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                            The    opportunities  for      that it is difficult to stitch   “The primary
                           surveillance players lie in citywide   together  these  micro-
                           surveillance in two categories.   events  in  exact  spatial,  and   purpose of
                           One is the instrumentation—     temporal context coming        the ITMS is to
                           installation of hardware. And   from different cameras, to
                           the other is capturing, managing   get a complete overview of   strategically
                           and analyzing data. While these   the entire situation. 3D model   manage traffic to
                           conventional opportunities exist, I   of the area can be used, and
                           would like to see the surveillance   images from all cameras can   ease congestion,
                           players’ increased focus on the   be projected on to this model.   reduce travel
                           next level—cutting edge solutions,   Use of AI for surveillance is   time, and in turn,
                           with artificial intelligence (AI) and   another area of exploration.
                           machine learning (ML) perhaps. A   •  With this 3D model, we need   lessen frustration
                           couple of concepts we are deeply   to use multiple heterogeneous   for the citizens
                           interested in advancing are:    sensors such as cameras,
                           •  The conventional surveillance   acoustic sensors, imaging   on the move.”
                             system in cities consists     radar system, passage
                             of several CCTV cameras,      detection systems etc.
                             acquiring images of the same   •  Human aware systems where
                             area along with micro-events   we use visualisation techniques   essentially require recognition
                             taking place within their     that can detect and classify   of human activity based on
                             visual field. The problem is   human behaviours. It would
                                                                                         motion, numbers, and shape.
                                                                                         It can enable real-time warning,
                                                                                         even predictive, for mob
                                                                                         activity,  fights,  and  accidents,
                                                                                         other abnormal actions.
                                                                                        I would also like to see more
                                                                                      enthusiasm from your sector
                                                                                      players in providing innovative and
                                                                                      affordable solutions in the field of
                                                                                      real-time tactical decision support,
                                                                                      improved    documentation,
                                                                                      warning systems and big data
                                                                                      solutions.
                                                                                      What  approach  has  been
                                                                                      taken by cities for an
                                                                                      intelligent city surveillance?
                                                                                      How do networks installed by
                                                                                      city authorities integrate with
                                                                                      the rest of the city systems?
                                                                                        Cities have taken the approach
                                                                                      of integration of people, process
                                                                                      and platform with a focus of city-
                                                                                      specific use cases and building a
                                                                                      standard operating environment




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