Draft:Bryant Walker Smith
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| Submission declined on 12 January 2023 by Curb Safe Charmer (talk). This draft's references do not show that the subject qualifies for a Wikipedia article. In summary, the draft needs to Declined by Curb Safe Charmer 2 years ago.
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Comment: At present, this article relies heavily on primary sources. It needs reliable, independent sources to establish notability. Significa liberdade (she/her) (talk) 17:41, 31 December 2024 (UTC)
- Comment: I see nothing that has substantially improved the page since it was declined in Jan 2023. It is very rare for associate professors to be considered notable (please don't skip the associate part). His h-factor is not great, and while he is in low citation areas others have more. No major awards or newspaper articles on him that I can find. Ldm1954 (talk) 14:12, 30 December 2024 (UTC)
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Bryant Walker Smith | |
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| Occupation | Academic and lawyer |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | University of Wisconsin New York University School of Law |
| Subject | Regulation of self-driving cars |
| Employer(s) | University of South Carolina Stanford Center for Internet and Society |
| Notable works | Automated Vehicles are Probably Legal in the United States Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to Driving Automation Systems for On-Road Motor Vehicles J3016_201806 |
Bryant Walker Smith is the vice chair of the United States Department of Transportation's Transforming Transportation Advisory Committee (TTAC).[1]He is an associate professor at the University of South Carolina School of Law, an associate professor (by courtesy) at the University of South Carolina School of Engineering, and affiliate scholar at the Stanford Center for Internet and Society.[2][3]
Education
[edit]Smith received a B.S. in Civil Engineering from the University of Wisconsin. He went on to receive his J.D. and LL.M. in International Legal Studies from New York University School of Law in 2009.[4]
Professional Career
[edit]In 2012, Smith led Stanford University's Legal Aspects of Automated Driving Program, and taught the first legal course in automated driving[5][6]. He served as Chair of the Emerging Technology Law Committee of the Transportation Research Board between 2013 and 2019,[7] and as a member of SAE International's On-Road Automated Vehicle Standards Committee,[8] he co-authored the J3016 Levels of Driving Automation,[9][10][11] a six-level classification system for automated systems which is widely cited in the automotive industry[12] and since publication has been adopted by regulatory agencies such as the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration.[13] Smith co-drafted a model law for the Uniform Law Commission in 2019,[14] which "offers model statutory language for adapting US state vehicle codes to automated driving."[15]
Smith is known as an expert on automated vehicles and the law and is frequently cited by news sources on topics related to regulation of automated vehicles.[16][17] [18][19]Popular Science featured him as "an expert on the legal implications of self-driving cars" in 2015.[20]He was appointed to the United States Department of Transportation's Advisory Committee on Automation in Transportation in January of 2017 as an expert on the industry; controversially, the committee was later disbanded by the Trump administration in 2018 without announcement to its members.[21][22] Smith was consulted by the California Department of Motor Vehicles as an outside advisor in their probe investigating whether Tesla, Inc.'s "Full Self Driving" mode was misleading to customers.[23] In December of 2023, he was appointed as vice chair of the United States Department of Transportation's Transforming Transportation Advisory Committee (TTAC).[24]
References
[edit]- ^ "DOT Launches New Advisory Committee to Help Shape Federal Approach to Transportation Innovation". Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ "University of South Carolina School of Law Faculty Directory". Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ "Stanford Law School Center for Internet and Society". Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ "Institute for International Law and Justice". Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ "Partners for Automated Vehicle Education Profile: Bryant Walker Smith". 10 July 2024. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ "Wall Street Journal". December 12, 2012. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ "National Academy of Engineering Biography". Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ "Stanford Cyberlaw Blog: SAE Levels of Driving Automation". 18 December 2013. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ Walker Smith, Bryant (February 22, 2022). "Autonomous Driving Levels and Minimal Risk Conditions with Bryant Walker Smith" (Interview). Interviewed by Jonathan Negretti. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ "Taxonomy and Definitions for Terms Related to On-Road Motor Vehicle Automated Driving Systems J3016_201401". Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "SAE On-Road Automated Driving (ORAD) Committee". Retrieved November 16, 2024.
- ^ "Institute for SAE International Blog". May 3, 2021. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ "Federal Automated Vehicles Policy" (PDF). NHTSA, U.S. September 2016. p. 9. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ "Uniform Law Commission Automated Operation of Vehicles Act". Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ "Drafting Memoranda for the Uniform Law Commission's Automated Operation of Vehicles Act". SSRN 3747058. Retrieved November 26, 2024.
- ^ Bensinger, Greg (January 25, 2024). "GM Cruise robotaxi unit faces US probes over dragging incident, vows reforms". Reuters. Thomas Reuters Foundation. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ Mitchell, Russ. "Tesla touts self-driving to consumers. To the DMV, it tells a different tale". LA Times. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ Graff, Rachel (April 8, 2024). "Tesla Settles Over Fatal Autopilot Crash on Eve of Trial". Bloomberg News. Bloomberg. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ Marshall, Aarian. "Uber Bows Before California's Power and Parks Its Robo-Cars". Wired. Conde Nast. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ Draxler, Breanna (June 2015). "Bryant Walker Smith On the Future of Self-Driving Cars" (PDF). Popular Science. Bonnier Magazine Group. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ "USDOT Announces New Federal Committee on Automation". Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ O'Caine, Sean (April 9, 2019). "The Trump administration killed a self-driving car committee — and didn't tell members". The Verge. Vox Media. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ Mihalascu, Dan (November 2, 2022). "Tesla Gave FSD Beta Demo To California DMV As Part Of Ongoing Probe". Inside EVs. Retrieved February 2, 2025.
- ^ "DOT Launches New Advisory Committee to Help Shape Federal Approach to Transportation Innovation". Retrieved January 16, 2024.
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