Autonomous, ADAS & Software-Defined Vehicle
83 online programmes, designed with industry and taught by practising engineers.
Autonomous, ADAS and Software-Defined Vehicles in Canada
Canada hosts growing activity in autonomous driving and advanced driver assistance, with research centres and companies in Ontario, Québec and British Columbia. Toronto and Waterloo have significant artificial intelligence and robotics ecosystems, and the Vector Institute and university labs contribute to perception and control research. Automakers and suppliers are developing software-defined vehicle architectures, requiring expertise in embedded software, sensor fusion and cybersecurity. Regulation is coordinated through provincial authorities and federal guidance from Transport Canada.
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Diploma in International Regulations for Autonomous Vehicles
600-hour online postgraduate diploma in international regulation of autonomous vehicles: WP.29, UNECE R157, R155 and R156, type approval, operational design domain, safety and validation, with an…
Diploma in Risk Analysis of ADAS and ALKS Systems
600-hour online postgraduate diploma in the risk analysis of ADAS and ALKS: UNECE R157, ISO 26262, SOTIF, scenarios, simulation and track validation, and R155 cybersecurity, with…
Postgraduate Diploma in Safety-by-Design Verification and Assessments
Online postgraduate diploma of 800 hours in safety-by-design verification and assessments. 8 modules covering hazard analysis, safety requirements and traceability, design failure analysis, design verification, independent…
Postgraduate Diploma in All-Weather Perception and Domain Adaptation
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in All-Weather Perception and Domain Adaptation. 8 modules with ISO 21448:2022 (SOTIF), ISO 26262:2018 and PyTorch. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in Sensor Robustness and Input Cleaning/Degradation
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in sensor robustness and input cleaning/degradation. 8 modules covering ISO 21448:2022 (SOTIF), ISO 26262:2018 and PyTorch. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in Advanced Radar: Micro-Doppler, MIMO and Tracking
Online Postgraduate Diploma of 800 hours in Advanced Radar: Micro-Doppler, MIMO and Tracking. 8 modules covering ETSI EN 302 264, UN Regulation No. 152 and MATLAB…
Postgraduate Diploma in Dense LiDAR and 3D SLAM for Automotive
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in Dense LiDAR and 3D SLAM for Automotive. 8 modules covering IEC 60825-1:2014, ISO 26262:2018 and Open3D. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in Non-Conventional Cameras: Event/Thermal/Multispectral
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in Non-Conventional Cameras: Event/Thermal/Multispectral. 8 modules covering ISO 21448:2022 (SOTIF), ISO 26262:2018 and OpenCV. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in Multimodal Fusion and Cross-Calibration
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in Multimodal Fusion and Cross-Calibration. 8 modules covering ISO 26262:2018, ISO 21448:2022 (SOTIF) and ROS 2. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in On-board Calibration and Self-Calibration (Intrinsic/Extrinsic)
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in On-board Calibration and Self-Calibration (intrinsic/extrinsic). 8 modules covering ISO 26262:2018, ISO 21448:2022 (SOTIF) and Kalibr. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in Benches, Rigs and Tooling for Mass Calibration
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in Benches, Rigs and Tooling for Mass Calibration. 8 modules covering IATF 16949:2016, ISO 14229-1:2020 (UDS) and Minitab. Assigned tutor and enrolment…
Postgraduate Diploma in VRU Detection and Risk-Based Urban Safety
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in VRU Detection and Risk-Based Urban Safety. 8 modules covering Regulation (EU) 2019/2144 (GSR), UN Regulation No. 152 and PyTorch. Dedicated tutor…
Postgraduate Diploma in Unbalanced Datasets and VRU Metrics
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in Unbalanced Datasets and VRU Metrics. 8 modules with Regulation (EU) 2024/1689 (AI Act), ISO/PAS 8800:2024 and PyTorch. Assigned tutor and open…
Postgraduate Diploma in HD Map Production/QA and Change Detection
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in HD Map Production/QA and Change Detection. 8 modules covering ASAM OpenDRIVE 1.8, ISO 19157-1:2023 and QGIS. Dedicated tutor and open enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in MapOps Pipelines and Continuous Updating
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in MapOps Pipelines and Continuous Updating. 8 modules covering ISO 21448:2022 (SOTIF), Delegated Regulation (EU) 2022/670 and Apache Kafka. Dedicated tutor and…
Postgraduate Diploma in Precision GNSS/INS/Visual and RTK/PPP Fusion
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in Precision GNSS/INS/Visual Fusion and RTK/PPP. 8 modules with RTCM 10403.3, EN 16803-1:2020 and RTKLIB. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in VIO and Robust Localisation in GNSS-Denied Areas
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in VIO and Robust Localisation in GNSS-Denied Areas. 8 modules covering ISO 26262:2018, ISO 21448:2022 (SOTIF) and OpenVINS. Assigned tutor and open…
Postgraduate Diploma in C-V2X/ITS-G5 and Cooperative Perception at the Edge
Online 800 h Postgraduate Diploma in C-V2X/ITS-G5 and Cooperative Perception at the Edge. 8 modules covering ETSI EN 302 637-2 (CAM), ETSI TS 103 324 (CPM)…
Postgraduate Diploma in V2X PKI, Latency and QoS for Road Safety
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in V2X PKI, Latency and QoS for Road Safety. 8 modules covering ETSI TS 103 097, ETSI TS 102 941 and Wireshark.…
Postgraduate Diploma in Semantic Cartography and Risk-Prioritised Maps
Online Postgraduate Diploma of 800 hours in Semantic Cartography and Risk-Prioritised Maps. 8 modules covering Directive (EU) 2019/1936, Directive 2008/96/CE and QGIS. Dedicated tutor and enrolment…
Postgraduate Diploma in Map-Based Prediction and Danger Hotspots
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in Map-Based Prediction and Danger Hotspots. 8 modules covering ISO 21448:2022 (SOTIF), ISO/PAS 8800:2024 and PyTorch. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in Trajectory Planning (Sampling/Graph/Optimization)
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in Trajectory Planning (Sampling/Graph/Optimization). 8 modules covering ISO 26262:2018, ISO 21448:2022 (SOTIF) and OMPL. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.
Postgraduate Diploma in Traffic Behaviour and Social Interaction Models
800-hour online Postgraduate Diploma in Traffic Behaviour and Social Interaction Models. 8 modules covering SAE J3016:2021, ISO 21448:2022 (SOTIF) and SUMO. Personal tutor assigned and enrolment…
Postgraduate Diploma in MPC and Real-Time Optimal Control for AD
Online 800-hour Postgraduate Diploma in MPC and Real-Time Optimal Control for AD. 8 modules covering ISO 26262:2018, ISO 11270:2014 and acados. Assigned tutor and open enrolment.