1. [Publications](/publications) 2. Suraksha: A Quantitative AV Safety Evaluation Framework to Analyze Safety Implications of Perception Design Choices # Suraksha: A Quantitative AV Safety Evaluation Framework to Analyze Safety Implications of Perception Design Choices ![Publication image](/sites/default/files/styles/wide/public/default_images/default.jpeg?itok=qUFsuJCP "Publication image") This paper proposes an automated AV safety evaluation framework, Suraksha that quantifies and analyzes the sensitivities of different design parameters on AV safety. It employs a set of driving scenarios generated based on a user-specified difficulty level. It enables the exploration of tradeoffs in requirements either in existing AV implementations to find opportunities for improvement or during the development process to explore the component-level requirements for an optimal and safe AV architecture. As perception is a resource demanding task, we employ Suraksha to analyze the safety effects of using various perception parameters on an industrial AV system. ## Authors Hengyu Zhao (University of California, San Diego) [Siva Hari](/person/siva-hari) Timothy Tsai (NVIDIA) [Michael B. Sullivan](/person/mike-sullivan) [Steve Keckler](/person/stephen-keckler) Jishen Zhao (University of California, San Diego) ## Publication Date Monday, June 21, 2021 ## Published in [Workshop on Safety and Security of Intelligent Vehicles (SSIV)](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9502467) ## Research Area [Autonomous Vehicles](/research-area/autonomous-vehicles) [High Performance Computing](/research-area/high-performance-computing) [Resilience and Safety](/research-area/resilience) ## External Links [IEEE Digital Library](https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9502467) ## Uploaded Files [Published manuscript](https://d1qx31qr3h6wln.cloudfront.net/publications/SSIV_2021_Suraksha.pdf "Open file in new window")1.32 MB ## Copyright This material is posted here with permission of the IEEE. Internal or personal use of this material is permitted. However, permission to reprint/republish this material for advertising or promotional purposes or for creating new collective works for resale or redistribution must be obtained from the IEEE by writing to .