Autonomous vehicle PHD research
Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency
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- 80000000 Education and training services
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Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency awarded this contract to University of Surrey worth £47,000 on 23 Dec 2025. The contract runs until 31 Mar 2029.
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As autonomous vehicle (AV) technologies progress toward real-world deployment, regulatory agencies face the pressing challenge of ensuring that these systems operate safely and in compliance with the driving standards.
There is currently a lack of robust, interpretable methodologies for evaluating AV behaviour in both real and simulated environments—particularly in edge-case scenarios that pose the greatest risk to public safety. To address this gap, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) is requesting to co-funding a PhD studentship titled Digital Commentary Driving for Regulatory Compliance and Risk Assessment in Autonomous Vehicles, which aims to develop novel, evidence-based methods for AV validation.
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