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Road user profiling using multimodal data of naturalistic driving databases

Shi Qiu
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AI for Road User Assistance

Research at a glance

This research investigates how naturalistic driving data and artificial intelligence can be combined to detect safety- and risk-relevant driving patterns and develop comprehensive, personalized driver profiles. The research first addresses false tailgating detections caused by vehicles cutting into the driving lane by integrating object detection, object tracking, and lane detection using dashcam video. It then develops AI-based methods to assess driver behavior at both microscopic and macroscopic levels, including risky event detection, trip-level behavioral summarization, and the identification of longer-term driving habits and behavioral changes. Multimodal deep learning, CNNs, and large language models will be explored to transform multimodal driving data into interpretable driver profiles. Ultimately, the research aims to provide personalized safety recommendations and intelligent coaching-video recommendations based on previous algorithms.

Research objectives

  • Develop personalized driver profiles: analyze naturalistic driving data at both microscopic (trip/event level) and macroscopic (long-term behavioral) levels to identify individual driving patterns and safety-related habits.
  • Generate personalized safety feedback: transform detected driving risks and behavioral patterns into interpretable recommendations that help drivers understand and improve their safety performance.
  • Develop intelligent coaching and evaluation systems: build information retrieval and recommendation methods to provide relevant coaching videos and generate daily and monthly driver-safety reports through a user-facing application.

Publications

TitleAuthorsVenueYearLink
Lane Change Detection of Surrounding Vehicles in Dashcam Videos: A Synthesis of Methods and Challenges for Future ResearchQiu, S., Brijs, T., Lourenço, A., Ectors, W., Adnan, M., Carreiras, C., Mendes Jorge, P.Transportation Research Procedia, 912025

Conference contributions

TitleConferenceDateLink
Lane Change Detection of Surrounding Vehicles in Dashcam Videos: A Synthesis of Methods and Challenges for Future ResearchTRANSCODE 2025
Skill-Based AI Agent Workflow for Automated Fleet Analytics and ReportingIEEE ITSC 2026

Secondments & collaborations

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ISELCompleted