Re: [sdv-wg] Proposal for an AI Special Interest Group

["Erickson, Brent" <Brent.Erickson@xxxxxxxxxx>]

We at Harman would be interested in participating in the SIG.

Thanks

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Subject: [sdv-wg] Proposal for an AI Special Interest Group 

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Hello SDV working group members,

For some weeks now I have been discussing the idea of forming an AI SIG and=
 socialising this with some of you =96 it was presented as a high level pro=
posal at the Community Meetup in Detroit.  I=92d like to formally propose t=
he SIG at this stage and for information this will be presented to the Stee=
ring Committee next Monday.  There=92s a powerpoint attached with further e=
xposition / thinking on the proposal =96 none of this is cast in stone howe=
ver.

Background:

The automotive industry is experiencing rapid transformation through genera=
tive AI adoption - and in particular agentic architectures - both within th=
e vehicle software payload and the development process itself.  Given the b=
road potential for AI to materially change multiple aspects of the scope of=
 Eclipse SDV, coordination will help us make the most of these changes, and=
 provide guidance to Eclipse SDV projects and the broader automotive ecosys=
tem, as well as coordinating with other interested communities and programs=
.

Scope:

It=92s clear that there are multiple aspects of AI penetration into automot=
ive software, including toolchains, driver assistants, AD/ADAS, AI-derived =
algorithms etc. =96 however we propose to focus this SIG initially on AI ac=
celerated and integrated toolchains.  There is a lot of interest and activi=
ty in this area, and I would suggest need.  However for this to be optimize=
d, establishing some common semantics and patterns would help facilitate th=
is activity at an industry level.  My hope would be that this will help to =
address real-world needs, especially to support the integration of S-CORE w=
ith heterogenous OEM toolchains in use today.

Proposed Initial Goals:

  *   Promote adoption of existing Model Context Protocol (MCP) and Agent-t=
o-Agent (A2A) standards in automotive tooling
  *   Define service capability recommendations for different automotive de=
velopment tool categories to enable AI-driven integration
  *   Develop template MCP and A2A service implementations for tool vendors=
 to adopt
  *   Establish recommended tool selection criteria for OEMs and Tier1s bas=
ed on AI agent integration capabilities
  *   Foster ecosystem adoption through reference implementations and best =
practice guidance
  *   Build a reference implementation =96 potentially leveraging the bluep=
rints process, and possible reuse of the former toolchain metamodel.

Collaboration

It is recommended that to maximize efficiency, resources, and alignment, th=
at the group collaborates with other community activity in the same space i=
ncluding:

- Covesa 'Birds of a Feather' Group on Gen AI

- digital.auto AI-enabled toolchain project

- EU funded initiatives as appropriate.

Other projects may be identified and added to this list as the group commen=
ces

Expressions of Interest

Interest was expressed during the Community Meetup by members from ETAS, AV=
L, Accenture, and Microsoft.

With regard to the proposed cooperation with COVESA =96 the Microsoft repre=
sentative to COVESA and I have recognized that there appears to be similar =
interest in both communities.  In order to avoid the complexity and confusi=
on of parallel, competing efforts, we are proposing working collaboratively=
.  Since both COVESA via their =91Birds of a Feather=92 structure and Eclip=
se SIGs allow open participation, we believe we have a framework by which a=
 common group of folks can progress both community efforts.  If at some sta=
ge it makes sense to separate or partition work, this can always be decided=
 at the time.

I invite and welcome other Eclipse SDV Working Group members willing to par=
ticipate in such a SIG to state their intent by replying to this email.  Th=
ank you!

Best wishes,

John Stenlake

Director, AI & SDV Solutions
Microsoft Corporation