Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for infrastructure node technology that conducts a mutual authentication with a vehicle and verifies, if the mutual authentication is successful, location information received from the vehicle. The infrastructure node technology may also send a token to the vehicle if the location information is verified, wherein the token includes an attestation that the vehicle was present in a location associated with the location information at a specified moment in time. Additionally, vehicle technology may conduct a mutual authentication with an infrastructure node and send, if the mutual authentication is successful, location information to the infrastructure node. The vehicle technology may also receive a token from the infrastructure node.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to validate data communicated by a vehicle. An example apparatus an anomaly detector to, in response to data communicated by a vehicle, at least one of compare an estimated speed with a reported speed or compare a location of the vehicle with a reported location. The apparatus including the anomaly detector further to generate an indication of the vehicle in response to the comparison. The apparatus further includes a notifier to discard data sent by the vehicle and notify surrounding vehicles of the data communicated by the vehicle.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for vehicle technology that detects one or more differences between a crowdsourced map of an ambient environment and a real-time volumetric map of the ambient environment and sends a first message via a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) link, wherein the difference(s) are represented in the first message at a first resolution. Additionally, the vehicle technology sends a second message via a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) link, wherein the difference(s) are represented in the second message at a second resolution, and wherein the first resolution is less than the second resolution. Moreover, server technology may integrate a first octree representation and a second octree representation into a dynamic layer associated with the crowdsourced map.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed improve utilization of a heterogeneous system executing software. The disclosed methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture include an apparatus comprising a variant manager to determine whether an algorithm is a candidate for sub-algorithmic partitioning (SAP) based on at least one of a first size of input data to the algorithm and a second size of output data from the algorithm; a partitioner to partition the algorithm into at least a first tile and a second tile; and a compiler to compile a first variant based on the first tile and a second variant based on the second tile into an executable file, the first variant to be executed on a first processing element of the heterogeneous system, the second variant to be executed on a second processing element of the heterogeneous system.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to validate data communicated by a vehicle. An example apparatus an anomaly detector to, in response to data communicated by a vehicle, at least one of compare an estimated speed with a reported speed or compare a location of the vehicle with a reported location. The apparatus including the anomaly detector further to generate an indication of the vehicle in response to the comparison. The apparatus further includes a notifier to discard data sent by the vehicle and notify surrounding vehicles of the data communicated by the vehicle.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for runtime scheduling of software executing on a heterogeneous system. An example apparatus includes in response to a variant compiler to generate a representation of an algorithm in a domain-specific language (DSL), a compilation auto-scheduler to generate a schedule based on configurations for processing elements of the heterogeneous system, the processing elements including at least a first and a second processing element, the variant compiler to compile variant binaries based on the schedule, each of the variant binaries associated with the algorithm in the DSL, the variant binaries including a first variant binary corresponding to the first processing element and a second variant binary corresponding to the second processing element, and an application compiler to generate a fat binary including a runtime scheduler to select one or more of the variant binaries to execute a workload based on the schedule.

Abstract: According to various embodiments, a method for operating a vehicle may include determining a vehicular area having traffic conditions or characteristics different from traffic conditions of a current or previous location of the vehicle; obtaining traffic and driving information for the determined vehicular region; changing or updating one or more of driving model parameters of a safety driving model during operation of the vehicle based on the obtained traffic and driving information; and controlling the vehicle to operate in accordance with the safety driving model using the one or more changed or updated driving model parameters. A vehicle may seamlessly update operational rules and/or handover of traffic and driving information for transitioning from one region to another.

Abstract: Vehicle navigation control systems in autonomous driving rely on the accuracy of maps which include features about a vehicle's environment so that a vehicle may safely navigate through its surrounding area. Accordingly, this disclosure provides methods and devices which implement mechanisms for communicating features observed about a vehicle's environment for use in updating maps so as to provide vehicles with accurate and “real-time” features of its surroundings while taking network resources, such as available frequency-time resources, into consideration.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture to optimize execution of a machine learning model are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a quantizer to quantize a layer of a model based on an execution constraint, the layer of the model represented by a matrix. A packer is to pack the quantized layer of the matrix to create a packed layer represented by a packed matrix, the packed matrix having non-zero values of the matrix grouped together along at least one of a row or a column of the matrix. A blocker is to block the packed layer into a blocked layer by dividing the non-zero values in the packed matrix into blocks. A fuser is to fuse the blocked layer into a pipeline. A packager is to package the pipeline into a binary.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for intentional programming for heterogeneous systems. An example apparatus includes a code lifter to identify annotated code corresponding to an algorithm to be executed on the heterogeneous system based on an identifier being associated with the annotated code, and convert the annotated code in the first representation to intermediate code in a second representation by identifying the intermediate code as having a first algorithmic intent that corresponds to a second algorithmic intent of the annotated code, a domain specific language (DSL) generator to translate the intermediate code in the second representation to DSL code in a third representation when the first algorithmic intent matches the second algorithmic intent, the third representation corresponding to a DSL representation, and a code replacer to invoke a compiler to generate an executable including variant binaries based on the DSL code.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed improve utilization of a heterogeneous system executing software. The disclosed methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture include an apparatus comprising a variant manager to determine whether an algorithm is a candidate for sub-algorithmic partitioning (SAP) based on at least one of a first size of input data to the algorithm and a second size of output data from the algorithm; a partitioner to partition the algorithm into at least a first tile and a second tile; and a compiler to compile a first variant based on the first tile and a second variant based on the second tile into an executable file, the first variant to be executed on a first processing element of the heterogeneous system, the second variant to be executed on a second processing element of the heterogeneous system.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed improve runtime performance of software executing on a heterogeneous system. An example apparatus includes a feedback interface to collect a performance characteristic of the heterogeneous system associated with a compiled version of a block of code at a first runtime, the compiled version executed according to a function designating successful execution of the compiled version on the heterogeneous system, the heterogeneous system including a first processing element and a second processing element different than the first processing element; a performance analyzer to determine a performance delta based on the performance characteristic and the function; and a machine learning modeler to, prior to a second runtime, adjust a cost model of the first processing element based on the performance delta, the adjusted cost model to cause a reduction in the performance delta to improve runtime performance of the heterogeneous system.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed for runtime scheduling of software executing on a heterogeneous system. An example apparatus includes in response to a variant compiler to generate a representation of an algorithm in a domain-specific language (DSL), a compilation auto-scheduler to generate a schedule based on configurations for processing elements of the heterogeneous system, the processing elements including at least a first and a second processing element, the variant compiler to compile variant binaries based on the schedule, each of the variant binaries associated with the algorithm in the DSL, the variant binaries including a first variant binary corresponding to the first processing element and a second variant binary corresponding to the second processing element, and an application compiler to generate a fat binary including a runtime scheduler to select one or more of the variant binaries to execute a workload based on the schedule.

