Presentation 2024-01-26
A Preliminary Study on Pre-training for Improved Explainability in End-to-End Driving Models
Zhang Chenkai, Deguchi Daisuke, Chen Jialei, Murase Hiroshi,
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Abstract(in English) In the realm of autonomous driving, end-to-end models (E2EDMs) have gained prominence due to their high predictive accuracy. Such accuracy is attributed to the utilization of a backbone pre-trained on large datasets, subsequently fine-tuned on autonomous driving datasets. However, the inherent ``black box'' nature of these E2EDMs poses significant challenges in terms of explainability. Current methodologies predominantly focus on generating visual explanations for the E2EDMs' decision-making process. Numerous approaches aim to enhance the explainability of these E2EDMs by fine-tuning with complicated architectures, supplemented by additional information, e.g., object position to develop more explainable E2EDMs. In this study, we diverge from the conventional approaches where significant effort is placed during the fine-tuning phase of E2EDMs. Our method focuses on training backbones before the fine-tuning phase. This preemptive strategy enables us to fine-tune more explainable E2EDMs without the need for additional information or complex training techniques.
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Keyword(in English) Explainability / autonomous vehicles / deep learning / convolutional neural networks
Paper # PRMU2023-48
Date of Issue 2024-01-18 (PRMU)

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Committee PRMU / MVE / VRSJ-SIG-MR / IPSJ-CVIM
Conference Date 2024/1/25(2days)
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Place (in English) Keio Univ. (Hiyoshi Campus)
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Chair Kunio Kashio(NTT) / Kiyoshi Kiyokawa(NAIST) / / 日浦 慎作(兵庫県立大)
Vice Chair Takuya Funatomi(NAIST) / Go Irie(Tokyo Univ. of Science) / Sumaru Niida(KDDI Research)
Secretary Takuya Funatomi(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.) / Go Irie(Riken) / Sumaru Niida(Otsuma Women's University) / (DNP) / (Kyushu Univ.)
Assistant Kei Shimonishi(Kyoto Univ.) / Kensho Hara(AIST) / Hidehiko Shishido(Soka University) / Atsushi Nakazawa(Kyoto Univ.) / Naoya Tojo(KDDI Research) / Naoki Hagiyama(NTT) / Yuji Tatada(Univ. of Tokyo)

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Registration To Technical Committee on Pattern Recognition and Media Understanding / Technical Committee on Media Experience and Virtual Environment / SIG-MR / Special Interest Group on Computer Vision and Image Media
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Title (in English) A Preliminary Study on Pre-training for Improved Explainability in End-to-End Driving Models
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Keyword(1) Explainability
Keyword(2) autonomous vehicles
Keyword(3) deep learning
Keyword(4) convolutional neural networks
1st Author's Name Zhang Chenkai
1st Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ)
2nd Author's Name Deguchi Daisuke
2nd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ)
3rd Author's Name Chen Jialei
3rd Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ)
4th Author's Name Murase Hiroshi
4th Author's Affiliation Nagoya University(Nagoya Univ)
Date 2024-01-26
Paper # PRMU2023-48
Volume (vol) vol.123
Number (no) PRMU-358
Page pp.pp.46-49(PRMU),
#Pages 4
Date of Issue 2024-01-18 (PRMU)