1 code implementation • 28 May 2024 • Daniel Bethell, Simos Gerasimou, Radu Calinescu, Calum Imrie
Empowering safe exploration of reinforcement learning (RL) agents during training is a critical impediment towards deploying RL agents in many real-world scenarios.
no code implementations • 29 Oct 2023 • Tianhao Zhang, Shenglin Wang, Nidhal Bouaynaya, Radu Calinescu, Lyudmila Mihaylova
The superior performance of object detectors is often established under the condition that the test samples are in the same distribution as the training data.
1 code implementation • 18 Aug 2023 • Daniel Bethell, Simos Gerasimou, Radu Calinescu
Deploying deep learning models in safety-critical applications remains a very challenging task, mandating the provision of assurances for the dependable operation of these models.
1 code implementation • 15 Mar 2023 • Xingyu Zhao, Simos Gerasimou, Radu Calinescu, Calum Imrie, Valentin Robu, David Flynn
Autonomous robots used in infrastructure inspection, space exploration and other critical missions operate in highly dynamic environments.
no code implementations • 6 Feb 2023 • Corina S. Pasareanu, Ravi Mangal, Divya Gopinath, Sinem Getir Yaman, Calum Imrie, Radu Calinescu, Huafeng Yu
We address the above challenges by replacing the camera and the network with a compact probabilistic abstraction built from the confusion matrices computed for the DNN on a representative image data set.
no code implementations • 7 Feb 2022 • Radu Calinescu, Calum Imrie, Ravi Mangal, Genaína Nunes Rodrigues, Corina Păsăreanu, Misael Alpizar Santana, Gricel Vázquez
We use the method in simulation to synthesise controllers for mobile-robot collision mitigation and for maintaining driver attentiveness in shared-control autonomous driving.
no code implementations • 2 Mar 2021 • Colin Paterson, Haoze Wu, John Grese, Radu Calinescu, Corina S. Pasareanu, Clark Barrett
We introduce DeepCert, a tool-supported method for verifying the robustness of deep neural network (DNN) image classifiers to contextually relevant perturbations such as blur, haze, and changes in image contrast.
no code implementations • 5 Feb 2021 • Radu Calinescu, Naif Alasmari, Mario Gleirscher
We present a work-in-progress approach to improving driver attentiveness in cars provided with automated driving systems.
Autonomous Driving Robotics Systems and Control Systems and Control
no code implementations • 2 Feb 2021 • Xinwei Fang, Radu Calinescu, Simos Gerasimou, Faisal Alhwikem
Parametric model checking (PMC) computes algebraic formulae that express key non-functional properties of a system (reliability, performance, etc.)
Software Engineering Formal Languages and Automata Theory Robotics
1 code implementation • 2 Feb 2021 • Richard Hawkins, Colin Paterson, Chiara Picardi, Yan Jia, Radu Calinescu, Ibrahim Habli
Machine Learning (ML) is now used in a range of systems with results that are reported to exceed, under certain conditions, human performance.
no code implementations • 28 Nov 2019 • Colin Paterson, Radu Calinescu, Chiara Picardi
Regions of high-dimensional input spaces that are underrepresented in training datasets reduce machine-learnt classifier performance, and may lead to corner cases and unwanted bias for classifiers used in decision making systems.
no code implementations • 10 May 2019 • Rob Ashmore, Radu Calinescu, Colin Paterson
Our paper provides a comprehensive survey of the state-of-the-art in the assurance of ML, i. e. in the generation of evidence that ML is sufficiently safe for its intended use.