Autonomous Vehicles

This summary presents the outline of a tutorial session on autonomous driving, which will include a detailed presentation by the author as well as a panel discussion by industry representatives from Mitsubishi and Emmeskay, Inc. The main presentation will address the fundamental issues in autonomous driving, namely i) localization, ii) perception, ii) decision logic, iv) control execution as well as v) validation/verification. Additional consideration will be given to ethical issues in autonomous driving. The state of the art in the field across these areas is presented and open research issues are highlighted. The industry panel (which may include those other than the aforementioned and are yet to be confirmed) will discuss their perspectives on these issues and present their case for further research and development in this emerging area.

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