This study uses ARM to analyze pedestrian crashes under different lighting conditions.
problem Identifying crash risk factors under varying lighting conditions.
method Applied Association Rules Mining to Louisiana pedestrian crash data.
result Daylight crashes are associated with children, seniors, and older drivers.
State-of-the-art pedestrian detection models have achieved great success in many benchmarks. However, these models require lots of annotation information and the labeling process usually takes much time and efforts. In this paper, we propose a method to generate labeled pedestrian data and adapt them to support the tra…
A novel pedestrian path-planning model using reinforcement learning.
problem Challenges in replicating natural pedestrian navigation behavior.
method Reinforcement learning for collision avoidance and path planning.
result Path planning by the agent closely resembles human pedestrian behavior.
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.
Improved pedestrian motion prediction in urban intersections.
problem Accurate prediction of pedestrian trajectories in crowded urban environments.
method Incorporates semantic features from the environment into a Gaussian Process (GP) model for pedestrian motion prediction.
result 12.5% improvement in prediction accuracy and 2.65 times reduction in AUC.
Project accelerates pedestrian detection in self-driving cars using FPGA.
problem Improve pedestrian detection accuracy in self-driving vehicles.
method Training and tuning SSD, FPGA design for acceleration.
result 4x performance improvement with minimal accuracy loss.
Improved pedestrian crossing prediction for AVs using contextual factors.
problem Accurate prediction of pedestrian crossing behavior for autonomous vehicles.
method Factored Latent-Dynamic Conditional Random Fields (FLDCRF) for multi-label sequence prediction and joint interaction modeling.
result Achieved at least 0.9 seconds earlier prediction accuracy for pedestrian crossing behavior compared to existing methods.
PIP-Net predicts pedestrian crossing intentions with up to 4-second lead.
problem Accurate pedestrian intention prediction for autonomous vehicles in real-world scenarios.
method Recurrent and temporal attention-based model using kinematic and spatial features.
result PIP-Net predicts pedestrian crossing intentions up to 4 seconds in advance.
Paper introduces a streaming compression method for monitoring pedestrian events on footbridges.
problem Storage and analysis of high-rate sensor data from instrumented infrastructure is computationally challenging.
method Develops a streaming feature-based compression method to preserve key patterns and features of pedestrian events.
result Demonstrates the trade-off between compression and accuracy during and between pedestrian events.
Deep learning agent improves pedestrian navigation in urban environments.
problem Autonomous driving among pedestrians in urban areas.
method Multi-objective deep reinforcement learning using a deep Q-learning variant.
result The multi-objective DQN agent outperforms single-objective DQN in various environments.
Proposes a new pedestrian prediction model using urban data.
problem Predicting future pedestrian behavior for safer autonomous vehicle navigation.
method Growing Hidden Markov Model (GHMM) extension using cost maps and Natural Vision principles.
result Predicts pedestrian positions more accurately over a longer horizon.
Paper predicts pedestrian trajectories at intersections with varying geometries.
problem Accurately predicting pedestrian trajectories at intersections with different geometries.
method Utilizes contravariant components of trajectories in curbside coordinate system and ASNSC formulation.
result Improves prediction accuracy by 7.2% in same train and test intersections.
This paper compares deep learning and knowledge-based methods for pedestrian trajectory prediction.
problem Predicting pedestrian trajectories in crowded scenes is challenging due to external factors.
method Comprehensive comparison of deep learning and knowledge-based models.
result Deep learning models outperform knowledge-based models in local trajectory prediction.
TREP learns pedestrian trajectories efficiently without needing full datasets.
problem Learning fixed-length vector representations of variable-length trajectories.
method Actor-critic sequence-to-sequence autoencoder with spatial-aware objective function.
result TREP efficiently learns trajectory representations without needing full datasets.
Can machine learning predict pedestrian destinations from video data?
problem Determining pedestrian destinations from video data without direct observation.
method Used density heatmaps as input to train a Random Forest predictor.
result Motivated further analysis of the methodology.
Study finds object detection systems have higher error rates for darker-skinned pedestrians.
problem Predictive bias in object detection systems for pedestrians with different skin tones.
method Annotated a large dataset and compared performance between skin tone groups, investigating factors like time of day and occlusion.
result Predictive bias in object detection systems is not solely due to more difficult scenes for darker-skinned pedestrians.
