Traditionally, the word “infrastructure” conjures images of highways, bridges, and railroad tracks. Although it seems less visible than sidewalks and orange traffic cones, our digital infrastructure impacts nearly every aspect of our daily lives.

As automated vehicles become increasingly sophisticated, what does that mean for our digital infrastructure? 

Dr. Dan McGehee from the University of Iowa, who is the director of the National Advanced Driving Simulator, joins us to discuss digital infrastructure in highly automated driving. He will describe the layered digital infrastructure of the future and how it will work with next generation vehicles.