Dr. Du Yong Kim

Title : Random finite set filters and their applications

Abstact :

The last decade has witnessed exciting developments in multi-target state estimation with the introduction of stochastic geometry to the field. Stochastic geometry--the marriage between geometry and probability--is a mathematical discipline that deals with random spatial patterns. The history of stochastic geometry traces back to the problem of Buffon's needle and has long been used by statisticians in many diverse applications including astronomy, atomic physics, biology, sampling theory, stereology, etc. Since 2003, Mahler's seminal work on the random finite set approach to multi-object filtering, which culminated in the probability hypothesis density (PHD) filter, has continued to attract substantial interests from academia and industry alike. The PHD filters have been used in oil pipeline tracking by British Petrolium, ground target tracking in the September 2007 NATO ‘Bold Avenger’ defence exercise and the US space fence program by Lockheed Martin. This seminar presents an overview of the random finite set paradigm to dynamic state estimation and outlines recent developments beyond the PHD filters as well as applications in areas such as sensor scheduling, computer vision, and field robotics.

Biography

Du Yong Kim received the B.E. degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Ajou University, Suwon, South Korea, in 2005 and the M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from the Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Gwangju, South Korea, in 2006 and 2011, respectively. He was a Postdoctoral Researcher working on statistical signal processing and image processing with Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology (2011–2012), University of Western Australia (2012–2014), and with Curtin University (2014-2018). He is currently a Vice-Chancellor’s Research Fellow, School of Engineering, RMIT, Australia. His main research interests include Bayesian filtering theory and its applications to machine learning, computer vision, sensor networks, and automatic control.