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Personal and Community Context
Discovery
17 May 2015
Arpan Pal
Principal Scientist and Research Head
Innovation Lab, Cyber physical Systems
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
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Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS)
 Pioneer & Leader in Indian IT
TCS was established in 1968
 One of the top ranked global software service provider
 Largest Software service provider in Asia
 250,000+ associates
 USD 10B + annual revenue
 Global presence
 First Software R&D Center in India
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The Heart of Innovation – TCS Innovation Labs
Bangalore, India1
TCS Innovation Labs - Bangalore
Chennai, India2
TCS Innovation Labs - Chennai
TCS Innovation Labs - Retail
TCS Innovation Labs - Travel & Hospitality
TCS Innovation Labs - Insurance
TCS Innovation Labs - Web 2.0
TCS Innovation Labs - Telecom
Cincinnati, USA3
TCS Innovation Labs - Cincinnati
Delhi, India4
TCS Innovation Labs - Delhi
Hyderabad, India5
TCS Innovation Labs - Hyderabad
TCS Innovation Labs - CMC
Kolkata, India6
TCS Innovation Labs - Kolkata
Mumbai, India7
TCS Innovation Labs - Mumbai
TCS Innovation Labs - Performance Engineering
Peterborough, UK8
TCS Innovation Labs - Peterborough
Pune, India9
TCS Innovation Labs - TRDDC - Process Engineering
TCS Innovation Labs - TRDDC - Software Engineering
TCS Innovation Labs - TRDDC - Systems Research
TCS Innovation Labs - Engineering & Industrial Services
1 2
3
4
5
97
6
8
2000
+
Associates in Research, Development and Asset
Creation
19 Innovation Labs
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Integrated Platform for Intelligent Infrastructure
People Feedback & Emotions
Social Media
Integrated Services
Sensors & IoT
Platform
Traditional Monitoring & Control
Systems
Citizen Data
Smart Integration Platform
Transportation Healthcare Electricity
WaterPublic Safety Tourism
Smart Integrated Services
Sense
Analyze
Extract
Respond
Intelligence
Smart Domain Services
Community
etc.
Sense: People Activity, Appliances, Vehicles , Road, Home/Bldg, Utility
Infrastructure
Detect gas leakage/water contamination :
mobilize rescue team, suggest optimum route
Divert Road Traffic in case of
Water Pipeline Burst
Correlate Electricity/Water
/Gas consumption patterns
Intelligent Integration Platform
Integrated Intelligent Services
Outline
What we mean by Context
Example Use Cases
Proposed System
Conclusion
6
Personal and Community Context Discovery
Context - patterns of individual, group and societal behaviours.
Broadly classified into three categories –
 Personal Physical Network Discovery
 Who is interacting with whom? What is the level of interaction? Who all are
part of similar-interest networks?
 Individual Context Discovery
 Who is doing what?
 Community Context Discovery
 Can we discover how a community / group behaves as a whole?
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Example Use Case - Campus
Source: Zhang et. al., “Extracting Social and Community Intelligence from Digital Footprints: An Emerging
Research Area”, UIC 2010, LNCS 6406, pp. 4–18, 2010. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
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Other Example Use Cases
 Organizational Behavior Analysis
 Team Efficiency Study
 Best Practice Study
 Workspace Ergonomics Study
 Customer Behavior Study in Retail Stores
 Customer movement pattern
 Customer interaction pattern with shelves / merchandize
 Crowdedness measure in public places
 Efficient scheduling of public transport
 Crowd Behavior analysis
 Evacuation planning during disaster
Ref. - Alex Pentland et. al., MIT media Lab
9
What do we need to Sense
 Location
 Proximity
 Activity
 Identity
Provide Context discovery as a
Service
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How to Sense
 Needs to be Ubiquitous and Unobtrusive
 There should not be any new hardware / device to carry
for an individual
 Proposal
o Use smartphone-based sensors (GPS, accelerometer,
compass, microphone)
o Use 3D surveillance cameras (like Kinect)
o Augment with social network data and email data analytics
o Multimodal fusion of all the above
 Privacy can be an issue – needs to be handled on an use
case-by-use case basis
o Privacy vs. Utility
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Proposed Architecture
Platform Service
c
Sensors
(location,
proximity,
activity)
Camera
Web-based
soft
sensing
Personal Physical
Network Discovery
Individual Context
Discovery
Microphone
Community Context
Discovery
Behavioral Analytics
Applications
Context Discovery Service
Mobile Phones, Kinect, Email, Social Network
cMultimodal Fusion
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Mobile Phone Based Sensing
 Proximity / presence
– Using Bluetooth for finding nearby mobiles
– Using Wi-Fi to discover other mobiles nearby
 Location
– Using ultrasound beacon
– Using GPS (outdoors)
– Using Accelerometer / compass
 Activity
– Using Accelerometer
 Interaction Level
– Using Microphone Audio
 Identity
– From Network ID
On-board sensors
Accelerometer, GPS,
Compass
Camera, Microphone
Network
Bluetooth, WiFi, 2G/GPRS, 3G
Network
2G/GPRS, Bluetooth
On-board sensors
Microphone, Camera
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Sensor Penetration and power consumption in
Mobile Phones
0 20 40 60 80 100
Bluetooth
USB
Edge
GPRS
Wifi
3G
Camera
GPS
Accelarometer
Digital Compass
Consolidated Market Penetration
Source: Nericell: Rich Monitoring of of Road and Traffic
Conditions using Mobile Smartphones, Prashant Mohan et.
