Dr. Akhil M. Kurup Profile

Dr. Akhil M. Kurup

Senior Software Engineer at GM Global Technical Ctr

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Autonomous Vehicles , Robotics , Machine Learning , Computer Vision

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I received my Ph.D. and MS degrees from Michigan Tech in 2022 and 2018, respectively. My research interests are in perception systems for robotics and autonomous vehicles. I am a member of SPIE, IEEE, and SAE, where I have authored scholarly contributions on using multimodal sensors and machine learning to further autonomous tasks such as perception in inclement weather, simultaneous localization and mapping, and object detection and tracking.

SPIE Journal Paper | 5 January 2023 Open Access

Toward open benchmark tests for automotive lidars, year 1: static range error, accuracy, and precision

Zach Jeffries, Jeremy Bos, Paul McManamon, Charles Kershner, Akhil Kurup

OE, Vol. 62, Issue 03, 031211, (January 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.62.3.031211

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Target detection, Rain, Optical engineering, Standards development, Point clouds, Fiber optic gyroscopes, Manufacturing, Calibration, Design and modelling

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SPIE Journal Paper | 3 January 2023 Open Access

Winter adverse driving dataset for autonomy in inclement winter weather

Akhil Kurup, Jeremy Bos

OE, Vol. 62, Issue 03, 031207, (January 2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.10.1117/1.OE.62.3.031207

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Adverse weather, Sensors, Long wavelength infrared, Optical engineering, Cameras, Point clouds, Visibility, Near infrared, Roads

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Proceedings Article | 6 June 2022 Presentation + Paper

Winter adverse driving dataset (WADS): year three

Akhil Kurup, Jeremy Bos

Proceedings Volume 12115, 121150H (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2619424

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Radar, Sensors, Cameras, Visibility, Unmanned vehicles

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Proceedings Article | 6 June 2022 Presentation + Paper

Reducing ego vehicle energy-use by LiDAR-based lane-level positioning

Ian Mattson, Dhruv Dahiya, Akhil Kurup, Aman Poovalappil, Shreyas Reddy, Jeremy Bos, Darrell Robinette

Proceedings Volume 12115, 1211503 (2022) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2619430

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Sensors, Unmanned vehicles, Image segmentation, Visualization, Data modeling, Statistical modeling, Roads, Safety, Visual guidance for autonomous vehicles

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Proceedings Article | 23 April 2021 Presentation + Paper

The Michigan Tech autonomous winter driving data set: year two

Jeremy Bos, Akhil Kurup, Derek Chopp, Zach Jeffries

Proceedings Volume 11748, 1174809 (2021) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2585864

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Proceedings Article | 19 May 2020 Presentation + Paper

Autonomy at the end of the Earth: an inclement weather autonomous driving data set

Jeremy Bos, Derek Chopp, Akhil Kurup, Nathan Spike

Proceedings Volume 11415, 1141507 (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558989

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Sensors, Cameras, Long wavelength infrared, Near infrared, Roads, Image segmentation, Unmanned ground vehicles, Unmanned vehicles

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Proceedings Article | 19 May 2020 Presentation + Paper

C-SLAM: six degrees of freedom point cloud mapping for any environment

Sam Kysar, Parker Young, Akhil Kurup, Jeremy Bos

Proceedings Volume 11415, 114150E (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558855

KEYWORDS: Clouds, LIDAR, Sensors, Associative arrays, Environmental sensing, Spherical lenses, Databases, Computing systems, Transform theory, Navigation systems

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Proceedings Article | 13 May 2020 Presentation + Paper

SVM-based sensor fusion for improved terrain classification

Akhil Kurup, Sam Kysar, Jeremy Bos

Proceedings Volume 11415, 114150G (2020) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2558960

KEYWORDS: Sensors, Visualization, LIDAR, Machine learning, Cameras, Sensor fusion, Data fusion, Image processing, Robotics

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Proceedings Article | 2 May 2019 Presentation + Paper

Localization and mapping performance of two LiDAR systems in unstructured environments

Sam Kysar, Derek Chopp, Akhil Kurup, Joseph Rice, Jeremy Bos, Darrell Robinette

Proceedings Volume 11009, 110090L (2019) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2521002

KEYWORDS: LIDAR, Clouds, Sensors, Computer simulations, Visualization, Transform theory, Associative arrays, Data modeling, Spatial resolution, Systems modeling

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6 April 2022 |

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