Jeff Blackburn, VP of Sales at Dataspeed, presented a live webinar as part of the IEEE Smart Cities Standards Webinar Series. IEEE Smart Cities brings together a broad array of technical societies and organizations to advance smart city technologies for the benefit of society and to set the global standard by serving as a neutral broker of information amongst industry, academic, and government stakeholders. Jeff’s topic, “Simulation and By-Wire Vehicle Testing for Comprehensive Validation” examined the necessity for testing autonomous functionality not only in simulation environments but also on real-world roads with by-wire vehicles.