Video Analysis and Content Extraction

The goal of this project is to develop tools for automated analysis of video sequences. This will include methods for detection and tracking of moving objects resulting in a structured description of the video. This representation will then be used for extracting contents that will allow understanding of the events occurring in the scene. Such automated tools will be essential for analysts in the intelligence community to cope with and make effective use of the vast quantities of video data that are becoming increasingly available.

• Detection and description of events and activities from videos.
• Detection and tracking of people and vehicles using higher level models.
• Automatic detection and tracking of objects (people and vehicles) in video.