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Plenary Talk

Camera Networks for Security Applications

Speaker:

Nikos Papanikolopoulos Distinguished McKnight University Professor Department of Computer Science and Engineering University of Minnesota

Algorithmical and hardware advances create many opportunities for image- and vision-based intelligent systems that are human-centric. Computing is ubiquitous in every household. Computers are becoming smaller, more portable, and embedded in many common appliances and devices. In addition, digital cameras are becoming pervasive in society. They are appearing in many varieties, and are embedded in many devices from cars to telephones. This talk focuses on the problem of camera networks for security applications. We will present the Hyperion framework (deployed to several Mass Transit sites around the U.S) which involves the computation of an extensive set of video-analytics based on human and crowd activity monitoring, automatic camera placement, camera-to-camera tracking, semi-autonomous calibration, and video forensics analysis. An innovative user interface allows a single user to monitor thousands of cameras. We augment the system capabilities by pairing cameras with robots in order to provide swift mobility in case that the data requires so. Finally, we try to create an engineering/scientific solution which is respectful of design, privacy, and societal issues.

Nikos P. Papanikolopoulos (IEEE Fellow) received the Diploma degree in electrical and computer engineering from the National Technical University of Athens, Greece, in 1987, the M.S.E.E., and the Ph.D. in electrical and computer engineering from Carnegie Mellon University in 1988 and 1992, respectively. Currently, he is the Distinguished McKnight University Professor in the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at the University of Minnesota and Director of the Center for Distributed Robotics and SECTTRA. His research interests include robotics, computer vision, sensors for transportation applications, and control. He has authored or coauthored more than 200 journal and conference papers in the above areas (fifty five refereed journal papers). He was finalist for the Anton Philips Award for Best Student Paper in the 1991 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation (ICRA) and recipient of the best Video Award in the 2000 IEEE Int. Conf. on Robotics and Automation. He was a McKnight Land-Grant Professor at the University of Minnesota for the period 1995-1997 and has received the NSF Research Initiation and Early Career Development Awards. He was also awarded the Faculty Creativity Award from the University of Minnesota. One of his papers (co-authored by O. Masoud) was awarded the IEEE VTS 2001 Best Land Transportation Paper Award. He has received grants from DARPA, DHS, U.S. Army, U.S. Air Force, Sandia National Laboratories, NSF, Johnson Controls, Microsoft, INEEL, USDOT, MN/DOT, Honeywell, and 3M.

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