arXiv:2512. 07847v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Benchmarking has been the cornerstone of progress in computer vision, natural language processing, and the broader deep learning domain, driving algorithmic innovation through standardized datasets and reproducible evaluation protocols.
By Mohamed Elrefaie, Dule Shu, Matt Klenk, Faez Ahmed
GS‑Net is a lightweight plug‑and‑play module that expands sparse Structure‑from‑Motion point clouds into dense Gaussian primitives, enabling cross‑sensor view synthesis for autonomous driving. It learns a generalizable initialization for 3D Gaussian Splatting, improving rendering quality for both interpolated and extrapolated camera viewpoints. The authors introduce CARLA‑NVS, a benchmark with 12 uniformly spaced cameras, and show that GS‑Net outperforms standard 3DGS by 2.08 dB PSNR on interpolated views and 1.86 dB on extrapolated views while being 50× faster to initialize.
By Yichen Zhang, Zihan Wang, Jiali Han, Peilin Li, Jiaxun Zhang, Jianqiang Wang, Lei He, Keqiang Li
arXiv:2607. 09763v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Engineering shape optimization faces challenges in both expert-dependent problem setup and surrogate-model reliability.
By Wenhao Fan, Yuanwei Bin, Jianghan Gu, Wenfa Luo, Jiao Xiang, Yuntian Chen, Shiyi Chen
arXiv:2504.15776v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Public autonomous driving datasets underpin the training and benchmarking of perception, mapping, and localization algorithms, yet residual inaccur...
By Quentin Herau, Nathan Piasco, Moussab Bennehar, Luis Rold\~ao, Dzmitry Tsishkou, Bingbing Liu, Cyrille Migniot, Pascal Vasseur, C\'edric Demonceaux
arXiv:2606. 12994v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Data-driven engineering design is constrained by the lack of large-scale 3D datasets that pair geometry with physics-based performance labels.
By Soyoung Yoo, Leekyo Jeong, Jinsu Ra, Dongeon Lee, Sunwoong Yang, Hyogu Jeong, Namwoo Kang
arXiv:2609.36806v2 Announce Type: replace
Abstract: Modern engineering systems, from automobiles to aircraft, are designed by using precise, continuous parametric computer-aided design (CAD) models....
By Daniel Leibovici, Nikola Borislavov Kovachki, Dawon Ahn, Ruben Ohana, Ira J. S. Shokar, Abouzar Ghasemi, Semih Akkurt, Rishikesh Ranade, Neil Ashton, Jan Kautz, Jean Kossaifi
arXiv:2609.36806v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Modern engineering systems, from automobiles to aircraft, are designed by using precise, continuous parametric computer-aided design (CAD) models. Eval...
By Daniel Leibovici, Nikola Borislavov Kovachki, Dawon Ahn, Ruben Ohana, Ira J. S. Shokar, Abouzar Ghasemi, Semih Akkurt, Rishikesh Ranade, Neil Ashton, Jan Kautz, Jean Kossaifi
The paper introduces a layered evaluation protocol for generative scenario models used in autonomous driving, focusing on physical consistency and plausibility. It examines internal representations through kinematic alignment, statistical baseline comparison, latent controllability, and activation analysis, and then tests outputs against vehicle dynamics constraints such as lateral jerk thresholds. The protocol is applied to a VAE-based scenario generator and other generative models, revealing deeper insights than standard output-level metrics.
By Manasa Mariam Mammen, Zafer Kayatas, Stefan Wagner
arXiv:2607. 09764v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The synthesis of safety-critical scenarios (SCS) and their evaluation through closed-loop simulations are crucial for developing robust autonomous driving systems.
By Xiaoyun Dong, Qian Xu, Yang Lu, Yang Lou, Yung-Hui Li, Jianping Wang
Optimizing 3D shapes within the latent spaces of deep generative models is fundamental to computer assisted engineering, yet remains prone to a critical failure mode we term manifold drift: the tendency of gradient-based optimization to move latent vectors away from the manifold of valid shapes. This problem is exacerbated in state-of-the-art 3D shape generative models that operate in increasingly high-dimensional latent spaces where valid shapes occupy a vanishingly small fraction of the full space.
arXiv:2603. 16085v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Recent breakthroughs in 3D generation have enabled the synthesis of high-fidelity individual assets.
By Hui Shan, Keyang Luo, Ming Li, Sizhe Zheng, Yanwei Fu, Zhen Chen, Xiangru Huang
arXiv:2603. 05607v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Computer-Aided Design (CAD) relies on structured and editable geometric representations, yet existing generative methods are constrained by small annotated datasets with explicit design histories or boundary representation (BRep) labels.
By Mohammad Sadil Khan, Muhammad Usama, Rolandos Alexandros Potamias, Didier Stricker, Muhammad Zeshan Afzal, Jiankang Deng, Ismail Elezi