Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) Verification & Validation; Safety, Test Scenarios, Simulation, Safe AI, real-world testing, Systems Engineering, Trust in Automation, Standardisation; Road Safety
Siddartha Khastgir is the Head of Verification & Validation (V&V) of Connected and Autonomous Vehicles (CAVs) at WMG, University of Warwick. He is the technical lead for WMG on various collaborative research and development projects (Innovate UK funded - StreetWise, OmniCAV, SAVVY, and UKIERI funded - Safety of AI).
In September 2019, Siddartha received the prestigious UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Future Leaders Fellowship . His Fellowship is titled - "Enabling a Novel Evaluation Continuum for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CAV)" . He has been recognised both nationally and internationally for his applied research contributions, featuring in the Forbes 30 Under 30 Europe 2018 in the Industry list, and giving a TEDx talk on safety of CAVs.
Before starting his role as Head of V&V for CAV at WMG, Siddartha completed his PhD at WMG under the supervision of Professor Paul Jennings. Having developed a diverse portfolio of industrial experience in the automotive sector in different parts of the world: India at Tata Motors, Germany at FEV GmbH and now in the UK, leading multi-cultural teams to deliver large commercial projects successfully. He completed his undergraduate studies in Mechanical Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Kharagpur, India.
A Chartered Engineer, Siddartha is a member of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE), UK. He is also the UK's technical representative on the International Standards (ISO) committee (ISO TC 204/WG14 and ISO TC22/ SC33/ WG9) and is a part of the international team of experts working to create standards for automated driving. Currently, he is the lead author of a proposed international standard on self-driving shuttles/pods.
Siddartha is a firm believer in giving back to the engineering profession by inspiring students into engineering, upskilling, and re-skilling (young and experienced) engineers. An active volunteer of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers (IMechE) UK, he was elected as a member of the IMechE Council and also as the Chairman of IMechE's International Young Member Committee (IYMC) (representing over 20,000 of the IMechE's international young members). He has focused his activities on increasing the digital offerings of professional courses/webinars for young members internationally to help them to upskill themselves.
For his contributions to the field of mobility and applied research, he was recognised as the UK's Young Engineer (Under 30) 2017 by TechWorks, ITS UK Young Professional of the Year 2017 and was among the Top 30 researchers in engineering invited to present at the UK's House of Lords as part of the STEM for Britain 2017 event.
Open Positions:
Currently accepting applications for PhD students and Post-doctoral positions in the area of Verification & Validation of CAVs (test scenarios, Safe AI and simulation). Current openings:
- PhD Position: Safe and Explainable AI
- Summer internships for 2024
Please send email with your CV in case you are interested in the above positions or in other internship opportunities.
- Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2022. Identification of traffic accident patterns via cluster analysis and test scenario development for autonomous vehicles. IEEE Access
- Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2022. Identification of traffic accident patterns via cluster analysis and test scenario development for autonomous vehicles. IEEE Access
- 'Esenturk, Emre, 'Wallace, Albert, 'Khastgir, Siddartha, 'Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2022. 'Identification of traffic accident patterns via cluster analysis and test scenario development for autonomous vehicles. IEEE Access, 10, pp. 6660-6675
- Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2022. Identification of traffic accident patterns via cluster analysis and test scenario development for autonomous vehicles. IEEE Access
- Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2022. Identification of traffic accident patterns via cluster analysis and test scenario development for autonomous vehicles. IEEE Access
- Khastgir, Siddartha, Brewerton, Simon, Thomas, John, Jennings, Paul. A., 2021. Systems approach to creating test scenarios for automated driving systems. Reliability Engineering & System Safety, 215
- Chen, Shufeng, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2021. Analyzing national responses to COVID-19 pandemic using STPA. Safety Science, 138
- Khastgir, Siddartha, Birrell, Stewart A., Dhadyalla, Gunwant, Jennings, Paul. A., 2018. Calibrating trust through knowledge : introducing the concept of informed safety for automation in vehicles. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 96, pp. 290-303
