TÜBİTAK (The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Türkiye) Funding
- LIMITLESS: A general framework for autonomous vehicle trajectory representations using templates; applications to road modeling, trajectory planning, and prediction. TÜBİTAK 1001. Project end: 2028.
- CANDS: Deterministic, real-time, reliable and cost-efficient in-vehicle communication for automotive CPS. TÜBİTAK 1001. Project end: 2023.
- ITS Framework for Safety & Efficiency: Coordinated longitudinal and lateral maneuvers of heterogeneous autonomous vehicles on multi-lane highways. TÜBİTAK 1001. Project end: 2018.
- Development of a Framework for Decision Support in Industrial Projects: Scheduling, control and software support. TÜBİTAK 1001 (Project No: 113K245). Project duration: 01.09.2013 – 31.08.2015. Project manager: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Öncü Hazır; researcher: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Klaus Werner Schmidt.
- A Formal Framework and Continuous Workflow for the Controller Design, Failure Diagnosis and Failure Recovery of Reconfigurable Manufacturing Systems: TÜBİTAK 3501 (Project No: 110E185). Project duration: 01.04.2011 – 31.03.2014. Project manager: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Klaus Schmidt.
TÜBİTAK & Industrial Collaborations
- Software Design Tool for Algorithmic Scheduling of Automotive Networks — Industrial Project (TOFAŞ), TÜBİTAK support. Project end: Apr 2015. PIs: Klaus Werner Schmidt, Ece Güran Schmidt. [Project Presentation in OTEKON 2014]
International Funding
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OPINA: Open Innovation Autonomous Vehicle Development and Testing Platform.
Project end: 2024. Researcher: Klaus Werner Schmidt.
[Project Website]
OPINA – Project Overview and Autonomous Driving Test Vehicle Videos
In the OPINA project, I was responsible for the development, simulation, integration, and testing of autonomous driving software within an open innovation framework for system-level validation. My work included the design of ROS 2-based sensor drivers, the implementation of perception, planning, and control modules, and the creation of a complete MIL/SIL/HIL/DIL testing pipeline ensuring compliance with NCAP and ISO standards. The framework was validated through real-world driving tests with a prototype autonomous vehicle, featuring an Autonomous Emergency Braking (AEB) function as a representative application. This work strengthened my expertise in software–hardware integration, safety-critical system design, and end-to-end validation of Level 4 autonomous driving systems.
Parking experiment with the combustion-engine vehicle of the OPINA lab. Parking experiment with the hybrid vehicle of the OPINA lab. High-definition map-based driving on a curved road. Automatic emergency braking with a surrogate pedestrian. - Model-based Design of Hierarchical Control Systems. Funding agency: German Research Foundation (DFG). Duration: 2006–2009. Project number: MO 1697/2-1. Budget: 428 817.47 TL. With Prof. Dr.-Ing. Th. Moor.
- Physical Modeling and Control Optimization 160MLC. Industrial project with Siemens AG (Consultant). Year: 2006. Budget: 15 404.51 TL.
- Improved Vibration Isolation for Commercial Vehicle Seats. Funding agency: Bavarian Research Foundation (Bayerische Forschungsstiftung). Duration: April 2002 – July 2003. Role: Researcher.
Industry Funding
- Detection of Anomalies via Moving Camera in Open Areas — CV-based detection and transfer to in-vehicle units (ISSD). PIs: Klaus Werner Schmidt, Ece Güran Schmidt. Project end: 2022.
- Electronic Control System Design, Realization and Validation for Advanced Construction Vehicles (HIDROMEK). Project end: 2020. PI: Klaus Werner Schmidt.
- SW & HW Development for Vehicle Tail-Light Software Test (Odelo). Project end: 2019. PI: Klaus Werner Schmidt.
- Functional Safety Standards-Compliant Software Test Method (FARBA). Project end: 2019.
METU Funding
- Lane Detection & Lane Keeping Control — Algorithm development, prototype implementation, evaluation.