IUCRC Phase I Wayne State University: Center for Electric, Connected and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility (eCAT)

交通系统中的自动驾驶车辆有可能彻底改变人们在城市和郊区环境中通勤的移动方式，以更少的排放实现更好的安全性、可靠性、信息娱乐和安保。阻碍电动、网联和自动驾驶汽车系统发展的一个重要障碍是缺乏跨学科领域的协同研究，例如电动汽车设计、智能自动驾驶系统和V2X通信技术。为了应对这一挑战，该项目将建立电动、互联和自主移动技术中心 (eCAT)。 eCAT 不仅将作为学术研究人员与业界就具有高度国家和国际重要性的问题进行合作的机构，而且还为行业合作伙伴提供了获得由不同研究人员群体进行的最先进的协同研究的机会。eCAT 的建立预计将通过创造创新的电动、互联和自动驾驶技术，启动并加速从传统车辆到 eCAV 的移动方式的转变。这需要通过在行业、学术界和政府之间建立长期合作伙伴关系，为交通运输行业发展新的合作模式。 eCAT 韦恩州立大学 (eCAT-WSU) 站点将作为 eCAT 的主导站点，并领导该中心的协调和管理。 eCAT-WSU 站点的研究将重点关注电气化、实时边缘/车辆计算系统、安全和智能基础设施。建设这个 eCAT 中心将是实现我们日常生活中的全自动电动汽车的重大技术突破。特别是，该中心将通过我们的合作伙伴关系推进 eCAV 的科学和技术，并加速学术界和工业界之间的知识和知识产权转移。中心成员（包括PI和行业合作伙伴）的才华和专业知识融合在一起，增强了中心的核心竞争力。通过eCAT开发的创新和技术将有效满足自动驾驶汽车对硬件和软件支持的迫切需求。从该项目获得的数据将包括实验、计算、基于文本和/或课程数据。所有数据产品将在奖项结束后至少保留三年或公开发布（出版）后三年，以较晚者为准。 eCAT-WSU 将拥有受密码保护的共享网络驱动器，以促进团队内部、合作者以及社区中对 NSF 资助的数据感兴趣的任何人的数据共享。将在 http://ecat.center 创建一个导航至存档数据的登陆页面。该奖项反映了 NSF 的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的智力优点和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Autonomous vehicles in transportation systems have the potential to revolutionize the mobility methods that people commute in urban and suburban environments, achieving better safety, reliability, infotainment, and security with less emission. A vital obstacle that impedes the development of the electric, connected, and autonomous vehicle system is the shortage of synergy research from interdisciplinary domains, such as electric vehicle design, intelligent autonomous systems, and V2X communication technologies. In coping with this challenge, this project will build the Center of Electric, Connected, and Autonomous Technologies for Mobility (eCAT). eCAT will not only serve as an apparatus of academic researchers collaborating with industry on problems of high national and international importance but also provides industry partners the opportunities to access the most advanced synergistic research produced by a diverse group of researchers.The establishment of eCAT is expected to initiate and accelerate the transformation of mobility methods from conventional vehicles to eCAVs by creating innovative electric, connected, and autonomous technologies. This requires the evolution of a new collaboration paradigm for the transportation industry by developing long-term partnerships among industry, academia, and government. The eCAT Wayne State University (eCAT-WSU) Site will serve as the lead Site for eCAT and will lead the coordination and management of the Center. Research at the eCAT-WSU Site will focus on electrification, real-time edge/vehicle computing systems, safety, and smart infrastructure. Building this eCAT Center will constitute a major technological breakthrough toward realizing fully autonomous electric vehicles in our daily life. In particular, the center will advance the science and technologies of eCAVs and accelerate knowledge and intellectual property transfer between academia and industry through our collaborative partnerships. The talent and expertise of center members (including both the PIs and the industry partners) are fused together to enhance the center’s core competence. The innovations and techniques developed via eCAT will effectively fulfill the urgent demands of autonomous vehicles for hardware and software support. Data obtained from this project will include experimental, computational, text-based, and/or curricular data. All data products will be retained for a minimum of three years after the conclusion of the award or three years after public release (publication), whichever is later. eCAT-WSU will have password-protected shared network drives to facilitate data sharing within the teams, with collaborators, and with anyone in the community interested in the NSF-funded data. A landing page for navigation to archived data will be created at http://ecat.center.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.