- Khastgir, Siddartha, Birrell, Stewart A., Dhadyalla, Gunwant, Jennings, Paul. A., 2018. Calibrating trust through knowledge: Introducing the concept of informed safety for automation in vehicles. Transportation Research Part C: Emerging Technologies, 96, pp. 290-303
- Khastgir, Siddartha, Birrell, Stewart A., Dhadyalla, Gunwant, Sivencrona, Håkan, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2017. Towards increased reliability by objectification of Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment (HARA) of automated automotive systems. Safety Science, 99 (Part B), pp. 166-177
- Khastgir, Siddartha, Dhadyalla, Gunwant, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2016. Incorporating ISO 26262 concepts in an automated testing toolchain using simulink design verifier?. SAE International Journal of Passenger Cars - Electronic and Electrical Systems, 9 (1), pp. 59-65
- Khastgir, Siddartha, Birrell, Stewart A., Dhadyalla, Gunwant, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2016. Calibrating trust to increase the use of automated systems in a vehicle. In Advances in Human Aspects of Transportation, Springer International Publishing, pp. 535-546
- Qi, Yi, Dong, Yi, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, Paul. A., Zhao, Xingyu, Huang, Xiaowei, 2023. STPA for learning-enabled systems : a survey and a new practice. 26th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems ITSC 2023, Bilbao, Bizkaia, Spain, 24-28 Sep 2023
- Irvine, Patrick, Bruto Da Costa, Anastasio Antonio, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, Paul. A., 2023. Language agnostic automatic scenario tagging in ASAM OpenLABEL. Driving Simulation Conference Europe VR 2023, Antibes, France, 6-8 Sep 2023, Published in Driving Simulation Proceedings
- Zhang, Xizhe, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, Paul. A., 2023. An ODD-based scalable assurance framework for automated driving systems. WCX SAE World Congress Experience, Detroit, 18-20 Apr 2023, Published in WCX SAE World Congress Experience
- Tang, Yun, Bruto da Costa, Antonio, Zhang, Xizhe, Irvine, Patrick, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, Paul. A., 2023. Domain knowledge distillation from large language model : an empirical study in the autonomous driving domain. 26th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2023), Bilbao, Spain, 24-28 Sep 2023
- Irvine, Patrick, Bruto da Costa, Antonio Anastasio, Zhang, Xizhe, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, Paul A., 2023. Structured natural language for expressing rules of the road for automated driving systems. IEEE Inteligent Vehicles Symposium 2023, Anchorage, Alaska, USA, 04-07 Jun 2023, Published in IEEE Inteligent Vehicles Symposium 2023
- Chen, Shufeng, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, Paul. A., 2023. A system-based safety assurance framework for human-vehicle interactions. WCX SAE World Congress Experience, Detroit, Michigan, 18-20 Apr 2023, Published in SAE Technical Papers
- 'Irvine, Patrick, 'Zhang, Xizhe, 'Khastgir, Siddartha, 'Schwalb, Edward, 'Jennings, Paul. A., 2022. 'A two-level abstraction ODD definition language : Part 1*. IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society (SMC), Virtual conference, 17-20 Oct 2021, Published in 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
- 'Bruto da Costa, Antonio, 'Irvine, Patrick, 'Zhang, Xizhe, 'Khastgir, Siddartha, 'Jennings, Paul. A., 2022. 'Writing accessible and correct test scenarios for automated driving systems. 2022 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, SMC 2022, Prague, 9-12 Oct 2022
- 'Schwalb, Edward, 'Irvine, Patrick, 'Zhang, Xizhe, 'Khastgir, Siddartha, 'Jennings, Paul. A., 2022. 'A two-level abstraction ODD definition language : Part 2*. IEEE Systems, Man and Cybernetics Society (SMC), Virtual conference, 17-20 Oct 2021, Published in 2021 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
- 'Bruto da Costa, Antonio Anastasio, 'Irvine, Patrick, 'Zhang, Xizhe, 'Khastgir, Siddartha, 'Jennings, Paul, 2022. 'Translating automated vehicle test scenario specifications between scenario languages : learnings and challenges. Driving Simulation Conference 2022 Europe VR, Strasbourg, France, 14-16 Sep 2022, Published in Proceedings of the Driving Simulation Conference 2022 Europe VR
- Esenturk, Emre, Wallace, Albert, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, Paul. A., 2021. Analyzing real-world accidents for test scenario generation for automated vehicles. 32nd IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Virtual conference, 11-17 Jul 2021, Published in 2021 IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium (IV)
- Esenturk, Emre, Khastgir, Siddartha, Wallace, Albert, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2021. Analyzing real-world accidents for test scenario generation for automated vehicles. 32nd IEEE Intelligent Vehicles Symposium, Nagoya, Japan, 11-17 Jul 2021
