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Sangeeth Kochanthara won one of the Best PhD Thesis Awards by the Dutch National Association for Software Engineering !🎓🏆

Sangeeth Kochanthara, from COMPAS group, a systems engineer at SDC, won one of the Dutch National Association for Software Engineering PhD awards. Dutch National Association for Software Engineering (VERSEN - VEReniging Software Engineering Nederland) is a National Association for Software Engineering supported by NWO. Every year, VERSEN awards the best three Ph.D. theses in software engineering based on novelty, impact, timeliness, quality of the thesis and associated artifacts, methodological approach, and execution. The award ceremony took place on the 11th of April at NWO ICT.OPEN at the Beatrix Theater, Jaarbeurs Utrecht.

Sangeeth defended his Ph.D. in Computer Science Engineering at Eindhoven University of Technology. His thesis, ‘A Changing Landscape: On Safety & Open Source in Automated and Connected Driving’ explored the safety of traditional and machine learning software for next-generation connected and autonomous driving vehicles. The thesis' main contributions include identifying safety issues in the design of the software of the next-generation automotive systems, proposing a method to ensure safety that complies with safety standards, and exploring the adoption of open source by the automotive industry.