Robust detection and tracking of objects is crucial for the deployment of autonomous vehicle technology. Image based benchmark datasets have driven development in computer vision tasks such as object detection, tracking and segmentation of agents in the environment. Most autonomous vehicles, however, carry a combinatio…
A deep learning model improves pedestrian tracking accuracy.
problem Pedestrian tracking accuracy is low, especially with inertial measurement unit.
method Deep learning model using IMU and LIDAR data, attention mechanism.
result Preliminary results show improved accuracy.
Waymo Open Dataset provides a large, diverse, and synchronized LiDAR and camera dataset for autonomous driving research.
problem Limited diversity and scale in existing self-driving datasets hinder real-world problem alignment.
method Developed a new large-scale, high-quality, diverse dataset with synchronized LiDAR and camera data.
result The dataset is 15x more diverse than the largest existing dataset based on a proposed diversity metric.
This paper solves the normalizability crisis in sequential inference by introducing bounded information geometry.
problem Structural failure in standard sequential inference architectures when dealing with extreme outliers.
method Non-parametric field actions and bounded information geometry to truncate infinite tails of spatial distributions.
result Empirical benchmarks across three domains show robust estimation without infinite-tailed distributional assumptions.
Graph Neural Networks improve 3D object detection in LiDAR point clouds.
problem Challenges in processing LiDAR data due to its 3D geometry and massive volume.
method Proposes a Graph Neural Network (GNN) based framework for 3D object detection.
result GNNs successfully identify objects in 3D LiDAR point clouds.
Federated LIDAR aided beam selection reduces mmWave beam search overhead.
problem Efficient link configuration in mmWave communication systems with reduced beam search overhead.
method Federated learning of LIDAR data to train a shared neural network for beam selection.
result Proposed method significantly outperforms previous works in performance and complexity.
Deep neural networks (DNNs) are found to be vulnerable against adversarial examples, which are carefully crafted inputs with a small magnitude of perturbation aiming to induce arbitrarily incorrect predictions. Recent studies show that adversarial examples can pose a threat to real-world security-critical applications:…
Improved road segmentation on low-res LIDAR data for autonomous vehicles.
problem Low-resolution LIDAR data affects road segmentation accuracy in autonomous vehicles.
method Subsampled LIDAR data transformation into feature maps, use local normal vector with spherical coordinates.
result Improves road segmentation accuracy on low-resolution LIDAR data.
The goal of this paper is to classify objects mapped by LiDAR sensor into different classes such as vehicles, pedestrians and bikers. Utilizing a LiDAR-based object detector and Neural Networks-based classifier, a novel real-time object detection is presented essentially with respect to aid self-driving vehicles in rec…
We propose a technique to develop (and localize in) topological maps from light detection and ranging (Lidar) data. Localizing an autonomous vehicle with respect to a reference map in real-time is crucial for its safe operation. Owing to the rich information provided by Lidar sensors, these are emerging as a promising …
Improved 3D LiDAR data classification using product coefficients.
problem Enhancing accuracy in 3D LiDAR data classification.
method Introducing product coefficients derived from measure theory as additional features in the classification process, alongside PCA.
result Significant improvement in classification accuracy with product coefficients.
Perception technologies in Autonomous Driving are experiencing their golden age due to the advances in Deep Learning. Yet, most of these systems rely on the semantically rich information of RGB images. Deep Learning solutions applied to the data of other sensors typically mounted on autonomous cars (e.g. lidars or rada…
Study improves semantic segmentation of LiDAR point clouds for autonomous vehicles.
problem Semantic understanding of 3D LiDAR data for autonomous vehicles.
method Image-based semantic segmentation architectures, network size optimization, improved point cloud projection, soft Dice loss, reduced weight-sharing convolution.
result 3.2% increase in mIoU segmentation performance with 42% reduction in inference time.
Collision avoidance is a critical task in many applications, such as ADAS (advanced driver-assistance systems), industrial automation and robotics. In an industrial automation setting, certain areas should be off limits to an automated vehicle for protection of people and high-valued assets. These areas can be quaranti…
DALES offers a large annotated aerial LiDAR dataset for 3D deep learning.
problem Lack of large-scale annotated aerial LiDAR datasets for deep learning.
method Collection and annotation of over half a billion hand-labeled points from an ALS scanner.
result DALES is the most extensive publicly available ALS data set with improved resolution and coverage.
