Wijesekera receives funding for FHWA driving simulator support research: Hands-on support for CDA/CARMA - ARCHER Integration Phase I
2024-07-22
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Duminda Wijesekera, Professor, Cybersecurity Engineering; Professor, Computer Science, received funding for the project: “FHWA Driving Simulator Support Research: Hands-on support for CDA/CARMA - ARCHER Integration Phase I.”
He will evaluate and test the Nvidia Drive Sim to understand functionality, behaviors, limitations, and interfaces that would be required in full integration.
Nvidia Drive Sim is a simulation platform for autonomous vehicles.
He will also work to discern the advantages and disadvantages of using Drive Sim and/or Omniverse.
Omniverse is a real-time 3D graphics collaboration platform created by Nvidia. It has been used for applications in the visual effects and digital twin industrial simulation industries.
Wijesekera received $40,000 from Syntec Technologies, Inc., on a subaward from the Federal Highway Administration for this research. Funding began in June 2024 and will end in late Sept. 2025.
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