Outdoor surveillance cameras have become prevalent as part of the urban infrastructure,
and provided a good data source for studying urban dynamics. In this work, we provide a …

In time-sensitive environments, such as DHS emergency operations centers (EOCs), it is
imperative for decision makers to rapidly understand and address key logical relationships …

The use of wide-area persistent surveillance by the US military—employing airborne video-
camera systems to observe large expanses over extended periods of time (see Figure 1)—is …

Transportation agencies often own extensive networks of monocular traffic cameras, which
are typically used for traffic monitoring by officials and experts. While the information …

Technological advances in communication and the ubiquity of mobile devices have
changed the role of emergency information during disasters. Information can now be easily …

Urban scenes are visually complex as they contain physical objects and their spatial-
temporal dynamic processes, including natural disasters and human-centered socio …

Rapid identification and response to breaking events, particularly those that pose a threat to
human life such as natural disasters or conflicts, is of paramount importance. The …

Event modeling systems provide a semantic interpretation of sequences of pixels that are
captured by a video camera. The design of a practical system has to take into account the …

We present NEAT-a Visual Analytics approach to the collaborative management of large-
scale emergencies. NEAT unifies the analysis and annotation of heterogeneous, uncertainty …