Are People Ready for Autonomous Vehicles? On 28 April, PAVE Europe is organising a virtual panel with SCOR and BVA Xsight, AI4CCAM partner, as we explore how AVs can be designed with people in mind.
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the capabilities of autonomous vehicles, enabling them to process vast amounts of data and execute complex driving tasks in real time. While the technology is accelerating, however, human readiness remains a challenge. Behavioural hesitation, ethical uncertainty, and limited public trust pose significant barriers to widespread adoption.
Guido Di Pasquale, PAVE Europe, will moderate a discussion with Caitlyn Parsons and Marc Eynaud on:
- How human behavior and biases shape trust in AVs
- The role of insurance in building confidence and increasing acceptance
- Real-world projects like AI4CCAM that are working toward advancing ethical, transparent AI, and more.
The 8th edition of the European Conference on the Results from Road Transport Research took place from 11th to 13th February 2025. More than 1000 participants joined the conference, on-site in Brussels and online to listen to the presentations from 90 projects in 23 sessions.
AI4CCAM was one of the speaker, involved in the CCAM enablers session. Loic Cantat, IRT SystemX, touched the project key points: a tooled methodology to generate simulations for VRU scenarios; a digital framework to integrate AI4CCAM tools and share with other CCAM initiative; scientific contribution to improve AI Models for better AV and ADAS; a Participatory Space and handbook to evaluate user acceptance.
All the presentations gave the final outcomes from some Horizon 2020 projects, providing a glimpse into a promising future for a more sustainable, integrated and digital road mobility. Furthermore, attendees were introduced to new results from many, running Horizon Europe funded projects.
In the RTR Conference Summary Report, the moderators of each session briefly introduce the key outcomes highlighted by each project’s representative and provide a summary of the discussions and conclusions from their session. If you want to deep dive into the session content, watch the recording of each session, which is easily accessible by clicking on the YouTube logo next to the session title.
On 8 April, BVA Xsight organised the webinar “How Europeans perceive automated vehicles“ to present the key findings of the quantitative research carried out in AI4CCAM, that are directly linked to European citizens’ perception and willingness to adopt automated vehicles.
Imagine renting an automated car for your weekend when suddenly the car stops at a crosswalk even if nobody is on sight. An incident report pops up on your dashboard : what would you like the report to tell you? And European citizens, what do they expect?
The webinar presented the groundbreaking findings from the AI4CCAM quantitative study spanning six European countries.
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Atia Cortes, Barcelona Supercomputing Center, had the chance to present AI4CCAM and introduce the concepts of Trustworthy and Responsible Artificial Intelligence during the launch of the second edition of the International Summer School organized by ADIA Lab and DaSCI, Andalusian Institute in Artificial Intelligence.
The research done in AI4CCAM was showed, underlining the importance of explainable and responsible AI, focus of the Summer School this year.
This Summer School is part of the Strategic Project ‘Ethical, Responsible and General Purpose Artificial Intelligence for Cybersecurity’ IAFER-Cib (C074/23), as a result of the collaboration agreement signed between the National Institute of Cybersecurity (INCIBE) INCIBE – Instituto Nacional de Ciberseguridad and the Universidad de Granada. This initiative is carried out within the framework of the Recovery, Transformation and Resilience Plan funds, financed by the European Union (Next Generation).
Sandra Victor, Lirmm, was third in the regional thesis competition on her work in AI4CCAM!
‘MT180’ (my thesis in 180 seconds) is a national and international event where PhD students present their work in 180 seconds. My Thesis in 180 Seconds allows doctoral students to present their research topic, in French and in simple terms, to a diverse audience. Each student must give a clear, concise, yet convincing presentation on their research project in three minutes.
This competition is inspired by Three Minute Thesis ( 3MT® ), designed at the University of Queensland in Australia. The concept was taken up in 2012 in Quebec by the Association francophone pour le savoir ( Acfas ), which wanted to extend the project to all French-speaking countries.
