External Advisory Board
The External Advisory Board (EAB) consists of relevant and influential persons from the aerospace/avionics, railway, medical and automotive domains, including also persons from regulatory authorities in these domains. Its members are international experts from regulatory companies, standardization committees, and open source initiatives. They have agreed to give AMASS meaningful help on a regular basis in many different areas, including safety critical certification regulations, technological development, European policies, and outreach. EAB advises the AMASS technical coordinator in its strategic technical decision-making process and the standardization & community building activities. It promotes the framework towards certification authorities and other important players in the certification domain.
The Advisory Board Coordinator (ABC) coordinating the EAB activities is Huáscar Espinoza (TECNALIA).
List of EAB Members
Company | Contact Person(s) | Role |
ARM | Antonio Priore | Multi-industry consultancy for engineering, technology, project innovation and strategy |
Renault | Javier Ibañez-Guzmán | Car manufacturer |
Mondragon Goi Eskola Polit. J.M.A. S.COOP | Miren Illarramendi | University (Miren is expert on safety-critical embedded systems) |
University of York | Tim Kelly | University (Tim is expert on assurance cases) |
Embraer | Johnny Marques | Airborne manufacturer |
LFV | Anders Sandin | Air control traffic services |
Critical System Labs (CSL) | Laurent Fabre | Engineering consultancy/management of safety risk and security vulnerabilities associated with complex software-intensive systems |
NASA | Ganesh Pai | Robust Software Engineering (RSE) technical area, of the Intelligent Systems Division (Code TI) |
CrossControl AB | Markus Wallmyr | CPS engineering services and products |
Spinet | Timo Varkoi | Nuclear domain expertise/assessor |
SoftComply | Marion Lepmets | Medical domain |
MAGNA STEYR Engineering AG & Co KG | Kurt Tschabuschnig | Automotive Tier 1 - Engineering Services, Complete Vehicle Engineering and Production |
CAF | Pascual Bretón, Raquel Arriba | Railway, train manufacturer |
SINTEF | Thor Mykelbust | Research institute active in the fields of industry, technology and the social sciences |
EAB tasks
The main task of the EAB members is to provide strategic guidance and support to the AMASS consortium to ensure that the results meet the project’s objectives. The responsibilities and duties of the EAB members shall be the following:
- Reviewing the project outcomes and identification of its strong/weak points with respect to the objectives of the project and the application of its results.
- Commenting on the consortium’ skills and the relevance of their proposals and actions.
- Linking the consortium to other international research efforts.
- Promoting the exposure of AMASS activities to industry.
To achieve the above tasks, the EAB undertakes the following activities:
- Attending the EAB meetings, planned once a year, to give feedback on the results achieved in the previous year, to establish plans for the coming 12-months and other issues where feedback is needed;
- Providing feedback about and linking AMASS to international research, reports, conferences, etc. on the initiative of the EAB-member;
- Providing ad-hoc feedback when requested by the project leader and the technical coordinator on various issues.
EAB Workshops
Meetings dedicated to the EAB communication are held in order to present to the EAB members the progress of work of the AMASS project:
- Workshop #1 (11-12 September 2017, Trento, Italy). First Prototype: Core AMASS Platform Validated in Laboratory
- Workshop #2 (17-18 September 2018, Västerås, Sweden). Second Prototype (P1): Full AMASS Platform Validated in Laboratory
- Workshop #3 (March 2019): Final Prototype (P2). Full AMASS Platform Validated in Relevant Environment