ’17), p. 427-430
Paper in proceeding
2017

Initial results of the HELENA survey conducted in Estonia with comparison to results from Sweden and worldwide

Ezequiel Scott, Dietmar Pfahl, Regina Hebig et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 10611 LNCS, p. 404-412
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2017

LoCo CoCo: Automatically Constructing Coordination and Communication Networks from Model-Based Systems Engineering Data

Mazen Mohamad, Grischa Liebel, Eric Knauss
Information and Software Technology. Vol. 92, p. 179-193
Journal article
2017

Welcome to the sixth international workshop on empirical requirements engineering (EmpiRE 2017)

S. Marczak, Eric Knauss, N. Madhavji et al
Other conference contribution
2017

Adding value every sprint: A case study on large-scale continuous requirements engineering

RASHIDA KASAULI, Eric Knauss, Agneta Nilsson et al
CEUR Workshop Proceedings. Vol. 1796
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2017

Automotive Architecture Framework: The experience of Volvo Cars

Patrizio Pelliccione, Eric Knauss, Rogardt Heldal et al
Journal of Systems Architecture. Vol. 77, p. 83-100
Journal article
2017

Herding cats in a FOSS ecosystem: a tale of communication and coordination for release management

Germán Poo-Caamaño, Eric Knauss, Leif Singer et al
Journal of Internet Services and Applications. Vol. 8 (1), p. Article number 12-
Journal article
2017

Hybrid software and systems development in practice: Perspectives from Sweden and Uganda

Joyce Nakatumba-Nabende, Benjamin Kanagwa, Regina Hebig et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 10611 LNCS, p. 413-419
Paper in proceeding
2017

How do Practitioners Perceive the Relevance of Requirements Engineering Research? An Ongoing Study

Xavier Franch, Daniel Mendez Fernandez, Marc Oriol et al
2017 IEEE 25TH INTERNATIONAL REQUIREMENTS ENGINEERING CONFERENCE (RE), p. 382-387
Paper in proceeding
2017

Requirements Engineering Challenges in Large-Scale Agile System Development

RASHIDA KASAULI, Grischa Liebel, Eric Knauss et al
International Requirements Engineering Conference, p. 352-361
Paper in proceeding
2017

Challenges of aligning requirements engineering and system testing in large-scale agile: A multiple case study

Francisco Gomes, Jennifer Horkoff, Eric Knauss et al
25th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference Workshops, REW 2017; Lisbon; Portugal; 4 - 8 September 2017, p. 315-322
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2016

Cross-Organizational Challenges of Requirements Engineering in the AUTOSAR Ecosystem: An Exploratory Case Study

Mozhan Soltani, Eric Knauss
2015 IEEE Fifth International Workshop on Empirical Requirements Engineering, p. 41-48
Paper in proceeding
2016

Continuous Integration Beyond the Team: A Tooling Perspective on Challenges in the Automotive Industry

Eric Knauss, Patrizio Pelliccione, Rogardt Heldal et al
International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement, p. Article number a43-
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2016

Teaching Agile: Addressing the Conflict Between Project Delivery and Application of Agile Methods

Jan-Philipp Steghöfer, Eric Knauss, Emil Alégroth et al
Proceedings - International Conference on Software Engineering, p. 303-312
Paper in proceeding
2016

Herding cats: A case study of release management in an open collaboration ecosystem

Germán Poo-Caamaño, Leif Singer, Eric Knauss et al
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. Vol. 472, p. 147-162
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2016

Collaborative Traceability Management: Challenges and Opportunities

Rebekka Wohlrab, Jan-Philipp Steghöfer, Eric Knauss et al
Proceedings of 24th IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE' 16), p. 216-225
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2016

Scaling up the Planning Game: Collaboration Challenges in Large Scale Agile Product Development

Felix Evbota, Eric Knauss, Anna Sandberg
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. Vol. 251, p. 28-38
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2016

Verdict Machinery: On the need to automatically make sense of test results

Martin Fagerström, Emre Emir Ismail, Grischa Liebel et al
International Symposium on Software Testing and Analysis (ISSTA '16), p. 225-234
Paper in proceeding
2016

Herding Cats: A Case Study of Release Management in an Open Collaboration Ecosystem

Germán Poo-Caamaño, Leif Singer, Eric Knauss et al
Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Open Source Systems (OSS 2016)
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2016

A proposal for an Automotive Architecture Framework for Volvo Cars

Patrizio Pelliccione, Eric Knauss, Rogardt Heldal et al
Workshop on Automotive Systems/Software Architectures (WASA), Venice, Italy, April 05-08, 2016, p. 18-21
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2015

Supporting Continuous Integration by Code-Churn Based Test Selection

Eric Knauss, Miroslaw Staron, Wilhelm Meding et al
RCoSE - 2nd International Workshop on Rapid Continuous Software Engineering @ ICSE 2015 Florence, Italy
Other conference contribution
2015

Continuous API Design for Software Ecosystems

Eric Knauss, Imed Hammouda
Proceedings - 2nd International Workshop on Rapid Continuous Software Engineering, RCoSE 2015, p. 30-33
Paper in proceeding
2015

Challenges of Requirements Engineering in AUTOSAR ecosystems

M. Soltani, Eric Knauss
2015 IEEE 23rd International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2015 - Proceedings, p. 294-295
Paper in proceeding
2015

Patterns of Continuous Requirements Clarification

Eric Knauss, Daniela Damian, Jane Cleland-Huang et al
Requirements Engineering. Vol. 20 (4), p. 383-403
Journal article
2015

Research Preview: Supporting Requirements Feedback Flows in Iterative System Development

Eric Knauss, Andreas Andersson, Michael Rybacki et al
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 9013, p. 277-283
Paper in proceeding
2015

Cross-Organizational Challenges of Requirements Engineering in the AUTOSAR Ecosystem: A Case Study

Mozhan Soltani, Eric Knauss
Proceedings of 5th IEEE International Workshop on Empirical Requirements Engineering at RE '15
Other conference contribution
2015

The Need of Complementing Plan-Driven Requirements Engineering with Emerging Communication: Experiences from Volvo Car Group

Ulf Eliasson, Rogardt Heldal, Eric Knauss et al
23rd IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference, RE 2015, Ottawa, Canada, 24-28 August, p. 372-381
Paper in proceeding
2015

Teaching scrum – what we did, what we will do and what impedes us

Emil Alégroth, Håkan Burden, Morgan Ericsson et al
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. Vol. 212 (2015), p. 361-362
Paper in proceeding
2015

Challenges of Requirements Engineering in AUTOSAR Ecosystems

Mozhan Soltani, Eric Knauss
Proceedings of 23rd IEEE International Requirements Engineering Conference
Conference poster
2015

The Driving Forces of API Evolution

William Granli, John Burchell, Imed Hammouda et al
ESEC/FSE 2015 Workshops - 14th International Workshop on Principles of Software Evolution (IWPSE 2015) proceedings, p. 28-37
Other conference contribution
2015

The Role of Secondary Software in Automotive Ecosystems

Nelson Sekitoleko, Eric Knauss, Daniela Damian et al
Proceedings of European Open Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering
Other conference contribution
2015

Continuous API-Design for Software Ecosystems

Imed Hammouda, Eric Knauss, Leonardo Costantini
Other conference contribution
2014

Openness and Requirements: Opportunities and Tradeoffs in Software Ecosystems

Eric Knauss, Daniela Damian, Alessia Knauss et al
Proceedings of 22nd International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE '14), p. 213 - 222
Paper in proceeding
2014

Technical Dependency Challenges in Large-Scale Agile Software Development

Nelson Sekitoleko, Felix Evbota, Eric Knauss et al
Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing. Vol. 179, p. 46-61
Paper in proceeding
2014

Agile Development in Automotive Software Development: Challenges and Opportunities

Brian Katumba, Eric Knauss
Product-Focused Software Process Improvement, Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Vol. 8892, p. 33-47
Paper in proceeding
2014

Dedicated Support for Experience Sharing in Distributed Software Projects

Anna Averbakh, Eric Knauss, Stephan Kiesling et al
Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE '14), p. 355-360
Paper in proceeding
2014

EAM: Ecosystemability Assessment Method

Eric Knauss, Imed Hammouda
2014 IEEE 22nd International Requirements Engineering Conference (RE), Aug 25-29, Karlskrona, Sverige, p. 319-320
Paper in proceeding
2014

(Semi-)Automatic Categorization of Natural Language Requirements

Eric Knauss, Daniel Ott
Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics). Vol. 8396 LNCS, p. 39--54-54
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Showing 4 research projects

2023–2026

FAMER - Facilitating Multi-Party Engineering of Requirements

Jennifer Horkoff Testing, Requirements, Innovation and Psychology
Eric Knauss Testing, Requirements, Innovation and Psychology
Hans-Martin Heyn Testing, Requirements, Innovation and Psychology
FFI - Strategic Vehicle Research and Innovation

2020–2023

Very Efficient Deep Learning in IOT (VEDLIoT)

Pedro Petersen Moura Trancoso Computer Systems
Hans-Martin Heyn Testing, Requirements, Innovation and Psychology
Miquel Pericas Computer Systems
Eric Knauss Testing, Requirements, Innovation and Psychology
European Commission (EC)

13 publications exist
2020–2020

Multi-disciplinary research for a Safe Transition to automated transport in the cities of tomorrow (MuST)

Marco Dozza Crash Analysis and Prevention
Rebecka Jörnsten Applied Mathematics and Statistics
Eric Knauss Software Engineering for Testing, Requirements, Innovation and Psychology
Erik Ström Communication, Antennas and Optical Networks
Jonas Bärgman Crash Analysis and Prevention
Christian Berger Software Engineering for Cyber Physical Systems
András Bálint Crash Analysis and Prevention
Chalmers

2019–2024

Supporting the interaction of Humans and Automated vehicles: Preparing for the Environment of Tomorrow (Shape-IT)

Jonas Bärgman Crash Analysis and Prevention
Chi Zhang Interaction Design and Software Engineering
Amna Pir Muhammad Testing, Requirements, Innovation and Psychology
Jacqueline Plette Chalmers, Research support
Eric Knauss Testing, Requirements, Innovation and Psychology
Christian Berger Cyber Physical Systems
European Commission (EC)

27 publications exist
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