Conference Program
Virtualization and Simulation
14:00-14:30: SDV Virtualization for Safe and Secure Feature Development
Ulrich Schulmeister (Bosch)
In the dynamic evolution of Software Defined Vehicles (SDV), virtualization technologies have become essential for streamlining development processes and ensuring the continuous update of vehicle functionalities post-deployment. This presentation explores the maturity requirements of virtualization and the critical role of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) in accelerating the maturity of virtualization frameworks, emphasizing its impact on enabling over-the-air (OTA) updates and subsequent vehicle software modifications.
We will highlight how virtualization, paired with cloud-native architectures, enhances the reliability, scalability, and efficiency of SDV systems. By leveraging robust simulation environments, such as IPG Carmaker and digital.auto, we aim to advance the development of distributed automotive features and enable seamless integration of real-time updates to vehicle fleets.
Our discussion will focus on the credibility of simulation and qualification techniques tailored to SDV ecosystems, ensuring that software updates can be rigorously tested and validated in virtual environments before deployment. Furthermore, we will underscore the role of secure teleoperations and Level 4 autonomy within SDVs, supported by a digital twin approach to continuously simulate vehicle behaviors in real-world conditions.
The presentation will highlight ecosystem collaborations with industry leaders through digital.auto for providing a cloud-based simulation aimed at enhancing SDV capabilities.
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14:30-15:00: Workflow and Data Management for Continuous Virtual Development and Validation of Driving Functions in Software-Defined Vehicles
Michael Kochem (IPG Automotive GmbH)
Developing, validating/releasing and updating SDVs using real test drives is uneconomical and sometimes impossible. In addition to data replay, scenario-based simulations enable comprehensive tests in various situations. This requires different test environments with variable real or virtual parts to ensure seamless, reproducible results. Fully virtual components enable to quickly drive many relevant test kilometers through parallelization in the cloud. The Virtual Vehicle Development Tool Suite VIRTO will be used to demonstrate the methodology behind a superordinate simulation access level to manage data, models and software for virtual development. VIRTO supports diverse test methods, simplifies data and workflow management and integrates seamlessly into existing development processes.
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15:00-15:30: The virtual vehicle – state of the nation
Ulrich Schulmeister (Bosch), Felix Strauß (Bertrandt), Markus Behle (ETAS)
Virtual vehicle technologies, from advanced vECU levels and virtual BUS systems to co-simulation frameworks, are transforming automotive development. This panel explores the current status of these tools and their role in accelerating testing, validation, and homologation for software-defined vehicles. Looking ahead, we’ll discuss emerging trends like AI-driven validation and digital twins, and pose an open question: how will these advancements reshape physical test system design and its role in future development cycles? Join us to examine the state of the art and the road ahead for virtual vehicles.
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Ulrich Schulmeister is the Vice President of Technology and Engineering at Bosch Mobility, heading the department for Systems Engineering, Simulation, Virtualization, and Vehicle Safety. With over 25 years of experience in the automotive industry, he is a member of the Bosch Mobility Steering Committee for Technology and Engineering. His responsibilities include the Center of Competence for Vehicle Safety, Simulation, Reliable Distributed Systems, the Rolling Chassis Program, System Development for Pre-Integrated System Products, feature-based development, integration platforms for microcontrollers, microprocessors, and SoCs, virtualization for Software-Defined Vehicles and release processes, as well as external standards and engineering methods.
1. Electrical-/controls-engineering at Darmstadt University (including PhD.) 2. From Development Engineer to Director of Central Vehicle Simulation department at German based OEM. 3. Now being responsible for the consulting business at IPG Automotive as Vice President Strategic Consulting & Engineering.
Felix Strauß is working as Lead Expert at Bertrandt Group and is responsible for all X-in-the-Loop related technologies. With 10 years of experience in hard- and software-testing in HiL/SiL-environments for OEM customers he is aware of the challenges the automotive industry is recently facing. For the past five years he has been pushing the evolution of virtual testing activities beyond the well-established SiL-environments that mostly consider application software. His main focus is the virtualization of control units, building cloud-based test frameworks as we as establishing new test processes that worthy the possibilities of the virtual ecu. Felix is equipped with a M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering and Information Technology from the Karlsruhe Institute of technology (KIT).
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