Optimal Layered Resource Management and Data Processing for Threat Detection in Urban Environments

城市环境中威胁检测的最佳分层资源管理和数据处理

• 批准号: 538404-2018
• 负责人: Kirubarajan, Thia
• 金额: $ 6.99万
• 依托单位: McMaster University
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Collaborative Research and Development Grants
• 财政年份: 2020
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2020-01-01 至 2021-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=699500
• 关键词: Optimal; Layered; Resource; Management; Data

Canada must be able to secure and protect the people and infrastructure in its urban environments. To do so, threats such as terrorist events and improvised explosive devices, in urban environments need to be identified early not only to safeguard the citizens and the infrastructure, but also to maintain the citizens' confidence in law and order and their trust in the government. In the case of threats that are mobile, it is also essential to accurately track and predict their kinematic states as they evolve over space and time. To detect such stationary or kinematic threats, sensors or signal sources such as cameras, radars, lidars, communication devices, radio and television stations, and cell phone towers can be used in an urban environment. In some urban scenarios, there might be an abundance of sensors due to ubiquitous cameras and cell phones, which could overload the communication and computational resources, or a dearth of accessible sensors due to the presence of buildings that block signal propagation, which would adversely affect the quality of threat detection and tracking. In either case, it is essential to strike a balance between (i) sensing, communication and computational resource utilization and (ii) the desired timeliness and accuracy of threat detection and tracking. This need to balance motivates the proposed research work to develop algorithms for optimal management of sensor, communication and computational resources as well as algorithms for threat detection and object tracking in urban environments using sensors and processors mounted on stationary or moving platforms. The proposed work will train a number of highly qualified personnel (HQP) in sensor and data processing with application to safety and security. In addition, the trained HQP can be employed and the resulting algorithms deployed in other fields such as autonomous vehicles, intelligent transportation and smart cities, which are of importance to maintain Canada's edge in today's high-tech world.

加拿大必须能够保障和保护其城市环境中的人民和基础设施。要做到这一点，城市环境中的恐怖事件和简易爆炸装置等威胁需要及早发现，不仅是为了保护公民和基础设施，也是为了保持公民对法律和秩序的信心以及对政府的信任。在移动威胁的情况下，准确跟踪和预测它们随空间和时间演变的运动状态也很重要。为了检测这种静止或运动的威胁，传感器或信号源，如摄像头、雷达、激光雷达、通信设备、广播电台和电视台，以及移动电话塔，都可以在城市环境中使用。