- Zhang, Xizhe, Khastgir, Siddartha, Asgari, Hamid, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2021. Test framework for automatic test case generation and execution aimed at developing trustworthy AVs from both verifiability and certifiability aspects. The 24th IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC 2021), Indianapolis, IN, United States, 19-22 Sep 2021, Published in 2021 IEEE International Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC)
- Chen, Shufeng, Khastgir, Siddartha, Babaev, Islam, Jennings, Paul. A., 2020. Identifying accident causes of driver-vehicle interactions using system theoretic process analysis (STPA). IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Virtual conference, 11-14 Oct 2020, Published in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
- Zhang, Xizhe, Khastgir, Siddartha, Jennings, Paul. A., 2020. Scenario description language for automated driving systems : a two level abstraction approach. IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Virtual conference, 11-14 Oct 2020, Published in 2020 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC)
- Brackstone, M., Khastgir, Siddartha, Martin, J., Charr, A., Navin, G., Jackman, G., Tomlinson, P., Clay, N., Jennings, Paul. A., 2020. OmniCAV : a simulation and modelling system that enables ?CAVs for All?. The 23rd IEEE International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (IEEE ITSC 2020), Virtual Conference, 20-23 Sep 2020, Published in 2020 IEEE 23rd International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)
- Gangopadhyay, Briti, Khastgir, Siddartha, Dey, Sumanta, Dasgupta, Pallab, Montana, Giovanni, Jennings, Paul. A., 2019. Identification of test cases for Automated Driving Systems using Bayesian optimization. 2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC), Auckland, New Zealand, 27-30 Oct 2019, Published in 2019 IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems Conference (ITSC), pp. 1961-1967
- Khastgir, Siddartha, Sivencrona, Håkan, Dhadyalla, Gunwant, Billing, Peter, Birrell, Stewart A., Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2018. Introducing ASIL inspired dynamic tactical safety decision framework for automated vehicles. IEEE 20th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems, Yokohama, Japan, 16-19 Oct 2017, Published in 2017 IEEE 20th International Conference on Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSC)
- Khastgir, Siddartha, Birrell, Stewart A., Dhadyalla, Gunwant, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2018. The science of testing : an automotive perspective. SAE World Congress Experience, WCX 2018, Detroit, United States, 10-12 April 2018, Published in SAE Technical Papers
- Dhadyalla, Gunwant, Marsic, V., Joshi, H., Khastgir, Siddartha, Birrell, Stewart A., Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2016. Smart, connected and autonomous vehicles : a user-in-the-loop test methodology for the connected car. Driving Simulation Conference & Exhibition (DSC Europe), Paris, France, 7-9 Sep 2016
- Khastgir, 86384, Birrell, Stewart A., Dhadyalla, Gunwant, Fulker, D., Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2015. A drive-in, driver-in-loop simulator for testing autonomous vehicles. DSC 2015 Europe ? Driving Simulator Conference and Exhibition, Tübingen, Germany, 16-18 Sep 2015
- Khastgir, Siddartha, Birrell, Stewart A., Dhadyalla, Gunwant, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2015. Development of a drive-in driver-in-loop fully immersive driving simulator for virtual validation of automotive systems. IEEE 81st Vehicular Technology Conference, Glasgow, Scotland, 11?14 May 2015
- Khastgir, Siddartha, Birrell, Stewart A., Dhadyalla, Gunwant, Jennings, P. A. (Paul A.), 2015. Identifying a gap in existing validation methodologies for intelligent automotive systems : introducing the 3xD simulator. IEEE Intelligent Vehicle Symposium, Seoul, Korea, 28 Jun ? 1 Jul 2015
| Title | Funder | Award start | Award end |
|---|---|---|---|
| EVENTS (71275) | UK Research and Innovation | 01 Sep 2022 | 31 Aug 2025 |
| Enabling a Novel Evaluation Continuum for Connected & Autonomous Vehicles (CAV) | UK Research and Innovation | 31 Jan 2020 | 31 Jul 2024 |
| Traffic Management for Connected Automated Driving (TM4CAD) | CEDR | 01 Jul 2021 | 12 Mar 2023 |
| Safety framework for low-speed ADS - WP3 | Department for Transport | 07 Jun 2021 | 31 Aug 2022 |
| OmniCAV | Innovate UK | 16 Jan 2020 | 31 Aug 2022 |
| Safety framework for low-speed ADS - WP2 | Department for Transport | 07 Jun 2021 | 30 Jun 2022 |
| Consumer Rating Scheme for ALSK | Zenzic UK Limited | 19 Aug 2021 | 18 Apr 2022 |
| SPACES | Innovate UK | 01 Oct 2021 | 31 Mar 2022 |
| Simulation V&V | Zenzic UK Limited | 01 Aug 2021 | 31 Mar 2022 |
| Simulation framework for certification of ADS | Transport Canada | 01 Jul 2021 | 31 Mar 2022 |
| Developing Safety case for AI-based CAV systems | UKIERI | 27 May 2019 | 31 Dec 2021 |