Objective:
The Bio-Inspired Machine Intelligence (BIMI) lab (https://bimi.jrkwon.com) is looking for one undergraduate student who is interested in research funded by the 2021 Summer Undergraduate Research Experience (SURE) program.
Research Summary:
Driver Style Transfer for Autonomous Driving
People drive a vehicle differently. Yet, self-driving has a pre-defined style designed by manufacturers. It can be very uncomfortable for a driver who is aggressive in driving when a self-driving vehicle drives very cautiously. This can also be true vise versa.
To provide an individualized autonomous driving experience, we will collect several driving styles from human drivers in a simulated environment. Then we will extract features from the driving data that can represent driving styles.
To validate our approach, we will create a driving model from human driving data and the model will be deployed to a controller system of a simulated autonomous vehicle.
Through this research, we will be able to provide an individualized autonomous driving experience for a driver who can feel the autonomous vehicle drives just like how the driver usually drives.
Responsibilities:
- Read papers to understand the problems.
- Participate in data collection, processing, and management.
- Implement a neural network using Keras and/or PyTorch.
- Prepare technical report.
Qualifications:
- Required experiences:
- Python Programming skill
- Literacy in Linux commands
- Machine learning toolkit: Keras and/or PyTorch
- Preferred
- Git and GitHub(or GitLab)
- Robotic Operating Systems (ROS)
- scikit-learn
- pandas
Program Requirements:
- The student must be a registered UM-Dearborn undergraduate student with an expected graduation date no sooner than December 2021.
- The student will receive a stipend of $3,200 to be paid in installments throughout the project period (May-August). Students will receive payments of $1,000 the first week of June, July, and August, with a final payment of $200 after the Showcase in September.
- Note, if the student receives financial aid, they should check with the Financial Aid Office to determine if this stipend will impact their financial aid package.
- The student should not receive duplicate support while participating in this program; supplementing with external funding during the duration of the SURE program is NOT ALLOWED.
- Student participants and faculty mentors must attend the SURE Kickoff on Tuesday, May 18th at 4 pm.
- The student is required to attend the SURE Professional Development Seminars taking place on the following dates: 6/3, 6/17, 7/8, 7/22, 8/5, and 8/19 (all sessions run from 1:00 pm-2:00 pm; a schedule will be provided at the Kickoff event).
- The student is expected to present their work at the SURE Project Showcase in the fall.
Contact Information
Please contact Prof. Jaerock Kwon at jrkwon@umich.edu.
