W3C on Data Models for Transportation

Business and technical challenges and requirements for automotive user profiles, trip information, vehicle data, consent and accessibility needs are just some of the topics that experts from BMW, Uber, Volvo and MIT/W3C will cover in this authoritative presentation. BMW will talk about the new vehicle data model enables a car to join the W3C Web of Things. Uber will explain how the data model will mesh with their existing platform. Volvo will describe the W3C Vehicle Information Service Specification, which is an in-vehicle API with a common data model across manufacturers, plus the W3C will summarize their Automotive activities.

Speakers:
· Adnan Bekan, BMW

· Joshua Shinavier, Uber
Joshua Shinavier is a research scientist at Uber, and a co-founder of Apache TinkerPop, holding a Ph.D. in Web Science from RPI’s Tetherless World Constellation. At Uber, he is a member of the knowledge graph team, and leads a company-wide effort to unify data models and schemas across RPC, streaming, and storage.

· Peter Winzell, Volvo
Peter Winzell is a principal software engineer assigned to Volvo Cars Tech Center, Sunnyvale California, and has over 25 years’ experience as a software- developer, architect and advisor. Peter specializes in the development and research of technologies in the automotive space – ranging from infotainment, safety and IOT.

· Ted Guild, W3C
Ted Guild leads the Automotive standardization activities at the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the global standards body that develops the foundational technologies for the Web. He is based at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Lab (CSAIL) in Cambridge, MA. where he also does connected vehicle cybersecurity research.

Host and sponsor: Volvo
Fee beneficiary: Formula SAE Racing at SJSU, 100%

Agenda:
5:00 PM doors open
5:30 PM refreshments and networking
6:00 PM presentations
7:30 PM vacate facility