Deep RL model optimizes pedestrian evacuation in multi-exit scenarios.
problem Optimizing pedestrian evacuation in multi-exit indoor environments.
method MultiExit-DRL using Deep Reinforcement Learning with DQN and DNN.
result MultiExit-DRL reduces evacuation frames and optimizes exit utilization.
A comparison of SLDS and LSTM for pedestrian behavior prediction shows SLDS works better with shorter sequences.
problem Time-critical pedestrian behavior prediction in autonomous vehicles.
method Comparison of a switching linear dynamical system (SLDS) and a three-layered bi-directional LSTM neural network.
result SLDS achieves higher accuracy with shorter sequences (10 samples) compared to LSTM's 80% accuracy with 100 samples.
Paper introduces a new pedestrian dataset for adverse weather conditions.
problem Lack of controlled and annotated pedestrian datasets for adverse weather conditions.
method Presentation of a new dataset and baseline results for various machine learning tasks.
result Baseline results for various tasks on the Cerema AWP dataset.
Paper classifies pedestrians and vehicles detected by LiDAR.
problem Classifying objects from LiDAR data for self-driving cars.
method Used LiDAR-based object detector and Neural Networks classifier.
result Real-time object detection for self-driving vehicles.
We propose and document the evidence for an analogy between the dynamics of granular counter-flows in the presence of bottlenecks or restrictions and financial price formation processes. Using extensive simulations, we find that the counter-flows of simulated pedestrians through a door display many stylized facts obser…
SafeCritic predicts safe trajectories for pedestrians and cyclists avoiding collisions.
problem Predicting safe trajectories for pedestrians and cyclists in urban environments.
method Generative adversarial networks and reinforcement learning to generate safe trajectories, evaluated by a Discriminator.
result Significant improvement over state-of-the-art models in safety classification.
Study quantifies pedestrian traffic patterns in NYC.
problem Understanding pedestrian traffic dynamics in urban areas.
method Publicly available traffic camera data in NYC, time series analysis.
result Pedestrian traffic exhibits diurnal patterns with weekday peaks and no peak on weekends.
Deep Recurrent Q-Network improves autonomous driving in urban areas with pedestrians.
problem Challenges in urban autonomous driving due to complex road structures and unpredictable pedestrian behavior.
method Combines Deep Q-Network with LSTM for long-term memory, designed a 3-D state representation, and uses a reward function.
result The proposed DRQN-based approach outperforms rule-based methods in dense urban scenarios.
Automated image annotation improves model training accuracy.
problem Training deep learning models with labeled data.
method Combining wireless localization and cameras for automatic image annotation.
result Demonstrated feasibility and benefits of automatic annotation.
This paper explains deep learning for pedestrians using CNNs.
problem Training deep neural networks with gradient descent.
method Backpropagation in Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs).
result Conceptual clarity in vectorized backpropagation.
GE finds failures in autonomous systems without domain heuristics.
problem Finding failures in autonomous systems without domain-specific heuristics.
method Adaptive stress testing using go-explore (GE) algorithm.
result GE finds failures in scenarios other RL techniques cannot solve.
Foresee predicts future road environments with neural networks.
problem Predicting future chaotic road environments for autonomous driving.
method Unidirectional gated recurrent units (GRUs) with attention for online training.
result Foresee outperforms state-of-the-art methods in future projection accuracy.
Edge filters reduce video data transmission to datacenters.
problem Strain on wide area network infrastructure due to video camera deployments.
method FilterForward system with lightweight edge filters and microclassifiers.
result Reduces bandwidth use by an order of magnitude.
SQAIR generates videos of moving objects, tracking and predicting them reliably.
problem Generating videos of moving objects with reliable object tracking and prediction.
method Explicitly encoding object presence, locations, and appearances in latent variables.
result SQAIR reliably discovers and tracks objects throughout sequences of frames and generates future frames.
Method learns attractive areas from agent motions to represent environments.
problem Representing environments based on moving agents' nonlinear motions.
method Switching model of velocity fields, parametric representation of attractive spots.
result Dynamic map of attractive areas for online learning.
