Automotive Innovation 2020 Best Paper Award Announced

Automotive Innovation 2020 Best Paper Award was organized and the award ceremony was held in Shanghai during SAECCE 2021 on October 19, 2021. The objective of the annual AUIN Best Paper Award is to recognize outstanding contributions to the body of theoretical or practical knowledge in the automotive field. It is hoped that more engineers and researchers could publish their research in Automotive Innovation.

The Award was selected by the Award Committee based on general quality of paper, subject matter, originality, scientific, technological and innovative excellence of the paper, as well as the download and citation. After three rounds of evaluation, two best papers were selected from 34 articles published in Automotive Innovation in 2020.

The first awarded paper：
Title: Deep Reinforcement Learning Enabled Decision-Making for Autonomous Driving at Intersections
Authors: Guofa Li, Shenglong Li, Shen Li, Yechen Qin, Dongpu Cao, Xingda Qu, Bo Cheng
Affiliation: Shenzhen University, University of Waterloo, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Beijing Institute of Technology, Tsinghua University

Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42154-020-00113-1  

The second awarded paper：
Title: Automated Vehicle Handover Interface Design Focus Groups with Learner, Intermediate and Advanced Drivers
Authors: Jediah R. Clark, Neville A. Stanton, Kirsten M. A. Revell
Affiliation: University of Southampton
Link: https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s42154-019-00085-x

The award presenters include Prof. Jun Li, the editor-in-chief of Automotive Innovation, Academician of China Engineering Academy, President of China SAE, Professor of Tsinghua University, and Prof. Frank Zhao, the editor-in-chief of Automotive Innovation, Honorable Lifetime President of FISITA, President of Tsinghua Automotive Research Institute.

Authors rceived the award certificate from editors-in-chief