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We consider the use of machine learning for hypothesis testing with an emphasis on target detection. Classical model-based solutions rely on comparing likelihoods. These are sensitive to imperfect models and are often computationally…
This paper proposes a constant false alarm rate (CFAR) target detection algorithm based on the CLEAN concept and truncated statistics to mitigate the non-homogeneity of reference samples caused by sidelobe contamination and other abnormal…
In this paper, we address the limitations of traditional constant false alarm rate (CFAR) target detectors in automotive radars, particularly in complex urban environments with multiple objects that appear as extended targets. We propose a…
Millimeter-wave (mmWave) OFDM radar equipped with rainbow beamforming, enabled by phase-time arrays (PTAs), provides wide-angle coverage and is well-suited for fast real-time target detection and tracking. However, accurate detection of…
In this paper, we propose a new solution for the detection problem of a coherent target in heterogeneous environments. Specifically, we first assume that clutter returns from different range bins share the same covariance structure but…
In this work, we develop centralized and decentralized signal fusion techniques for constant false alarm rate (CFAR) multi-target detection with a cognitive radar network in unknown noise and clutter distributions. Further, we first develop…
Target detection is the front-end stage in any automatic target recognition system for synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imagery (SAR-ATR). The efficacy of the detector directly impacts the succeeding stages in the SAR-ATR processing chain.…
The paper addresses the design of adaptive radar detectors having desired behavior, in Gaussian disturbance with unknown statistics. Specifically, given detection probability specifications for chosen signal-to-noise ratios and steering…
After Pareto distribution has been validated for sea clutter returns in varied scenarios, some heuristics of adaptive-thresholding appeared in the literature for constant false alarm rate (CFAR) criteria. These schemes used the same…
Target detection is a fundamental task in radar sensing, serving as the precursor to any further processing for various applications. Numerous detection algorithms have been proposed. Classical methods based on signal processing, e.g., the…
The deep neural networks (DNNs) have freed the synthetic aperture radar automatic target recognition (SAR ATR) from expertise-based feature designing and demonstrated superiority over conventional solutions. There has been shown the unique…
Lane detection plays a crucial role in autonomous driving by providing vital data to ensure safe navigation. Modern algorithms rely on anchor-based detectors, which are then followed by a label-assignment process to categorize training…
Since Kelly's pioneering work on GLRT-based adaptive detection, many solutions have been proposed to enhance either selectivity or robustness of radar detectors to mismatched signals. In this paper such a problem is addressed in a different…
The detection of multiple extended targets in complex environments using high-resolution automotive radar is considered. A data-driven approach is proposed where unlabeled synchronized lidar data is used as ground truth to train a neural…
Recent works on deep conditional random fields (CRF) have set new records on many vision tasks involving structured predictions. Here we propose a fully-connected deep continuous CRF model for both discrete and continuous labelling…
Across many areas, from neural tracking to database entity resolution, manual assessment of clusters by human experts presents a bottleneck in rapid development of scalable and specialized clustering methods. To solve this problem we…
Infrared target detection (IRSTD) tasks have critical applications in areas like wilderness rescue and maritime search. However, detecting infrared targets is challenging due to their low contrast and tendency to blend into complex…
This work addresses the problem of range-Doppler multiple target detection in a radar system in the presence of slow-time correlated and heavy-tailed distributed clutter. Conventional target detection algorithms assume Gaussian-distributed…
Audio deepfake detection is well-studied as a binary problem, but partially manipulated speech, where a short synthesised segment is spliced into an otherwise genuine utterance, poses a harder and more realistic threat. Detecting such…
In this paper, we propose an adaptive matched detector of a signal corrupted by a non-Gaussian noise with an inverse gamma texture. The detector is formed using a set of secondary data measurements, and is analytically shown to have a…