Online & University of Alberta Campus (CSC B-10)
Presenter: Shahin Atakishiyev, PhD student, University of Alberta; supervised by Dr. Randy Goebel
Title: Towards Autonomous Vehicles 2.0: Unifying Vision, Language, and Action within Embodied AI for Safe and Explainable Autonomous Driving
Abstract: More than three decades of autonomous driving research, primarily starting with ALVINN in 1988, have achieved significant milestones with traditional AI software. However, recent breakthroughs in Foundation Models via Large Language Models and Vision-Language Models motivate a next-generation autonomous vehicle (AV 2.0) and a gradual transition from a modular pipeline to end-to-end learning within Embodied AI. In this talk, I present challenges and opportunities with safety and explainability of AV 2.0 by drawing insights from critical analysis and empirical evidence.
Bio: Shahin Atakishiyev is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Computing Science at the University of Alberta, working with Prof. Randy Goebel. His doctoral research focuses on the development of explainable AI approaches for autonomous vehicles. His general research interests include safe, ethical, human-centered, and explainable AI approaches applied to real-world problems.
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