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Exploration of unsupervised approaches for modeling the environment from RADAR data


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• defence and security,
• nuclear energy (fission and fusion),
• technological research for industry,
• fundamental research in the physical sciences and life sciences.

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The CEA is established in ten centers spread throughout France
  

Reference

SL-DRT-25-0595  

Direction

DRT

Thesis topic details

Category

Technological challenges

Thesis topics

Exploration of unsupervised approaches for modeling the environment from RADAR data

Contract

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Job description

Radar technologies have gained significant interest in recent years, particularly with the emergence of MIMO radars and 'Imaging Radars 4D'. This new generation of radar offers both opportunities and challenges for the development of perception algorithms. Traditional algorithms such as FFT, CFAR, and DOA are effective for detecting moving targets, but the generated point clouds are still too sparse for precise environment model. This is a critical issue for autonomous vehicles and robotics.

This thesis proposes to explore unsupervised Machine Learning techniques to improve environment model from radar data. The objective is to produce a richer model of the environment to enhance data density and scene description, while controlling computational costs for real-time computing. The thesis will address the question of which types of radar data are best suited as inputs for algorithms and for representing the environment. The candidate will need to explore non-supervised algorithmic solutions and seek computational optimizations to make these solutions compatible with real-time execution.

Ultimately, these solutions must be designed to be embedded as close as possible to the sensor, allowing them to be executed on constrained targets.

University / doctoral school

Electronique, Electrotechnique, Automatique, Traitement du Signal (EEATS)
Université Grenoble Alpes

Thesis topic location

Site

Grenoble

Requester

Position start date

01/10/2025

Person to be contacted by the applicant

RAKOTOVAO Tiana tiana.rakotovao@cea.fr
CEA
DRT/DSCIN/DSCIN/LIIM
CEA Grenoble
Avenue des Martyrs
50C
04.38.78.27.12

Tutor / Responsible thesis director

DORE Jean-Baptiste jean-baptiste.dore@cea.fr
CEA
DRT/DSYS//LS2PR
Minatec CEA-LETI
17, rue des Martyrs
38054 Grenoble Cedex 9

+33 4 38 78 37 80

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