Exploiting submodular value functions for scaling up active perception

Y Satsangi, S Whiteson, FA Oliehoek, MTJ Spaan - Autonomous Robots, 2018 - Springer
In active perception tasks, an agent aims to select sensory actions that reduce its uncertainty
about one or more hidden variables. For example, a mobile robot takes sensory actions to …

Automatic detection of suspicious behavior of pickpockets with track-based features in a shopping mall

H Bouma, J Baan, GJ Burghouts… - … and Photonics for …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Proactive detection of incidents is required to decrease the cost of security incidents. This
paper focusses on the automatic early detection of suspicious behavior of pickpockets with …

Maximizing information gain in partially observable environments via prediction reward

Y Satsangi, S Lim, S Whiteson, F Oliehoek… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Information gathering in a partially observable environment can be formulated as a
reinforcement learning (RL), problem where the reward depends on the agent's uncertainty …

Exploiting submodular value functions for faster dynamic sensor selection

Y Satsangi, S Whiteson, F Oliehoek - Proceedings of the AAAI …, 2015 - ojs.aaai.org
A key challenge in the design of multi-sensor systems is the efficient allocation of scarce
resources such as bandwidth, CPU cycles, and energy, leading to the dynamic sensor …

Leveraging temporal context in deep learning methodology for small object detection

FG Heslinga, F Ruis, L Ballan… - … for Security and …, 2023 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Automated object detection is becoming more relevant in a wide variety of applications in
the military domain. This includes the detection of drones, ships, and vehicles in video and …

Behavioral profiling in CCTV cameras by combining multiple subtle suspicious observations of different surveillance operators

H Bouma, J Vogels, O Aarts… - … Sensor Fusion, and …, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Camera surveillance and recognition of deviant behavior is important for the prevention of
criminal incidents. A single observation of subtle deviant behavior of an individual may …

Automatic inference of geometric camera parameters and inter-camera topology in uncalibrated disjoint surveillance cameras

RJM den Hollander, H Bouma, J Baan… - … and Photonics for …, 2015 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Person tracking across non-overlapping cameras and other types of video analytics benefit
from spatial calibration information that allows an estimation of the distance between …

Flexible human-definable automatic behavior analysis for suspicious activity detection in surveillance cameras to protect critical infrastructures

H Bouma, K Schutte, JM ten Hove… - Counterterrorism …, 2018 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Surveillance systems are essential for the protection of military compounds and critical
infrastructures. Automatic recognition of suspicious activities can augment human operators …

Finding suspects in multiple cameras for improved railway protection

JW Marck, H Bouma, J Baan… - … and Photonics for …, 2014 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The capability to find individuals using CCTV cameras is important for surveillance
applications at large areas such as railway stations, airports and shopping centers …

GOOSE: semantic search on internet connected sensors

K Schutte, F Bomhof, G Burghouts… - Next-Generation …, 2013 - spiedigitallibrary.org
More and more sensors are getting Internet connected. Examples are cameras on cell
phones, CCTV cameras for traffic control as well as dedicated security and defense sensor …