Success Story

Revitalizing the Android Embedded Device Project for a Leading European OEM

Amidst the transformative trends of electrification and connectivity in the automotive industry, in 2021, Acsia stepped in to successfully take over and enhance the Android embedded device project for the global OEM, demonstrating their technical prowess and commitment to excellence.

Business & Technology Landscape

In 2021, the automotive industry underwent significant transformations driven by two major trends: electrification and connectivity. Electrification gained momentum due to stricter emissions regulations, lower battery costs, and expanded charging infrastructure, making electric vehicles (EVs) more appealing and practical. Meanwhile, the integration of Android Automotive OS revolutionized vehicle connectivity, enhancing user experiences and enabling seamless integration with other smart devices. These trends aligned vehicles with modern consumer expectations, making driving more connected and enjoyable.

Customer Problem Statement

A Tier-I supplier collaborating on the Android embedded device project for a leading OEM faced complex challenges. The project required additional focus on OEM compliance (ASPICE L2).

Acsia Solution

In response to these challenges, Acsia redefined the existing architecture into a more structured format and documented it according to ASPICE standards (SYS 2, SYS 3, SWE 1, and SWE 2). Acsia also provided crucial support to internal and external teams, addressing queries related to the existing architecture and conducting in-depth vulnerability analyses to identify potential cybersecurity issues.

Based on the performance and expertise demonstrated, Acsia was tasked with working on the second version of the Android embedded device. This involved managing the hardware and software requirements from the early stages of cluster development (SYS 2 to SYS 5 and SWE 1 to SWE 6). Additionally, Acsia team played a key role from the architecture perspective in developing a comprehensive cybersecurity concept to enhance the device’s security. The team also played a pivotal role in proposal preparation, requirement evaluation, design discussions, testing activities, and validation processes, ensuring alignment with customer needs and adherence to ASPICE processes.

Business Outcome & Impact

Acsia’s involvement ensured that the OEM could meet their production rollout timelines, significantly improving process efficiency and device performance by implementing ASPICE and cyber security standards. The project outcomes demonstrated the value of structured processes and adherence to industry standards, leading to a successful and timely product launch.

Key Learning

The project equipped the team with the necessary skills to handle multi-vendor projects’ cybersecurity requirements and manage the entire APSICE model except SYS 1. This capability ensures that Acsia can effectively handle Android embedded device-related projects involving both hardware and software requirements.

Expert Speak

Ambika Thiruvappallil Karunakaran
SME
Our innovative approach and deep expertise in automotive technology allowed us to transform a challenging situation into a success story. By redefining the architecture and implementing rigorous standards, we delivered a robust, secure, and highly functional solution that met the client's needs and exceeded their expectations.
Gloria Joseph
Delivery Leader
Our dedication to delivery excellence and fostering strong customer relationships enabled us to navigate and overcome significant project challenges. Through collaborative efforts and a commitment to industry standards, we ensured timely delivery and superior performance, reinforcing our reputation as a trusted partner in the automotive industry.
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Context

Continuous employee learning is essential for companies to stay competitive in a fast-changing business environment. Organizations adopt Learning Management Systems (LMS) to upskill employees, meet compliance requirements, and support career growth. However, existing LMS platforms often act as content repositories rather than personalized learning assistants.

 

Pain Point

  • Employees are overwhelmed by generic training content and struggle to find relevant courses.
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  • Companies spend heavily on training programs without clear insights into ROI or business impact.
  • Current LMS solutions provide limited personalization and recommendations, leading to low engagement.

 

Challenge

Develop an AI-powered LMS that goes beyond course hosting, by:

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  • Using learning analytics to predict skill gaps and recommend personalized learning journeys.
  • Providing managers with team-level insights on training progress and skill readiness.
  • Enabling employees to learn flexibly, with adaptive learning paths based on performance.

 

Goal

Create a smart, data-driven LMS that improves employee engagement, learning outcomes, and workforce readiness while giving leadership clear visibility into training impact.

