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01 · OFFICIAL INAUGURATION

autoMoTIVe-X Lab Launches at Inria Paris Centre

The autoMoTIVe-X Lab was officially inaugurated at the Inria Paris Centre. Director Dr. Shrikant Tangade announced the Founding Scientific Advisory Board, featuring world-renowned experts Dr. Valeria Loscrì (Inria) and Prof. Mauro Conti (University of Padua). The lab serves as a global bridge for "Silicon-to-Cloud" security research.

2026.JULY.09
02 · SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATION

Addressing OTA Updates Scalable Trust in Zonal SDV at Inria Paris

Dr. Shrikant Tangade presented a featured session at Inria's "THEMATIC WORKSHOP: Role of Data & Services in Modern Digital Infrastructures" in Paris. The talk, titled "ZK-SCALHARD: A HIERARCHICAL ZKP SERVICE FOR DATA SOVEREIGNTY AND SCALABLE TRUST IN ZONAL SDV INFRASTRUCTURES," detailed the lab's breakthroughs in O(1) constant-time verification and hardware-anchored trust for Software-Defined Vehicles.

2026.JULY.09
03 · RESEARCH MILESTONE

Founding Technical Report Published on ArXiv

The lab's founding research, "zk-ScalHard: Scalable and Hardware-Rooted Privacy-Preserving Authentication for Secure OTA Updates in Zonal SDVs," is now live on ArXiv (arXiv:2607.07371). The paper achieves constant-size O(1) scalability and demonstrates a 99.2% reduction in authentication bandwidth & a 99.9% reduction in the physical attack surface using novel ZKP circuits.

2026.JULY.08
04 · INDUSTRY BENCHMARKING

Insights from Sec SDV Berlin

autoMoTIVe-X conducted a comprehensive industry gap analysis at the Sec SDV Conference in Berlin. Engaging with security leads from CARIAD, AUMOVIO, and Denso, the lab aligned its 3-year research roadmap with critical OEM/ Tier-1 pain points in secure OTA updates, rollback integrity, PQC migration, and Zero-Day Clock (VM).

2026.JUNE.22-23
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01 · OFFICIAL INAUGURATION

autoMoTIVe-X Lab Launches at Inria Paris Centre

The autoMoTIVe-X Lab was officially inaugurated at the Inria Paris Centre. Director Dr. Shrikant Tangade announced the Founding Scientific Advisory Board, featuring world-renowned experts Dr. Valeria Loscrì (Inria) and Prof. Mauro Conti (University of Padua). The lab serves as a global bridge for "Silicon-to-Cloud" security research.

2026.JULY.09
02 · SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATION

Addressing OTA Updates Scalable Trust in Zonal SDV at Inria Paris

Dr. Shrikant Tangade presented a featured session at Inria's "THEMATIC WORKSHOP: Role of Data & Services in Modern Digital Infrastructures" in Paris. The talk, titled "ZK-SCALHARD: A HIERARCHICAL ZKP SERVICE FOR DATA SOVEREIGNTY AND SCALABLE TRUST IN ZONAL SDV INFRASTRUCTURES," detailed the lab's breakthroughs in O(1) constant-time verification and hardware-anchored trust for Software-Defined Vehicles.

2026.JULY.09
03 · RESEARCH MILESTONE

Founding Technical Report Published on ArXiv

The lab's founding research, "zk-ScalHard: Scalable and Hardware-Rooted Privacy-Preserving Authentication for Secure OTA Updates in Zonal SDVs," is now live on ArXiv (arXiv:2607.07371). The paper achieves constant-size O(1) scalability and demonstrates a 99.2% reduction in authentication bandwidth & a 99.9% reduction in the physical attack surface using novel ZKP circuits.

2026.JULY.08
04 · INDUSTRY BENCHMARKING

Insights from Sec SDV Berlin

autoMoTIVe-X conducted a comprehensive industry gap analysis at the Sec SDV Conference in Berlin. Engaging with security leads from CARIAD, AUMOVIO, and Denso, the lab aligned its 3-year research roadmap with critical OEM/ Tier-1 pain points in secure OTA updates, rollback integrity, PQC migration, and Zero-Day Clock (VM).

2026.JUNE.22-23
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05 · HQ EXPANSION

autoMoTIVe-X HQ Opens at AMBIT, Belagavi, India

The lab establishes its founding headquarters at AMBIT, Belagavi, anchoring its India-based research and engineering operations.

AUGUST 2026
06 · COE INAUGURATION

Inauguration of the IEEE VTS Automotive Cybersecurity CoE at AMBIT, Belagavi, India

AMBIT will host the inauguration of the IEEE VTS Automotive Cybersecurity Center of Excellence, strengthening the lab's standards-body engagement.

SEPTEMBER 2026