Abstract: Methods and apparatus to generate vehicle warnings are disclosed. An example apparatus includes a sensor to detect a vehicle, where the sensor is associated with an observer of the vehicle, an object tracker to determine a motion of the vehicle, an accident estimator to calculate a likelihood of a collision of the vehicle based on the determined motion, and a transceiver to transmit a message to the vehicle upon the likelihood of the collision exceeding a threshold, where the message includes information pertaining to the collision.

Abstract: Embodiments include apparatuses, systems, and methods for a computer-aided or autonomous driving (CA/AD) system to detect an anomalous image associated with image data from one or more cameras of a computer-aided or autonomous driving (CA/AD) vehicle. Embodiments may include a sensor interface disposed in the CA/AD vehicle to receive, from the one or more cameras, a stream of image data including single view image data captured by the one or more cameras or multi-view image data collaboratively captured by multiple ones of the one or more cameras. In embodiments, a consistency analysis unit disposed in the CA/AD vehicle is coupled to the sensor interface to perform a consistency check on pixel-level data using single view or multi-view geometric methods to determine whether the image data includes an anomalous image. Other embodiments may also be described and claimed.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems, and articles of manufacture are disclosed to detect attacks in V2X networks. An example apparatus includes a challenge handler to (a) transmit a first challenge packet to a first vehicle to request a transmission of a first response, (b) instruct a second challenge packet to be transmitted to a second vehicle to request a transmission of a second response, (c) increment a first counter when the first response is not obtained, (d) increment a second counter when the second response is not obtained, and (e) after repeating (a)-(d), determine that the first and second vehicles are phantom vehicles associated with an attacker with a half-duplex radio when at least one of the first or second counters satisfy a threshold, and a network interface to instruct a third vehicle associated with the V2X network to ignore future messages from the phantom vehicles based on the determination.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for vehicle technology that detects one or more differences between a crowdsourced map of an ambient environment and a real-time volumetric map of the ambient environment and sends a first message via a vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) link, wherein the difference(s) are represented in the first message at a first resolution. Additionally, the vehicle technology sends a second message via a vehicle-to-infrastructure (V2I) link, wherein the difference(s) are represented in the second message at a second resolution, and wherein the first resolution is less than the second resolution. Moreover, server technology may integrate a first octree representation and a second octree representation into a dynamic layer associated with the crowdsourced map.

Abstract: Systems, apparatuses and methods may provide for infrastructure node technology that conducts a mutual authentication with a vehicle and verifies, if the mutual authentication is successful, location information received from the vehicle. The infrastructure node technology may also send a token to the vehicle if the location information is verified, wherein the token includes an attestation that the vehicle was present in a location associated with the location information at a specified moment in time. Additionally, vehicle technology may conduct a mutual authentication with an infrastructure node and send, if the mutual authentication is successful, location information to the infrastructure node. The vehicle technology may also receive a token from the infrastructure node.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed that provide an apparatus to analyze vehicle perspectives, the apparatus comprising a profile generator to generate a first profile of an environment based on a profile template and first data generated by a first vehicle; a data analyzer to: determine a difference between the first profile and a second profile obtained from a first one of one or more nodes in the environment; and in response to a trigger event, update the first profile based on the difference; and a vehicle control system to: in response to the trigger event, update a first perspective of the environment based on one or more of second data from the first one of the one or more nodes or the updated first profile; update a path plan for the first vehicle based on the updated first perspective; and execute the updated path plan.

Abstract: Methods, apparatus, systems and articles of manufacture are disclosed to validate data communicated by a vehicle. An example apparatus an anomaly detector to, in response to data communicated by a vehicle, at least one of compare an estimated speed with a reported speed or compare a location of the vehicle with a reported location. The apparatus including the anomaly detector further to generate an indication of the vehicle in response to the comparison. The apparatus further includes a notifier to discard data sent by the vehicle and notify surrounding vehicles of the data communicated by the vehicle.