John Ousterhout, Professor, Computer Science and Director of the Stanford Platform Lab will explain why device swarms of the future are likely to be controlled using large-scale software systems running in datacenters, and describe some of the projects underway in the Stanford Platform Laboratory to create infrastructure for these control systems.
Presenting talks from leaders in technology, business, finance, education and philanthropy, the DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leader Series on May 10 features Zoox co-founders Tim Kentley-KIay and Jesse Levinson.
Please save the date for our upcoming mobility workshop: Mobility from the Inside Out. The workshop will focus on the changing usage and design of vehicle interiors. More information and please RSVP here.
Hai Wang, Professor, Mechanical Engineering will open the 2017 CARS webinar series focusing on the question of how combustion research can potentially help in future hybrid ground-vehicle power systems. A brief review of current state of knowledge about real fuel combustion will be followed by a discussion of ongoing fundamental studies of miniaturized detonation with potential application in micro-turbine based electricity generation.
Meeting URL: https://bluejeans.com/106020854
Meeting ID: 5013647847
Please mark April 27, 2017 for the CARS interim annual meeting, an all-day meeting at the Automotive Innovation Facility. CARS Director Chris Gerdes will be returning from his assignment at U.S. DOT as the Chief Innovation Officer in April. We are planning presentations/updates from the CARS Co-directors and affiliated faculty and researchers.
Transportation appears poised to move to a world of mobility services after 100 years of a traditional sales and ownership model. This transformation impacts both the demand and supply sides of the automotive business. In this discussion with experts from Stanford researchers, ride-sharing drivers, car-sharing entrepreneurs and policy makers, we will examine how mobility does the hard work of moving us from today to the future. Register for the March 7 workshop here.
Hai Wang, Professor, Mechanical Engineering will open the CARS webinar series in February presenting Research into Fuels Chemistry and Potentials of Miniaturized Detonation as a Means to Converting Chemical Energy to Power Efficiently. His current research focuses on theories and application of nanoparticles and nanostructures for rechargeable batteries and supercapacitors, combustion simulations and nanocatalysis. Abstract and webinar link will be sent out in February.
Pico Iyer was recently called "arguably the world's greatest living travel writer." His twelve books cover everything from our lives in airports, Revolutionary Cuba to the XIVth Dalai Lama. This special lecture at the Stanford Humanities Center, Levinthal Hall brings together Pico Iyer and Richard Rodriguez.
Please join us for the last CARS webinar of the year with Patrick Lin, Associate Professor, Cal Poly San Luis Obispo presenting on Ethics of Autonomous Driving: Common Objections and Replies. Lin is also Director of the Ethics + Emerging Sciences Group. He has published several books and papers in the field of technology ethics, especially with respect to nanotechnology, human enhancement, robotics, cyberwarfare, space exploration, and other areas. Lin teaches courses in ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of technology, and philosophy of law.
Please join us on Friday, November 4, 4:00-5:00 PM for a special seminar with Prof John Heywood, MIT, on Future Drivetrain Options for Reducing Light-Duty-Vehicle Energy Use and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Prof Heywood is one of the most recognizable and highly regarded names in internal combustion engines. His work with Professor James Fay and Professor James Keck in the MIT Sloan Automotive Laboratory in the 1960s and 1970s led to seminal contributions to the science of automotive and aircraft engines – and in particular to the understanding of emissions.