 

Outputs

  • Personalized learning recommendations for each employee.
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  • Learning progress analytics with completion, performance, and adoption rates.
  • Training ROI insights linked to productivity and career growth.

 

Impact

  • Employees gain relevant, career-aligned skills faster.
  • Managers can strategically deploy talent based on verified skills.
  • Organizations see higher training ROI and improved workforce agility.
  • Creates a culture of continuous learning, driving retention and innovation.
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Context 

Software teams struggle to diagnose system failures from massive log files. Manual analysis is slow, error-prone, and requires expert knowledge. Root cause extraction from unstructured, noisy logs. Use creative algorithms, LLM prompting strategies, or hybrid heuristics.

 

Pain Point

  • Manual log analysis is slow, error-prone, and requires deep expertise in both the system and its environment.
  • Critical issues can be missed or misdiagnosed, leading to longer downtimes and higher costs.
  • Existing monitoring tools often raise alerts without actionable insights, leaving developers to do the heavy lifting.

 

Challenge

Build an AI-powered log analytics assistant that can:

  • Ingest and parse unstructured application logs at scale.
  • Automatically flag potential defects or anomalies.
  • Summarize possible root causes in natural language.
  • Provide actionable insights that developers can use immediately.

 

Goal

Deliver a working prototype that:

  • Operates on sample log data.
  • Produces insights that are accurate, usable, and easy to interpret.
  • Bridges the gap between raw log data and developer-friendly diagnostics.

 

Outputs

  • Automated defect detection (flagging anomalies in logs).
  • Root cause summaries in natural language.
  • Actionable recommendations (e.g., suspected component failure, probable misconfiguration).
  • Visualization/dashboard (if possible) for quick triage.

 

Impact

  • Reduced time to diagnose failures, lowering downtime and maintenance costs.
  • Increased developer productivity, freeing engineers to focus on fixes rather than sifting logs.
  • Improved reliability of complex software systems.
  • Scalable approach that can be extended across industries (finance, automotive, telecom, healthcare).
AH2025/PS04 | AI/ML

Context

Drivers and passengers spend significant time in vehicles where comfort, safety, and accessibility directly affect satisfaction and well-being. Yet today’s in-car systems remain largely static and manual, requiring users to adjust climate, seats, infotainment, and navigation themselves. With increasing connectivity, AI offers the potential to transform cars into adaptive, intelligent companions.

 

Pain Point

  • Current in-car experiences are one-size-fits-all, failing to account for individual preferences or needs.
  • Manual adjustments while driving can be distracting and unsafe.
  • Accessibility gaps (e.g., for elderly passengers or those with hearing/visual impairments) remain unaddressed.

 

Challenge

Build a Generative AI-powered cockpit agent that dynamically personalizes the in-car experience based on contextual data such as:

  • Driver profile (age, preferences, past behaviour).
  • Calendar & journey type (work commute, leisure trip, urgent travel).
  • Mood (estimated from inputs like speech, facial cues, or self-reporting).
  • Accessibility needs (visual/hearing impairments, elderly passengers).

 

Goal

Deliver real-time, adaptive personalization of:

  • Comfort settings: AC, seat adjustments, lighting.
  • Infotainment: music, podcasts, news.
  • Navigation guidance: route optimization based on urgency, preferences, and accessibility.

 

Outputs

  • Dynamic in-car assistant that responds to context in real-time.
  • Personalized environment settings for comfort and safety.
  • Adaptive infotainment & navigation suggestions tailored to mood, journey type, and accessibility.

 

Impact

  • Safer driving experience with fewer distractions.
  • Higher passenger satisfaction through comfort and entertainment personalization.
  • Improved accessibility and inclusivity for diverse user needs.
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Context

In a highly competitive automotive market, consumer purchase decisions are influenced by a mix of vehicle features, price, and brand perception. Automakers invest heavily in design and innovation, but it is often unclear which specific features (e.g., mileage, horsepower, safety, infotainment, connectivity) actually drive sales in different regions and demographics.