al., Microsoft Research, SenSys 2008, North Carolina, USA
14
Kinect Based Sensing
 Human Identification
– Skeleton Model Based
– External Stimulus based refinement
 Network Discovery
– Network discovery through proximity
– Level of Interaction through Audio
• 2D Camera with
IR depth sensor
• Excitation by IR
light pattern
• Directional Mic.
15
Kinect Based Sensing (contd …)
Working on a public Kinect dataset
• People Discussion
• Give/Put/Take an object
• Enter/leave a room
• Leave baggage unattended
• Handshaking
• Typing on a keyboard
• Telephone conversation (Mobile, landline)
Image and the corresponding 3D cloud point
 Human Interaction
– Activity Detection on 3D Point Cloud
– Physical object Identification
– Interaction with Objects
Human activities recognition and localization competition (HARL), ICPR 2012
16
Soft sensing from Web
Unstructured Data
• Social network posts
such as tweets, facebook
• Blog posts
• Email bodies
Structured Data
• Social network profiles
and network information
• Email headers
• Tweet Attributes
Personal
Network
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IoT Platform from TCS
Internet
End Users
Administrators
Device Integration & Management Services
Analytics Services
Application Services
Storage
Messaging & Event Distribution Services
ApplicationServices
Presentation Services
Application Support Services
Middleware
Edge Gateway
Sensors
Internet
Back-end on Cloud
RIPSAC – Real-time Integrated Platform for Services & AnalytiCs
Traditional
Internet
 Service Delivery
Platform & App
Development
Platform
 Security/Privacy
Framework
 Lightweight M2M
Protocols
 Analytics-as-a-
Service
 Social Network
Integration
 SDKs and APIs for
App developer
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Summary
 Introduced the concept of personal and community context
discovery as a service with help of example use cases
 Proposed an unobtrusive and ubiquitous way to gather the
context through mobile phone based sensors, 3D camera
and web data
 Each method has its own limitation both from application
and technology perspective
 Need for a multimodal fusion for improved accuracy
 A generic IoT platform to implement and deploy the services
for application developers
Thank You
arpan.pal@tcs.com

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Arpan pal u world2012

  • 1. 1 Personal and Community Context Discovery 17 May 2015 Arpan Pal Principal Scientist and Research Head Innovation Lab, Cyber physical Systems Tata Consultancy Services (TCS)
  • 2. 2 Tata Consultancy Services Ltd. (TCS)  Pioneer & Leader in Indian IT TCS was established in 1968  One of the top ranked global software service provider  Largest Software service provider in Asia  250,000+ associates  USD 10B + annual revenue  Global presence  First Software R&D Center in India - 2 -
  • 3. 3 The Heart of Innovation – TCS Innovation Labs Bangalore, India1 TCS Innovation Labs - Bangalore Chennai, India2 TCS Innovation Labs - Chennai TCS Innovation Labs - Retail TCS Innovation Labs - Travel & Hospitality TCS Innovation Labs - Insurance TCS Innovation Labs - Web 2.0 TCS Innovation Labs - Telecom Cincinnati, USA3 TCS Innovation Labs - Cincinnati Delhi, India4 TCS Innovation Labs - Delhi Hyderabad, India5 TCS Innovation Labs - Hyderabad TCS Innovation Labs - CMC Kolkata, India6 TCS Innovation Labs - Kolkata Mumbai, India7 TCS Innovation Labs - Mumbai TCS Innovation Labs - Performance Engineering Peterborough, UK8 TCS Innovation Labs - Peterborough Pune, India9 TCS Innovation Labs - TRDDC - Process Engineering TCS Innovation Labs - TRDDC - Software Engineering TCS Innovation Labs - TRDDC - Systems Research TCS Innovation Labs - Engineering & Industrial Services 1 2 3 4 5 97 6 8 2000 + Associates in Research, Development and Asset Creation 19 Innovation Labs
