F3-F A System Theoretic Approach to Robust Detection of Potential Threats from Video

Abstract:The goal of this research is a substantial enhancement of the ability to conduct autonomous, video based, persistent intelligent surveillance, reconnaissance and threat assessment in highly uncertain, adversarial scenarios such as urban environments. The main idea is the use of operator theoretic and convex analysis methods to recast several key sub-problems arising in this context � tracking, dynamic appearance, and activity recognition �into a finite dimensional convex optimization that can be efficiently solved.

Faculty and Staff Currently Involved in Project:

Octavia Camps
Professor
Northeastern University

Mario Sznaier
Professor
Northeastern University

Gilead Tadmor
Professor
Northeastern University

Students Currently Involved in Project:

Necmiye Ozay, PhD
Northeastern University

Cansu Gonulalan, MSEE
Northeastern University

Mustafa Ayazoglu, PhD
Northeastern University

Bing Long Lee, PhD
Northeastern University