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Track Keynotes

TRACK 5: TRANSPORTATION: AUTONOMOUS & ELECTRIC
VEHICLES

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 30, 2017 4:15 pm – 5:15 pm
Room: Jackson, Second Floor

Jiri Marek 7-5-1 - Trends in Automotive Electronics and Sensors
Bosch
Biography
Dr. Jiri Marek is senior vice president of the Bosch Research and Technology Center with
locations in Palo Alto, California; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Boston, Massachusetts. He was
named to this position in January, 2013. Marek oversees the overall strategy, planning,
operations and research direction of the centers. He is located in Palo Alto. Prior to his current
position, Jiri Marek was senior vice president of engineering, sensors at Bosch Automotive Elec-
tronics Division for Robert Bosch GmbH from 2003 — 2012. In this position, he was responsible
for micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) activities. In November 1999, he was named vice
president of engineering for restraint systems and sensors. Before that, Jiri was responsible for
the Bosch Sensor Technology Center. He started his work with Robert Bosch GmbH in
Reutlingen, Germany in 1987.

After a post-doctoral fellowship with IBM Research in San José, California, he was a develop-
ment engineer with Hewlett-Packard’s Optical Communication Division. He received his Ph.D.
from the University of Stuttgart and Max-Planck-Institut Stuttgart for his work on the analysis of
grain boundaries in large grain polycrystalline solar cells. Jiri Marek studied electrical engineer-
ing at the University of Stuttgart in Germany, and at Stanford University.

Abstract
In this overview we will present the market as well as trends in automotive electronics and
sensors. We will focus on vehicle dynamics control, automated driving as well as computing
architectures in the automobile. MEMS sensors and their technology and applications will be
presented in more detail.

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