Sulabh Shrestha

I am a PhD student at George Mason University where I work on computer vision and robotics. I am being advised by Prof. Jana Kosecka.

I recently obtained by Masters in Computer Science while working towards my PhD. My most recent research focuses on utilizing foundational principles like spatial and temporal consistency for perception models.

I completed my undergraduate degree from IOE - Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University.

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Research
Self-supervised Pre-training for Semantic Segmentation in an Indoor Scene
Sulabh Shrestha, Yimeng Li, Jana Kosecka
Under review at ICRA, 2023
[ arXiv ]

Pre-train a semantic segmentation model using RegConsist. A new method that utilizes an agent's ability to move around and register multiple views to pre-train in a self-supervised manner.


Projects
Visual Localization using SIFT Features
Sulabh Shrestha
[ slides ]

Collect SIFT features from multiple reference locations in the indoor environment. Use SIFT features to localize the agent. Experiments conducted on the Active Vision dataset show that SIFT features successfully localize the agent in most scenarios.

Adaptive Similarity Metric
Sulabh Shrestha
[ slides ]

Find anchor-positive and anchor-negative distances using a pre-trained classification model. Use these distances as a measure of similarity among triplet images. Train an embedding network using an adaptive guided by the similarity. Experiments conducted on CARS196 dataset show that adaptive triplet margin loss performs better than its counterpart.

Distracted Driver Detection using Attention Weighted features
Sulabh Shrestha, Angeela Acharya, Anita Tadakamalla
[ slides ]

Extract importance or weights per location in the feature map using Bi-LSTM. Use score weighted feature for the final classification. Use max-score as a form of interpretation as to why the driver was classified as distracted. Train model end-to-end. Experiments conducted on State Farm Distracted Driver Detection dataset.


Updates
August 2022 Masters Degree in Computer Science
May 2022 Attented workshop on Robotic Perception and Mapping: Emerging Techniques at ICRA 2022
May 2021 Passed my PhD Compressive Exam on the topic "Robust Long Tail Object Detection"
May 2020 Outstanding Graduate Teaching Assistant award
May 2019 GMU PhD Research Initiation Award



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