Title:	Perception for Autonomous Vehicles
DNr:	Berzelius-2025-213
Project Type:	LiU Berzelius
Principal Investigator:	John Folkesson <johnf@kth.se>
Affiliation:	Kungliga Tekniska högskolan
Duration:	2025-07-01 – 2026-01-01
Classification:	20201
Homepage:	https://smarc.se
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Abstract

Within the Research group we currently have 4 PhD students. Two are working on perception for autonomous driving while two are working on perception for autonomous underwater vehicles. Two of those are WASP PhD students and another is an affiliated WASP PHD student. For autonomous driving Yi Yang will be working towards two publications on prediction and planning using foundation models. Qingwen will work on low level perception using foundation models. For perception of underwater vehicles, we will continue to focus on different sonars, including multibeam, sidescan and forward-looking sonars. Li Ling will continue working on finalizing the sonar sensor fusion project for super resolution of bathymetry and novel view synthesis of sidescan. Once this project is complete, she will use the super-resolved bathymetry to improve underwater navigation using SLAM. Shekhar Upadhyay will gradually begin processing sonar data using similar neural representations during the fall as we begin using newly purchased interferometric sidescan sonars, new small multibeam echo sounders, and newly refurbished vehicles.