The field of autonomous driving is rapidly advancing, with a focus on improving safety and perception capabilities. Recent research has introduced novel benchmarks and datasets, such as synthetic multimodal driving datasets and cooperative autonomous driving benchmarks, to support the development of more robust and efficient autonomous driving systems. These datasets provide a more comprehensive understanding of complex driving scenarios and enable the training and testing of full autonomy stack pipelines. Additionally, researchers are exploring new approaches to perception, such as multi-sensor fusion and large language models, to enhance situational awareness and identify potential hazards. Noteworthy papers include SynSHRP2, which presents a synthetic multimodal benchmark for driving safety-critical events, and M3CAD, which introduces a novel benchmark for cooperative autonomous driving. The BETTY dataset and TUM2TWIN benchmark dataset are also significant contributions, providing large-scale, multi-modal datasets for full-stack autonomy and urban digital twin research, respectively.
Advancements in Autonomous Driving and Safety Research
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SynSHRP2: A Synthetic Multimodal Benchmark for Driving Safety-critical Events Derived from Real-world Driving Data
Toward Advancing License Plate Super-Resolution in Real-World Scenarios: A Dataset and Benchmark
Work in Progress: Middleware-Transparent Callback Enforcement in Commoditized Component-Oriented Real-time Systems
RTOS Architectures that Solve the Diminishing Bandwidth Problem
M3CAD: Towards Generic Cooperative Autonomous Driving Benchmark
Work-in-Progress: Multi-Deadline DAG Scheduling Model for Autonomous Driving Systems
VALISENS: A Validated Innovative Multi-Sensor System for Cooperative Automated Driving
DriveSOTIF: Advancing Perception SOTIF Through Multimodal Large Language Models
BETTY Dataset: A Multi-modal Dataset for Full-Stack Autonomy
TUM2TWIN: Introducing the Large-Scale Multimodal Urban Digital Twin Benchmark Dataset
Towards Autonomous 1/8th Offroad RC Racing -- The TruggySense Educational Platform
CrashSage: A Large Language Model-Centered Framework for Contextual and Interpretable Traffic Crash Analysis
BAT: Benchmark for Auto-bidding Task
OpenLKA: An Open Dataset of Lane Keeping Assist from Recent Car Models under Real-world Driving Conditions
Advanced Crash Causation Analysis for Freeway Safety: A Large Language Model Approach to Identifying Key Contributing Factors