BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:Active Pedestrian Safety: from Research to Reality - Dariu M. Gavr
 ila\, Daimler R&amp\;D (Ulm\, Germany) and Univ. of Amsterdam (The Netherl
 ands)
DTSTART:20131003T100000Z
DTEND:20131003T110000Z
UID:TALK46797@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Microsoft Research Cambridge Talks Admins
DESCRIPTION:One of the most significant large-scale deployments of intelli
 gent systems in our daily life nowadays involves driver assistance in smar
 t cars. \nThe past decade has witnessed a steady increase of interest in t
 he plight of the vulnerable road users\, i.e. pedestrians and bicyclists. 
 Accident statistics show that roughly one quarter of all traffic fatalitie
 s world-wide involve vulnerable road users\; most accidents occur in an ur
 ban setting. Devising an effective driver assistance system for vulnerable
  road users has long been impeded\, however\, by the "perception bottlenec
 k"\, i.e. not being able to detect and localize vulnerable road users suff
 iciently accurate. The problem is challenging due to the large variation i
 n object appearance\, the dynamic and cluttered urban backgrounds\, and th
 e potentially irregular object motion. Topping these off are stringent per
 formance criteria and real-time constraints. I give an overview of the rem
 arkable research progress that has been achieved in this area and discuss 
 its main enablers: the algorithms\, the data\, the hardware and the tests.
  \nOur long-standing research on vulnerable road users has recently paid o
 ff.  Our company\, Daimler\, deploys an advanced set of driver assistance 
 functions for its Mercedes-Benz 2013 E- and S-Class models\, termed “Int
 elligent Drive”\, using stereo vision sensing. It includes a pedestrian 
 safety component which facilitates fully automatic emergency braking - the
  system works day and night. I conclude by discussing future research dire
 ctions\, on the road towards accident-free driving.\n
LOCATION:Auditorium\, Microsoft Research Ltd\, 21 Station Road\, Cambridge
 \, CB1 2FB
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR