The research project MOD2SDV is officially underway — shaping the future of Software-Defined Vehicles!
A great milestone for the Mod2SDV consortium! This week, project partners came together in Munich for the official kick-off meeting, hosted by our project coordinator Dr. Mohammed Abuteir from TrustMotion. Representing the University of Siegen and bringing our team's expertise to the discussions were Prof. Dr. Roman Obermaisser, Dr. Yosab Bebawy, Omar Hekal and Fatima Mammadova.
Across two productive days, we aligned our vision, defined our priorities, and laid the groundwork for developing safe, secure, and modular architectures for the next generation of Software-Defined Vehicles (SDVs).
As part of Mod2SDV, the Chair for Embedded Systems at University of Siegen brings its expertise in dependable embedded systems, deterministic computing, and reconfigurable AI hardware to the S-CORE architecture. Our contribution focuses on developing and integrating three key modular services into the System Services layer:
- Reconfigurable Time-Triggered AI Accelerator Enabling FPGA-based AI inference with deterministic execution schedules to satisfy stringent real-time and reliability requirements.
- Incremental Partial Reconfiguration Enabling runtime updates and reconfiguration of distributed hardware accelerators and communication structures while preserving system continuity and real-time behavior.
- Proactive Scheduling & Meta-Scheduling Anticipating faults, performance anomalies, and changing operating conditions to adapt execution schedules and resource allocation proactively.
The goal is to bring together deterministic AI execution, runtime adaptability, and dependable system operation — supporting UC3’s vision of continuous and incremental development.
We are excited to contribute to this collaborative effort and work alongside our partners to advance modular, safe, and secure automotive software architectures. The journey has just begun, and there is much to build together.