 

Pain Point

  • Automakers often rely on intuition, surveys, or fragmented market studies, which may not reflect actual consumer behaviour.
  • Without clear insights, companies risk overinvesting in features that don’t influence buying decisions while underestimating the importance of others.
  • This leads to misaligned product strategies, higher costs, and lost opportunities in competitive segments.

 

Challenge

Develop a data-driven AI solution to quantify the importance of car features in consumer purchasing decisions. The system should analyze:

  • Sales data (model, features, trim levels, price).
  • Customer demographics (age, income, region).
  • Market variations (urban vs rural, luxury vs budget segments).

 

Goal

Identify and rank which features most strongly influence purchasing decisions, enabling automakers to:

  • Focus R&D investments on features consumers truly value.
  • Tailor marketing strategies to highlight high-impact features.
  • Customize offerings by region, demographic, or price segment.

 

Outputs

  • Ranked feature importance list (e.g., mileage, price, infotainment, safety).
  • Feature impact segmentation (importance by region, age group, or price tier).
  • Visualization of trade-offs (e.g., mileage vs horsepower vs price sensitivity).

 

Impact

  • Better product design decisions aligning cars with what customers actually want.
  • Efficient R&D and marketing spend reduced waste, higher ROI.
  • Stronger competitive positioning faster response to shifting consumer trends.
  • Scalable model applicable across new launches, regions, and evolving customer preferences.
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Context

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Pain Point

  • Charging stations experience unpredictable surges or idle periods, leading to long wait times or wasted infrastructure.
  • City planners and operators struggle to decide how many charging points to allocate at different locations.
  • Poor demand forecasting results in inefficient investment and reduced adoption of EVs due to unreliable charging availability.

 

Challenge

Develop an AI solution that forecasts charging demand at individual stations. The system should take into account:

  • Historical station usage (transactions per hour/day).
  • Temporal patterns (time of day, weekdays vs weekends, seasonality).
  • Geographic location (urban, suburban, highway).
  • External factors such as weather conditions, holidays, or special events.

 

Goal

Provide accurate time-series demand forecasts (hourly/daily) per charging station, enabling operators and planners to:

  • Allocate charging points efficiently.
  • Reduce wait times for EV users.
  • Optimize investment in EV infrastructure.

 

Outputs

  • Predicted demand curves (number of EVs per time unit, per station).
  • Station-level insights (peak usage windows, underutilized stations).
  • Scenario forecasts (e.g., rainy day vs sunny day, weekday vs weekend).

 

Impact

  • Smarter infrastructure planning efficient use of budget and resources.
  • Improved EV user experience reduced charging wait times.
  • Accelerated EV adoption supporting sustainability and emissions reduction.
  • Scalable solution that can be adapted by municipalities, private charging operators, or energy utilities.
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Context

In modern organizations, assembling the right project team is critical to success. Managers must balance skills, experience, cost, availability, and domain expertise, but decisions are often made using intuition or partial information. This leads to suboptimal teams, missed deadlines, or budget overruns.

 

Pain Point

  • Team formation today is time-consuming and heavily manual, requiring managers to cross-check spreadsheets, HR databases, and project needs.
  • Costs and expertise trade-offs are rarely quantified, making it hard to justify team composition to leadership or clients.
  • Traditional staffing tools focus on availability but fail to optimize across multi-dimensional constraints (skills, budget, past project fit, timeline).

 

Challenge

Build a Generative AI assistant that takes as input:

  • Employee database (skills, past projects, availability, cost)
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Goal

Enable managers to form the best-fit, economically feasible project teams in minutes, rather than days, while providing transparency into why each recommendation was made.

 

Outputs

  • Optimal team composition: Recommended employees, with justification.
  • Economic feasibility analysis: Skill coverage vs cost vs timeline.
  • Alternative team recommendations: Trade-off scenarios (e.g., lower cost, faster delivery, more experienced).

 

Impact

  • Faster project staffing quicker project kick-offs.
  • Higher client satisfaction due to right skills on the right project.
  • Lower staffing costs through data-driven optimization.
  • A scalable framework that can be extended for hackathons, consulting firms, or large enterprise project staffing.
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