Bayesian approach models match and non-match score distributions over continuous covariates.
problem Complex evaluation of model performance over continuous covariates in biometric verification.
method Generative model of score distributions, mixture models, local basis functions, Bayesian inference.
result Accurate and effective method for studying model performance over continuous covariates.
GMM uses mmWave radar to classify traffic modes in poor lighting.
problem Classifying traffic modes in poor lighting conditions.
method GMM on mmWave radar point clouds.
result Good segmentation performance in pedestrian and car classification.
Improved semantic segmentation accuracy by addressing class imbalance.
problem Class imbalance in training data leads to misclassification of rare classes.
method Localized weighting of posterior class probabilities with pixel-wise priors.
result Significant improvement in recall and reduction of non-detection rate for rare classes.
This paper proposes IMU preintegrated features for efficient deep inertial odometry.
problem Efficient odometry from IMU data is challenging due to sensor imperfections and noise.
method Proposes IMU preintegrated features exploiting IMU motion model's manifold structure.
result Improves odometry performance and reduces computational burdens.
We propose a novel approach to parameter estimation for simulator-based statistical models with intractable likelihood. Our proposed method involves recursive application of kernel ABC and kernel herding to the same observed data. We provide a theoretical explanation regarding why the approach works, showing (for the p…
Mobile app uses CNN to help visually impaired cross streets.
problem Helping visually impaired cross streets safely.
method LytNetV2 deep learning model for pedestrian traffic light detection.
result 96% classification accuracy and 6.15 degree angle error.
This work improves deep reinforcement learning robustness to adversarial state uncertainty.
problem Robustness of deep reinforcement learning to adversarial state uncertainty.
method Certified adversarial robustness techniques are applied to deep reinforcement learning algorithms to compute guaranteed lower bounds on state-action values.
result The approach increases robustness to noise and adversaries in pedestrian collision avoidance and classic control tasks.
EIM algorithm maximizes information projection for multi-modal data modeling.
problem Challenging task of modeling highly multi-modal data.
method Expected Information Maximization (EIM) algorithm using variational upper bound.
result EIM algorithm efficiently optimizes the I-projection for Gaussian mixtures models.
This is a simple mathematical introduction into Feynman diagram technique, which is a standard physical tool to write perturbative expansions of path integrals near a critical point of the action. I start from a rigorous treatment of a finite dimensional case (which actually belongs more to multivariable calculus than …
Novel RL method handles urban driving tasks including traffic lights.
problem Difficulties in reinforcement learning for complex urban driving tasks.
method Implicit affordances for model-free RL.
result Successfully handles urban driving tasks including traffic lights.
We present a novel human-aware navigation approach, where the robot learns to mimic humans to navigate safely in crowds. The presented model, referred to as DeepMoTIon, is trained with pedestrian surveillance data to predict human velocity in the environment. The robot processes LiDAR scans via the trained network to n…
We show that the residue density of the logarithm of a generalised Laplacian on a closed manifold defines an invariant polynomial valued differential form. We express it in terms of a finite sum of residues of classical pseudodifferential symbols. In the case of the square of a Dirac operator, these formulae provide a …
This review covers methods for autonomous driving including tracking, prediction, and decision making.
problem Improving autonomous driving through better tracking, prediction, and decision making.
method Approaches based on neural networks, stochastic techniques, and reinforcement learning are discussed.
result Effective methods for autonomous driving are identified and compared.
Threshold tests have recently been proposed as a useful method for detecting bias in lending, hiring, and policing decisions. For example, in the case of credit extensions, these tests aim to estimate the bar for granting loans to white and minority applicants, with a higher inferred threshold for minorities indicative…
For the pedestrian observer, financial markets look completely random with erratic and uncontrollable behavior. To a large extend, this is correct. At first approximation the difference between real price changes and the random walk model is too small to be detected using traditional time series analysis. However, we s…
DIVE learns video representations even with missing data.
problem Missing data in video sequences.
method Disentangled Imputed Video autoEncoder (DIVE) with missingness latent variable.
result DIVE outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in imputing and predicting missing video frames.
While deep learning is remarkably successful on perceptual tasks, it was also shown to be vulnerable to adversarial perturbations of the input. These perturbations denote noise added to the input that was generated specifically to fool the system while being quasi-imperceptible for humans. More severely, there even exi…