PETS 2015: datasets and challenge

Li, L., Nawaz, T. and Ferryman, J. (2015) PETS 2015: datasets and challenge. In: 12th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Video- and Signal-based Surveillance (AVSS2015), 2015-08-25, Karlsruhe, Germany, pp. 1-6.

Abstract/Summary

This paper presents the two datasets (ARENA and P5) and the challenge that form a part of the PETS 2015 workshop. The datasets consist of scenarios recorded by us- ing multiple visual and thermal sensors. The scenarios in ARENA dataset involve different staged activities around a parked vehicle in a parking lot in UK and those in P5 dataset involve different staged activities around the perimeter of a nuclear power plant in Sweden. The scenarios of each dataset are grouped into ‘Normal’, ‘Warning’ and ‘Alarm’ categories. The Challenge specifically includes tasks that account for different steps in a video understanding system: Low-Level Video Analysis (object detection and tracking), Mid-Level Video Analysis (‘atomic’ event detection) and High-Level Video Analysis (‘complex’ event detection). The evaluation methodology used for the Challenge includes well-established measures.