Modernized Courses in Automotive Software Engineering

In order to respond to the rapid expansion of the information-communication technology sector and the ever-increasing demands of the automotive industry, universities need to adapt and take active part in creating healthy business environment and provide education to the young generation which will be ready for challenging tasks in this rapidly developed field. The Faculty of Technical Sciences in Novi Sad and Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Computer Science and Information Technology in Osijek have participated in the common project DRIVE as part of the IPA Cross-Border Programme, with the goal of equipping the laboratories and developing the course materials in the field of automotive software engineering. Four laboratories have been set up and four new courses have been developed to support the project goals. This paper describes the newly developed courses covering the most important knowledge and skills for the automotive engineer of the future: functionally safe software design, software verification, machine learning, image and video processing in automotive systems. The developed courses are targeting the upper years of undergraduate studies and graduate studies.