Camera and lidar are important sensor modalities for robotics in general and self-driving cars in particular. The sensors provide complementary information offering an opportunity for tight sensor-fusion. Surprisingly, lidar-only methods outperform fusion methods on the main benchmark datasets, suggesting a gap in the …
In Autonomous Vehicles (AVs), one fundamental pillar is perception, which leverages sensors like cameras and LiDARs (Light Detection and Ranging) to understand the driving environment. Due to its direct impact on road safety, multiple prior efforts have been made to study its the security of perception systems. In cont…
This paper presents a novel CNN-based approach for synthesizing high-resolution LiDAR point cloud data. Our approach generates semantically and perceptually realistic results with guidance from specialized loss-functions. First, we utilize a modified per-point loss that addresses missing LiDAR point measurements. Secon…
In this contribution, we present a novel approach for segmenting laser radar (lidar) imagery into geometric time-height cloud locations with a fully convolutional network (FCN). We describe a semi-supervised learning method to train the FCN by: pre-training the classification layers of the FCN with image-level annotati…
CARML uses meta-learning to avoid obstacles in 2D vehicle navigation.
problem Collision avoidance in 2D vehicle navigation.
method Model-Agnostic Meta-Learning for multi-objective reinforcement learning.
result CARML outperforms a baseline TD3 solution in obstacle avoidance.
We provide a comprehensive review of classical algorithms for compressive sensing of images, focused on Total variation methods, with a view to application in LiDAR systems. Our primary focus is providing a full review for beginners in the field, as well as simulating the kind of noise found in real LiDAR systems. To t…
Expands sparse disparity cues from LiDAR to improve stereo matching performance.
problem Improving stereo estimation performance with limited dense data.
method Proposes a sparsity expansion technique to enhance local features from sparse disparity cues.
result Significantly boosts stereo algorithms with sparse cues, outperforming previous methods.
Proposes a new convolutional neural network for non-grid data.
problem Limited applicability of standard CNNs to non-grid structured data.
method Introduces Parametric Continuous Convolution (PCC) with learnable kernel functions.
result Significant improvement in point cloud segmentation and lidar motion estimation.
Study uses satellite and lidar data to map forest height and biomass in France.
problem Mapping forest resources and carbon in large areas.
method Machine learning approach using Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, ALOS-2, and GEDI Lidar data.
result High-resolution maps of forest height and biomass produced with good accuracy.
End-to-end autonomous driving perception learns latent features for better performance.
problem Current autonomous driving systems are complex and require human engineering.
method Sequential latent representation learning for end-to-end perception.
result End-to-end perception model solves detection, tracking, localization, and mapping problems.
3D object detection improved using energy-based models.
problem Accurate 3D object detection in cluttered environments from sparse LiDAR data.
method Designing a differentiable pooling operator for 3D bounding boxes integrated into a state-of-the-art 3D object detector.
result Our approach consistently outperforms the SA-SSD baseline across all 3DOD metrics on the KITTI dataset.
Paper develops a scalable distributed inference algorithm for sensor networks.
problem Efficient inference in intelligent sensor networks for location, tracking, and mapping.
method Distributed variational inference algorithm for continuous variables and large-scale data.
result Derives a separable lower bound for distributed variational inference with one-hop communication.
MFM improves generative model interpolations by learning approximate geodesics on data manifolds.
problem Straight interpolations fail to capture dynamics on data manifolds.
method Metric Flow Matching (MFM) learns approximate geodesics by minimizing kinetic energy of a data-induced Riemannian metric.
result MFM outperforms Euclidean baselines, achieving SOTA on single-cell trajectory prediction.
The concept of a Point Cloud has played an increasingly important role in many areas of Engineering, Science, and Mathematics. Examples are: LIDAR, 3D-Printing, Data Analysis, Computer Graphics, Machine Learning, Mathematical Visualization, Numerical Analysis, and Monte Carlo Methods. Entering point cloud into Google r…
RL approach for target tracking with unknown dynamics and sensor control.
problem Tracking an unknown target with sensor control.
method Track-MDP formulation for RL, compared with POMDP.
result Optimal RL policy tracks all target paths with certainty.
This work uses SVM to identify track component failures in AC Track Circuits.
problem Detecting and identifying specific track component failures in AC Track Circuits.
method Applied SVM classifier to STDS track circuit data.
result Successfully classified 15 different track component failures.
New train tracks for complex homeomorphisms found.
problem Existence of irreducible train tracks for pseudo-Anosov homeomorphisms.
method Starting from a veering triangulation, identify and modify branches to bypass obstructions.
result Construction of invariant train tracks with irreducible transition matrix.
