19 May 2017: The University of Canberra is delighted to be part of an innovative partnership aimed at improving driving safety in automated vehicles and accelerating their development.
The ACT Government announced today it has partnered with Seeing Machines, a Canberra-based company specialising in face and eye tracking technology, to gather information on the connection between driver behavior and driverless vehicles.
The University of Canberra and the Australian National University (ANU) will contribute to the joint initiative through their expertise.
Researchers from the University of Canberra will assess the potential health and social impacts that the use of automated vehicles have in the community, while ANU will contribute towards the data analytics and computer vision of the project.
University of Canberra Vice-Chancellor and President Professor Deep Saini said it’s exciting for the University to work on a local, unique initiative.
“The University of Canberra is committed to working with government and industry on solving everyday problems,” Professor Saini said.
“We aim to be at the forefront of innovation and leading improvements in our community and further abroad. Our researchers are well placed to further global knowledge of automated vehicles and how they can be used on the roads.”
Read the full announcement here.
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