Industry Panel on V2X and 5GAA

Gerhard P. Fettweis is Vodafone Chair Professor at TU Dresden since 1994, and heads the Barkhausen Institute since 2018, respectively. He earned his Ph.D. under H. Meyr’s supervision from RWTH Aachen in 1990. After one year at IBM Research in San Jose, CA, he moved to TCSI Inc., Berkeley, CA. He coordinates the 5G Lab Germany, and 2 German Science Foundation (DFG) centers at TU Dresden, namely cfaed and HAEC. His research focusses on wireless transmission and chip design.

Gaurav is a Principal Researcher at the Toyota InfoTechnology Center leading research efforts in perception and mapping for autonomous driving. Gaurav extensively uses deep learning, machine learning, sensor fusion, connectivity and positioning techniques in his research. Prior to this, Gaurav worked on ADAS solutions at Mercedes-Benz Research and Development North America.

Dr.-Ing. Emmanuel Pollakis is a R&D specialist at BMW Group leading the research for connected car with recent emphasis on Vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communication and 5G mobile communication technology. He is a delegate to the 5G Automotive Association (5GAA) and contributes to the specification of wireless communication systems for automotive applications.

Sudhir joined Qualcomm in 2013 as Staff Engineer. He has worked extensively on research and standardization of D2D communications, discovery and V2X communications. He is PHY/MAC lead of V2X research and standards in Qualcomm. Prior to joining Qualcomm, he worked with Samsung Electronics from 2002-2012. He has worked on research, development and standardization of 3G, 4G and 5G technologies.

Caroline Y. Chan is vice president in the Data Center Group and general manager of the group’s 5G infrastructure division at Intel Corporation. She has overall responsibility for Intel’s global network infrastructure strategy and solution development related to 5th-generation wireless technology. Chan and her team identify and develop use cases that incorporate the Internet of Things, innovation in wireless technologies and deployment models.