Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Engineering Systems

Location

Lear Corporation, 220 E Huron Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48103

Additional Appointments

• Vice President of Platform Software, Cybersecurity and Functional Safety

Education

• MBA, Henley Business School, 2013.
• PhD, Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Ruhr-University of Bochum, 2004.
• MS, Computer Science, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 2001.

Research Interests

Dr. André Weimerskirch is active in all areas of automotive and transportation cybersecurity and privacy as well as functional safety. He is a main designer of the American vehicle-to-vehicle SCMS security system, co-founder of the American workshop on embedded security in cars (escar USA), chairs the Mcity cybersecurity working group, and is a member of the University of Michigan Dearborn Computer and Information Science Professional Advisory Board.

Service

• Co-editor of SAE International Journal of Transportation Cybersecurity and Privacy
• Member of University of Michigan Dearborn Computer and Information Science Professional Advisory Board
• Member of University of Michigan Dearborn Industry Advisory Board for the Cybersecurity Center
• Member of the Center for Automotive Research Technology Advisory Council 
• SAE/ISO 21434 Joint Working Group member
• Member of Uptane Board of Directors
• Vice-chair SAE Vehicle Electrical System Security committee

Key Projects

• Crash Avoidance Metric Partners (CAMP) – Vehicle-to-Vehicle Safety Application Communication Security (2008 – 2017)
• Uptane – Security of Software Over-the-Air (2015-today)