New method uses cluster shapes to improve track finding in particle collisions.
problem Combining timing and additional detector information for efficient track finding.
method Neural networks to analyze cluster shapes for track seeding.
result Cluster shapes reduce fake combinatorial backgrounds while maintaining high track efficiency.
This paper optimizes object tracking on edge devices with small matrices.
problem Efficiently tracking objects in video sequences on edge devices with small matrices.
method Parallelized a Simple Online and Real-time Tracking (SORT) application on shared-memory multicores.
result Throughput-based parallelization technique outperforms multi-threading for small matrices.
A DRL-based strategy improves vehicle tracking accuracy while saving energy.
problem Enhancing vehicle tracking accuracy in WSNs without increasing energy consumption.
method Decentralized strategy with dynamic reinforcement learning to adjust sensing areas.
result Simulation results demonstrate superior performance of DRL-aided design.
Paper introduces TAP-Vid, a benchmark for tracking any point in videos.
problem Tackles the problem of tracking arbitrary physical points on surfaces over longer video clips.
method Formalizes the problem as TAP, introduces TAP-Vid benchmark, uses crowdsourced pipeline with optical flow estimates, proposes TAP-Net model.
result TAP-Net outperforms all prior methods on TAP-Vid benchmark when trained on synthetic data.
The efficiency of a modern economy depends on what we call the Value-Tracking Hypothesis: that market prices of key assets broadly track some underlying value. This can be expected if a sufficient weight of market participants are valuation-based traders, buying and selling an asset when its price is, respectively, bel…
We show that the subsurface projection of a train track splitting sequence is an unparameterized quasi-geodesic in the curve complex of the subsurface. For the proof we introduce induced tracks, efficient position, and wide curves. This result is an important step in the proof that the disk complex is Gromov hyperbolic…
While camera and LiDAR processing have been revolutionized since the introduction of deep learning, radar processing still relies on classical tools. In this paper, we introduce a deep learning approach for radar processing, working directly with the radar complex data. To overcome the lack of radar labeled data, we re…
Train track automata for fully irreducible elements in Out(F_r).
problem Understanding fully irreducible elements in Out(F_r).
method Describing train track automata and geodesics in Outer Space.
result Geodesics in Culler-Vogtmann Outer Space for fully irreducible elements.
The introduction of cheap RGB-D cameras, stereo cameras, and LIDAR devices has given the computer vision community 3D information that conventional RGB cameras cannot provide. This data is often stored as a point cloud. In this paper, we present a novel method to apply the concept of convolutional neural networks to th…
Dynamic tracking error framework shows similar performance but varying volatility across different constraints.
problem Differences in governance parameters between Total Portfolio Approach and Strategic Asset Allocation.
method Portfolio simulations using U.S. equity and bond data from 2000 to 2026, spanning 2004 to 2026.
result Realized tracking error volatility varies 12-fold across different constraints, with costs highest during crises.
Paper improves Lasso for S&P500 index tracking with post-selection inference.
problem Index tracking for S&P500 with many applications.
method Used Lasso for dimension reduction and post-selection inference.
result Lasso method for S&P500 index tracking shows high performance.
Bayesian approach for constructing and rebalancing sparse index-tracking portfolios.
problem Sparse tracking of a reference index with uncertainty quantification.
method Sparse linear regression with Laplace prior, empirical-Bayes calibration, Langevin-type MCMC, threshold-based rules.
result Posterior uncertainty on tracking error, portfolio composition, and rebalancing moves.
Automated method selects eye tracking variables for categorization tasks.
problem Limited duration of infant cooperation and biases in handpicked eye tracking variables.
method Automated selection of eye tracking variables using statistical techniques.
result Same eye tracking variables classify category learners from non-learners in adults and infants with high accuracy.
We propose a new Bayesian tracking and parameter learning algorithm for non-linear non-Gaussian multiple target tracking (MTT) models. We design a Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) algorithm to sample from the posterior distribution of the target states, birth and death times, and association of observations to targets, …
Paper translates train track concepts to cluster algebras for pseudo-Anosov mapping classes.
problem Understanding pseudo-Anosov mapping classes on surfaces.
method Using Goncharov--Shen's potential function, the paper translates train track concepts into cluster algebra language.
result Proves sign stability of general pseudo-Anosov mapping classes.
This paper reviews and analyzes various modeling approaches for financial index tracking.
problem Efficient replication of market index performance in financial markets.
method Categorization into three frameworks: optimization, statistical, and machine learning; empirical study on S&P 500 dataset.
result Optimization-based models deliver the most precise index tracking, statistical-based models achieve the strongest return-risk balance, and data-driven models provide competitive performance.