Automated Driving

Daniel Watzenig was born in Austria. He received his Master degree in electrical engineering and the doctoral degree in technical science from Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, in 2002 and 2006, respectively. He is currently divisional director of the automotive electronics and embedded software department of the Virtual Vehicle Research Center in Graz. Since 2009 he is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Electrical Measurement and Measurement Signal Processing, Graz University of Technology, Austria. He is author or co-author of over 120 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, patents, and articles. His research interests focus on sensor fusion and signal processing, automotive control systems, uncertainty estimation, and robust optimization methods. In 2005 he was a visiting researcher at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, working on multi-sensor arrays and statistical signal processing. In 2011 he was visiting researcher and guest lecturer at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro. He is IEEE Senior Member of the IEEE Control Systems, Signal Processing and Instrumentation & Measurement Societies. Furthermore, he is Vice President and member of the steering board of the EU ARTEMIS Industrial Association. Martin Horn was born in Austria. He received his Master degree in electrical engineering and the doctoral degree in technical science from Graz University of Technology, Graz, Austria, in 1992 and 1998, respectively. From 2003 to 2008 he was is an Associate Professor at the Institute of Automation and Control at Graz University of Technology. From 2008 to 2014 he was full professor for Control and Mechatronic Systems at Klagenfurt University.  Since 2014 he is full professor for Automation and Control at Graz University of Technology. He is author or co-author of around 100 peer-reviewed papers, book chapters, patents, and articles. His research interests focus on automotive control systems, robust control, variable structure systems and robust observer design.