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Lecture

Autonomous Vehicles: Trajectory Prediction and Social Behavior

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CIVIL-459: Deep learning for autonomous vehicles

Deep Learning (DL) is the subset of Machine learning reshaping the future of transportation and mobility. In this class, we will show how DL can be used to teach autonomous vehicles to detect objects, make predictions, and make decisions. (Fun fact: this s ...

Description

This lecture covers the challenges and solutions in deep learning for autonomous vehicles, focusing on vehicle behavior prediction and trajectory forecasting. It discusses the complexity of inputs, the importance of social behavior modeling, and the need for feasible and interpretable outputs. Various approaches and models, such as radar systems, map perception, and knowledge-aware models, are explored. The lecture emphasizes the significance of understanding human trajectory forecasting and the role of social anchors in predicting future trajectories. It also delves into scene-specific residuals, directional LSTMs, and the interpretability of intents in real-world scenarios.

Instructor

Alexandre Massoud Alahi

Alexandre Alahi is currently an Assistant Professor at EPFL. He spent five years at Stanford University as a Post-doc and Research Scientist after obtaining his Ph.D. from EPFL. His research enables machines to perceive the world and make decisions in the context of transportation problems and smart environments. He has worked on the theoretical challenges and practical applications of socially-aware Artificial Intelligence, i.e., systems equipped with perception and social intelligence. He was awarded the Swiss NSF early and advanced researcher grants for his work on predicting human social behavior. He won the CVPR Open Source Award (2012) for his work on Retina-inspired image descriptors, and the ICDSC Challenge Prize (2009) for his sparsity-driven algorithm that has tracked more than 100 million pedestrians to date. His research has been covered internationally by BBC, abc, PBS, Euronews, Wall street journal, and other national news outlets around the world. Alexandre has also co-founded multiple startups such as Visiosafe, and won several startup competitions. He was elected as one of the Top 20 Swiss Venture leaders in 2010.

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