AI-assisted Methods and Tools for Engineering Automation (Chips JU 2025 call)
Funds one team building an open AI-assisted platform, including generative AI, that automates chip and software-defined-vehicle engineering tasks across design, deployment and maintenance.
The resulting platform needs to work at both ends of the team-size spectrum -- flexible enough for small engineering teams and large multi-domain, multi-stakeholder ones alike -- and it's expected to influence not just today's chip-engineering automation tools but the next generation of them too. On the software-defined-vehicle showcase, evaluators will look at time and cost savings, how well reso…
The call wants AI-assisted methods and tools, including generative AI, that automate multi-domain software engineering tasks — modelling, control, data management, communication, mechatronics — while handling legacy integration and compliance with standards and certifications. The resulting open, extensible platform must be showcased on software-defined-vehicle engineering, covering the full lifecycle from design through end-of-life.
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