Value in vehicles: economic assessment of automotive data

Alexander M. Soley is Consultant at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is a Consultant with expertise in technology and cyber security. He received his bachelor’s cum laude from Tufts University and his master’s degree from the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy. He is presently consulting for Massachusetts Institute of Technology on the economic value of data. He has consulted for Fortune 100 companies on connected vehicle regulation and strategy. He has experience in market analysis and cyber security policy. He is a regular contributor to Real-Time Insights and has worked at JNK Securities, Delta Risk and the European Parliament.

Joshua E. Siegel is based at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is a Research Scientist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the founder of automotive companies, and the lead instructor for MIT’s Internet of Things Bootcamp. He received SB (2011), SM (2013) and PhD (2015) degrees in Mechanical Engineering from MIT. Josh and his companies have been recognized with accolades, including the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize and the MassIT Government Innovation Prize. He has multiple issued patents, published in top scholarly venues, and been featured in popular media. Dr Siegel’s ongoing research develops architectures for secure and efficient connectivity, applications for pervasively sensed data and intelligent diagnostics.

Dajiang Suo is based at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is a PhD student in Mechanical Engineering at MIT. He holds S.M. degrees in Computer Science and Engineering Systems. Before returning to school to pursue the PhD degree, Suo was with the vehicle control and autonomous driving team at Ford Motor Company (Dearborn, MI), working on the safety and cyber security of automated vehicles.

Sanjay E. Sarma is based at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. He is the Fred Fort Flowers (1941) and Daniel Fort Flowers (1941) Professor of Mechanical Engineering and the Vice President for Open Learning at MIT. He co-founded the Auto-ID Center at MIT and developed many of the technologies behind the EPC suite of RFID standards. He was the founder and CTO of OATSystems and serves on the boards of GS1US and startup companies. Dr Sarma received his bachelors from the Indian Institute of Technology, his masters from Carnegie Mellon University and his PhD from the University of California at Berkeley. He has authored over 100 academic papers and is the recipient of awards, including the MacVicar Fellowship.