Procedurally generated simulated datasets for aerial explosive hazard detection

J Kerley, A Fuller, M Kovaleski… - Chemical …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Recent advancements in signal processing and computer vision are largely due to machine
learning (ML). While exciting, the reality is that most modern ML approaches are based on …

Characterization of deep learning-based aerial explosive hazard detection using simulated data

BJ Alvey, DT Anderson, C Yang, A Buck… - 2021 IEEE …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Automatic object detection is one of the most common and fundamental tasks in
computational intelligence (CI). Neural networks (NNs) are now often the tool of choice for …

Explosive hazard pre-screener based on simulated data with perfect annotation and imprecisely labeled real data

M Kovaleski, A Fuller, J Kerley, BJ Alvey… - Chemical …, 2022 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Datasets with accurate ground truth from unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) are cost and time
prohibitive. This is a problem as most modern machine learning (ML) algorithms are based …

Improving explosive hazard detection with simulated and augmented data for an unmanned aerial system

B Alvey, DT Anderson, JM Keller… - … and Sensing of …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Modern supervised machine learning for electro-optical and infrared imagery is based on
data-driven learning of features and decision making. State-of-the-art algorithms are largely …

A virtual environment with multi-robot navigation, analytics, and decision support for critical incident investigation

DL Smyth, J Fennell, S Abinesh, NB Karimi… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2018 - arxiv.org
Accidents and attacks that involve chemical, biological, radiological/nuclear or explosive
(CBRNE) substances are rare, but can be of high consequence. Since the investigation of …

A virtual testbed for critical incident investigation with autonomous remote aerial vehicle surveying, artificial intelligence, and decision support

I Ullah, S Abinesh, DL Smyth, NB Karimi… - ECML PKDD 2018 …, 2019 - Springer
Autonomous robotics and artificial intelligence techniques can be used to support human
personnel in the event of critical incidents. These incidents can pose great danger to human …

Deep learning for the next generation (highly sensitive and reliable) ECLSS fire monitoring and detection system

Z Xu, Y Guo, JH Saleh - 2021 IEEE Aerospace Conference …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Fire detection is a critical component of the Environmental Control and Life Support System
(ECLSS) on board space habitats and remains an important research area with …

Metadata enabled contextual sensor fusion for unmanned aerial system-based explosive hazard detection

M Deardorff, B Alvey, DT Anderson… - … and Sensing of …, 2021 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Numerous real-world applications require the intelligent combining of disparate information
streams from sensors to create a more complete and enhanced observation in support of …

Extension of a standoff explosive detection system to CBRN threats

A Ford, R Waterbury, J Rose, K Pohl… - … CBRNE) Sensing XI, 2010 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Recent progress has been made on an explosive laser standoff detection system called
TREDS-2 constructed from COTS components. The TREDS-2 system utilizes combination of …

Real-data performance evaluation of Unreal Engine synthetic IR data

CC Nadell, GP Spell, M Jeiran… - Synthetic Data for …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
In order to achieve state of the art classification and detection performance with modern
deep learning approaches, large amounts of labeled data are required. In the infrared (IR) …