Exploring discriminative features for anomaly detection in public spaces

Shriguru Nayak, Archan Misra, Kasthuri Jayarajah, Philips Kokoh Prasetyo, Ee Peng Lim

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Abstract

Context data, collected either from mobile devices or from user-generated social media content, can help identify abnormal behavioural patterns in public spaces (e.g., shopping malls, college campuses or downtown city areas). Spatiotemporal analysis of such data streams provides a compelling new approach towards automatically creating real-time urban situational awareness, especially about events that are unanticipated or that evolve very rapidly. In this work, we use real-life datasets collected via SMU's LiveLabs testbed or via SMU's Palanteer software, to explore various discriminative features (both spatial and temporal-e.g., occupancy volumes, rate of change in topic{specific tweets or probabilistic distribution of group sizes) for such anomaly detection. We show that such feature primitives fit into a future multi-layer sensor fusion framework that can provide valuable insights into mood and activities of crowds in public spaces.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationGround/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for Persistent ISR VI
EditorsMichael A. Kolodny, Tien Pham
PublisherSPIE
ISBN (Electronic)9781628415803
DOIs
StatePublished - 2015
Externally publishedYes
EventGround/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for Persistent ISR VI - Baltimore, United States
Duration: Apr 20 2015Apr 22 2015

Publication series

NameProceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering
Volume9464
ISSN (Print)0277-786X
ISSN (Electronic)1996-756X

Conference

ConferenceGround/Air Multisensor Interoperability, Integration, and Networking for Persistent ISR VI
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityBaltimore
Period4/20/154/22/15

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
  • Condensed Matter Physics
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Applied Mathematics
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Keywords

  • Anomaly Detection
  • Event Detection
  • Indoor Mobility
  • Twitter Ana-lytics
  • Urban Situation Awareness

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