1. ESI Group is a French software company founded in 1973 that specializes in simulating physics for engineering. They have expanded into various domains including automotive safety.
2. In 2015, ESI Group acquired CIVITEC, a French company spun off from IFSTTAR (French Institute of Science and Technology for Transport) that focuses on vehicle dynamics simulation.
3. Pro-SiVIC is CIVITEC's ADAS sensor simulation platform that was integrated into ESI Group's portfolio. It allows simulating sensors, vehicles, infrastructure and developing/testing ADAS applications without real world testing.