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User centric management of telematic innovations in the automobile industry
Gérard SEGARRA, Information Technology Research Deputy, Renault SA, Boulogne Billancourt, France

Engineer Diploma from the Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers (CNAM) of Paris (1975).
Third university cycle degree (DEA) from P&M Curie Paris 6 University (1976).
17 years in the PHILIPS group successively :
. 6 years at SODERN (société d'étude et réalisation nucléaire) in charge of tests and quality insurance of the electronic control of nuclear systems.
. 8 years at PHILIPS Data Systems in charge of the development of telecom systems for industrial mini computers.
. 3 years at LEP (Laboratoire d'Electronique et de Physique appliquées) in charge of a research project focusing on distributed systems control.
15 years at RENAULT successively :
. Responsible of telecommunication networks (6 years)
. Currently Head of the IT Research at the Organisation and Information Systems Department.
Function and European Involvement :
- Renault head of the IT Research Service
- Renault expert in advanced information technology applied to automobile
- European Commission Expert as project reviewer and project proposal evaluator
- Member of the AIT Initiative and of the CIM-OSA association
- Member of the Scientific Committee of ENIM (Ecole Nationale d'Ingénieurs de Metz)
gerard.segarra@renault.fr

Abstract

The integration of telematic innovations in automobile vehicles is a new challenge for the cars' manufacturers. The related telematic systems are complex distributed systems with some components embedded, in the future, in million of mobile vehicles and some other components distributed in thousands of networked computers. Vehicles and off board computers will be connected by means of permanently evolving local and global wireless networks.
Based on the results of several co-operative research projects, this contribution is focusing on the two following issues :
- Presenting some innovative ideas to introduce the cars' manufacturers visions of the future to their customers and then collect their expectations. This is achieved by the development of the "possibilities factory" which allow the building of multimedia telematic use scenarios.
- Discussing some flexible system approaches to keep pace with the telematic system evolutions (vehicles configuration management) while taking into account various context of usage and different users' profiles (the role of electronic smart cards).