Partner in the spotlight: MAPtm
How can research results move beyond the project and contribute to standards, regulation and real-world mobility? Within CERTAIN, MAPtm works on the requirements and exploitation pathways needed to help make that transition possible.
Meet MAPtm
MAPtm is a Dutch smart mobility consultancy and operational services provider. The company works at the intersection of mobility, technology and implementation, connecting public authorities, industry, research organisations and technology providers.
Its CERTAIN team consists of Tom Alkim, Onno Tool, Dennis Hofman and Floris Hooft. Together, they bring experience in connected, cooperative and automated mobility, requirements management, exploitation and the practical implementation of mobility innovations.
The team’s trademark orange trainers reflect its hands-on approach. MAPtm likes to see emerging technologies in practice and visits demonstrations and real-world deployments whenever possible. Following CERTAIN’s consortium meeting at the University of Warwick, the team travelled to London for a ride with Wayve and an opportunity to experience developments in automated driving firsthand.
From technological development to practical implementation
The transition to connected, cooperative and automated mobility involves more than developing new technology. Automated mobility solutions must also demonstrate their safety, address the needs of users and stakeholders, connect with relevant standards and function under real-world conditions.
This challenge closely matches MAPtm’s expertise. Building on the work of the EU-funded SUNRISE project, CERTAIN is developing a resilient, continuous and human-centred Safety Assurance Framework for connected, cooperative and automated mobility.
MAPtm helps connect this research with the standards, stakeholders and potential applications that could support its future use.
Standardisation and exploitation
MAPtm leads Work Package 8 on Standardisation and Exploitation. Now that CERTAIN has reached its halfway point, the team is developing the project’s exploitation approach and exploring how its results could create value beyond the project.
This includes identifying potential routes towards future applications, connecting project results with relevant standardisation activities and engaging stakeholders who may use or build on the project’s work.
The aim is to prevent valuable results from remaining confined to research. However, determining how the results could support practice requires early attention to their users, relevance and possible uptake.
Keeping requirements aligned
MAPtm also contributes to Work Package 1 on requirements. The team is responsible for the continuous analysis and maintenance of CERTAIN’s Formal System of Requirements.
As new stakeholder needs and project insights emerge, the requirements may need to evolve. MAPtm helps keep them aligned with developments across the project, providing a consistent foundation for the Safety Assurance Framework and its components.
This role links the beginning and the end of the innovation process: understanding what the project needs to deliver and considering how its results could eventually be used.
Bridging research and deployment
During the second half of CERTAIN, MAPtm will continue developing the project’s exploitation approach, maintaining the requirements and strengthening connections with relevant stakeholders and standardisation activities.
Its goal is to help bridge the gap between research and implementation, so that CERTAIN’s results can ultimately contribute to the safe and scalable deployment of automated mobility in Europe.