On 8 April, BVA Xsight is organising the webinar “How Europeans perceive automated vehicles“, at 11 am CET to present the key findings of the quantitative research carried out in AI4CCAM, that are directly linked to European citizens’ perception and willingness to adopt automated vehicles.
Imagine renting an automated car for your weekend when suddenly the car stops at a crosswalk even if nobody is on sight. An incident report pops up on your dashboard : what would you like the report to tell you? And European citizens, what do they expect?
The webinar will present the groundbreaking findings from the AI4CCAM quantitative study spanning six European countries.
What you’ll discover:
- The role of messengers, vocabulary, and communication styles on attitudes
- Public perception across diverse demographic, geographic, and socio-economic groups in Europe
- Key findings to inform strategy for professionals in the automotive sector and beyond
- Based on a robust study of nationally representative samples, this research reveals surprising findings about what truly shapes Europeans’ attitudes toward automated vehicles.
Why attend:
- Gain actionable insights to shape your communication strategy around automated & connected technologies
- Understand the psychological factors driving adoption or resistance
- Network with professionals across automotive and adjacent industries
- Access exclusive data from this comprehensive European study
This webinar offers a unique opportunity to understand the psychological factors driving the adoption or resistance to automated vehicles and to network with industry professionals.
Secure your spot and register now!
On Monday 24th March, the 3rd FAME stakeholders forum was successfully organised in Brussels. Together with other CCAM-tagged projects, AI4CCAM was invited to reflect on challenges and lesson learned from project execution.
Arnaud Gotlieb, Project Coordinator, reflected on the challenges of developing Trustworthy AI technologies and tools for automated driving (AD) application while Trustworthy AI has multiple interpretations in Europe – Its application to AD is not trivial in the sense that the perception/user acceptance of AI in AD is linked to cultural differences (languages, history, wording, etc.) and the technology is evolving so fast that its perception/acceptation is constantly moving. Involving EU citizens in consultations about AD systems to foster user acceptance, or reduce worries and misunderstanding is thus crucial. Also, techniques such as Metamorphic Testing, Generative AI, Scene understanding, Virtual Reality based testing, VRU trajectory prediction, despite their complexity are extremely relevant to create robust, transparent, trustworthy AI models.
Marc Eynaud from BVA Xsight participated to a large workshop dedicated to societal acceptance of AD, where the dissemination of Trustworthy AI to citizen was heavily debated. It was the occasion for him to examples taking into account the need for transparency and clarity, from Lisa Dixon’s Autonowashing to Citizens Convention on AI held at municipality level (example of Montpelier). More particularly, the need to discuss the adoption of AI through tools used for participative democracy will promote this type of innovation, which was AI4CCAM is trying to do via its participatory space.
AI4CCAM will be joining the Workshop on Trustworthy AI on 25-26 March 2025 in Frankfurt, organised by the CONNECT European project, and co-organized by REWIRE.
The development of trustworthy AI systems is one of the most pressing priorities in today’s digital landscape. As AI technologies become deeply integrated into critical sectors such as 6G, transportation, and healthcare, ensuring their reliability, transparency, and alignment with fundamental rights is paramount. AI regulation and standardization efforts have increasingly emphasized the need for robust frameworks that ensure ethical and transparent AI deployment.
This workshop will feature three key panel discussions with leading AI experts for creating a roadmap for overcoming key challenges in data governance, quality assessment, and bias mitigation throughout the AI lifecycle.
AI4CCAM will be represented by Karla Quintero, SystemX, at the Panel focusing on Trustworthiness Assessment of Data in CCAM.
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On 18 March, the semi-annual General Assembly of the SINFONICA project was held in Paris at the headquarters of IRT SystemX, also partner in AI4CCAM.
For the occasion, a workshop has been organised to present the solutions and tools SINFONICA is implementing to foster a deployment of CCAM in public transport that is inclusive and accessible for all. During the event it will also possible to test the beta version of the “Knowledge Map Explorer,” an online tool for considering social issues such as accessibility, inclusion, and equity in the planning of road public transportation using connected or automated vehicles (shuttles, buses).
IRT SystemX also showcased the tools created within the AWARE2ALL and AI4CCAM projects.
