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Volkswagen is cutting costs right now, but that does not stop the company from focusing on technologies that will be indispensable in the future.
Last week, we reported that Volkswagen had established a cybersecurity division, and this week we have more news about the German corporation and its IT plans. This time, Volkswagen has issued a press release, which said that the group would strengthen its Data Lab team in Munich, Germany.
In other words, the Volkswagen Group’s Data Lab in Munich will get more staff for its AI team, which will be led by Professor Patrick van der Smagt. The Data Lab was set up by Volkswagen in 2014, and it focuses on artificial intelligence, but also on machine learning and automotive data science.
The team will continue to develop solutions for autonomous driving, as well as robotics. The research topics include machine learning, which is a fancy name for teaching robots and sensors to recognize patterns in the wild to identify objects and situations. In other words, they want to help cameras learn to observe things that conceal potential dangers to driverless vehicles.
For a better example of machine learning, imagine teaching your car to spot when a parked car in the lane next to yours suddenly turns its wheels towards the road. When the car can recognize that detail, perceivable by humans that are attentive to it, then it would easily prevent any potential accident if the other automobile does not give way.
Volkswagen says that its Munich facility has become the largest in the VW Group that focuses on the fields of research mentioned above. The German company also says that it has the largest team of experts for AI and data science in the entire automotive industry, which is a bold claim when one considers the number o companies focused on developing self-driving cars.
However, VW is one of the largest automakers in the world, so it would make sense for it to have a massive team of scientists and experts to prepare its products for the future.
The Data Lab in Munich was set up with financial support from the Volkswagen Innovation Fund, which goes beyond the core business of the German company with the same name, as it is a joint initiative of VW with the Works Council.
In other words, the Volkswagen Group’s Data Lab in Munich will get more staff for its AI team, which will be led by Professor Patrick van der Smagt. The Data Lab was set up by Volkswagen in 2014, and it focuses on artificial intelligence, but also on machine learning and automotive data science.
The team will continue to develop solutions for autonomous driving, as well as robotics. The research topics include machine learning, which is a fancy name for teaching robots and sensors to recognize patterns in the wild to identify objects and situations. In other words, they want to help cameras learn to observe things that conceal potential dangers to driverless vehicles.
For a better example of machine learning, imagine teaching your car to spot when a parked car in the lane next to yours suddenly turns its wheels towards the road. When the car can recognize that detail, perceivable by humans that are attentive to it, then it would easily prevent any potential accident if the other automobile does not give way.
Volkswagen says that its Munich facility has become the largest in the VW Group that focuses on the fields of research mentioned above. The German company also says that it has the largest team of experts for AI and data science in the entire automotive industry, which is a bold claim when one considers the number o companies focused on developing self-driving cars.
However, VW is one of the largest automakers in the world, so it would make sense for it to have a massive team of scientists and experts to prepare its products for the future.
The Data Lab in Munich was set up with financial support from the Volkswagen Innovation Fund, which goes beyond the core business of the German company with the same name, as it is a joint initiative of VW with the Works Council.
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