As the autonomous driving industry refocuses on consumer vehicles with improved ADAS, the goal is clear: improve value on consumer vehicles by extending ADAS features capabilities and ODD. This trend is coupled with a major shift in vehicle architecture, moving from distributed systems reliant on smart sensors toward centralized software-defined vehicles. At the same time, regulatory demands such as Euro NCAP 2026 and NHTSA FMVSS 127 push for robust validation of safety-critical systems, requiring unprecedented performances levels.

In this session you will learn more about:

• Discover how to test perception systems efficiently while protecting sensor supplier IP, and how it becomes mandatory for evolving regulatory and homologation requirements

• Learn how Ansys supports the creation of sensor virtual twin ecosystem with major platform partners like Microsoft and NVIDIA, and with major sensor suppliers (Continental, onSemi, Sony Semiconductors) to maximize simulation representativity

• Understand how Ansys AVxcelerate comprehensive simulation toolset supports OEMs and Tiers to expand testing scope and ODD exploration (urban, L3, weather, etc.) while embracing end-2-end system validation, up to virtual homologation

• Specific focus on how Ansys simulation will support upcoming safety ratings and regulation

Hosted by:

Lionel Bennes

Lead Product Manager, Ansys

Dr. Lionel Bennes serves as senior product manager for AVxcelerate products at Ansys. Lionel has more than 10 years of experience in optical and real-time simulation, mainly in the automotive and A&D fields. He has overseen the design and development of headlamp and sensors products, leveraging a unique combination of real-time rendering techniques combined with physics-based optical simulations.

Petr Fomin

Team Lead Application Engineering, Ansys

Dr. Petr Fomin serves as an Application Engineering Manager at Ansys, specializing in the AVxcelerate product line. With over ten years of expertise in sensor engineering and autonomous driving, Petr has extensive experience in developing and applying physics-based real-time simulations for virtual testing and validation of autonomous systems. His strong foundation in robotics complements his deep understanding of simulation technologies.

Killian Hutchinson

Senior Application Engineer, Ansys

Killian Hutchinson serves as an application engineer in the Autonomy product line at Ansys, specializing there in camera related topics and helping customers leveraging simulation for the development and validation of autonomous systems.

Graduated with an engineering degree from Ecole Centrale de Lyon (France) and a Master in Science Engineering from Keio University (Japan), Killian has about ten years of working experience and extensive experience in multi-physics simulation, spanning computational fluid dynamics, mechanical simulation and opto-electronic simulation.