ML Galway

We are delighted to welcome Jonathan Horgan and Ganesh Sistu from Valeo Vision Systems for our very first Machine Learning Galway event. Their talk will focus on the use of Deep Learning & Visual Perception in Autonomous Driving Systems.

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6:30 PM Introduction to ML Galway by Niall O’Hara
6:40 PM Talk: "Deep Learning, Visual Perception & Autonomous Driving "
7:30 PM Q&A
7:00 PM Closing

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The ability to extract important information from surroundings and make instant decisions is a fundamental skill autonomous vehicles require. Similar to the way humans use senses to perceive information from surrounding streams of data, modern autonomous vehicles use cameras, Lidars and other sensors to build an abstract map and employ decision policies to traverse through their environment. In this talk Jonathan Horgan and Ganesh Sistu will explain how visual perception helps a vehicle to understand the world around and make decisions. How a deep learning based visual perception ecosystem works and the challenges in building one. They also present deep learning research activities in Valeo Ireland and a large scale multi-camera dataset called woodscpe they are releasing to accelerate research in autonomous driving.

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Jonathan Horgan is a Computer Vision & Deep Learning Architecture Manager and Valeo Senior Expert at Valeo Vision Systems. He has worked in the field of computer vision for over 14 years with a focus over the last 8 years on automotive computer vision for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and automated parking & driving. He has 17 publications in peer reviewed conferences and journals and over 70 patents filed in the field of computer vision for ADAS and Autonomous driving.

Ganesh Sistu is a deep learning research engineer at Valeo Vision Systems, Ireland. He has 8+ years of experience in Computer Vision, Image Analysis and Machine Learning. His current area of research is Deep Multitask Learning for Visual Perception. He has 9 publications in peer reviewed conferences and journals and over 11 patents filed in the field of computer vision for ADAS and Autonomous driving.

About Company: Valeo Vision Systems is one of the world’s leading suppliers of driving assistance systems. It's Research & Development Centre is highly innovative, specializing in the design and development of cutting edge Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) incorporating viewing camera and including applications such as Pedestrian Detection, Cross Traffic Alert and Automated Parking.