  • 4. 4 Integrated Platform for Intelligent Infrastructure People Feedback & Emotions Social Media Integrated Services Sensors & IoT Platform Traditional Monitoring & Control Systems Citizen Data Smart Integration Platform Transportation Healthcare Electricity WaterPublic Safety Tourism Smart Integrated Services Sense Analyze Extract Respond Intelligence Smart Domain Services Community etc. Sense: People Activity, Appliances, Vehicles , Road, Home/Bldg, Utility Infrastructure Detect gas leakage/water contamination : mobilize rescue team, suggest optimum route Divert Road Traffic in case of Water Pipeline Burst Correlate Electricity/Water /Gas consumption patterns Intelligent Integration Platform Integrated Intelligent Services
  • 5. Outline What we mean by Context Example Use Cases Proposed System Conclusion
  • 6. 6 Personal and Community Context Discovery Context - patterns of individual, group and societal behaviours. Broadly classified into three categories –  Personal Physical Network Discovery  Who is interacting with whom? What is the level of interaction? Who all are part of similar-interest networks?  Individual Context Discovery  Who is doing what?  Community Context Discovery  Can we discover how a community / group behaves as a whole?
  • 7. 7 Example Use Case - Campus Source: Zhang et. al., “Extracting Social and Community Intelligence from Digital Footprints: An Emerging Research Area”, UIC 2010, LNCS 6406, pp. 4–18, 2010. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2010
  • 8. 8 Other Example Use Cases  Organizational Behavior Analysis  Team Efficiency Study  Best Practice Study  Workspace Ergonomics Study  Customer Behavior Study in Retail Stores  Customer movement pattern  Customer interaction pattern with shelves / merchandize  Crowdedness measure in public places  Efficient scheduling of public transport  Crowd Behavior analysis  Evacuation planning during disaster Ref. - Alex Pentland et. al., MIT media Lab
  • 9. 9 What do we need to Sense  Location  Proximity  Activity  Identity Provide Context discovery as a Service
  • 10. 10 How to Sense  Needs to be Ubiquitous and Unobtrusive  There should not be any new hardware / device to carry for an individual  Proposal o Use smartphone-based sensors (GPS, accelerometer, compass, microphone) o Use 3D surveillance cameras (like Kinect) o Augment with social network data and email data analytics o Multimodal fusion of all the above  Privacy can be an issue – needs to be handled on an use case-by-use case basis o Privacy vs. Utility
  • 11. 11 Proposed Architecture Platform Service c Sensors (location, proximity, activity) Camera Web-based soft sensing Personal Physical Network Discovery Individual Context Discovery Microphone Community Context Discovery Behavioral Analytics Applications Context Discovery Service Mobile Phones, Kinect, Email, Social Network cMultimodal Fusion
  • 12. 12 Mobile Phone Based Sensing  Proximity / presence – Using Bluetooth for finding nearby mobiles – Using Wi-Fi to discover other mobiles nearby  Location – Using ultrasound beacon – Using GPS (outdoors) – Using Accelerometer / compass  Activity – Using Accelerometer  Interaction Level – Using Microphone Audio  Identity – From Network ID On-board sensors Accelerometer, GPS, Compass Camera, Microphone Network Bluetooth, WiFi, 2G/GPRS, 3G Network 2G/GPRS, Bluetooth On-board sensors Microphone, Camera
  • 13. 13 Sensor Penetration and power consumption in Mobile Phones 0 20 40 60 80 100 Bluetooth USB Edge GPRS Wifi 3G Camera GPS Accelarometer Digital Compass Consolidated Market Penetration Source: Nericell: Rich Monitoring of of Road and Traffic Conditions using Mobile Smartphones, Prashant Mohan et. al., Microsoft Research, SenSys 2008, North Carolina, USA
  • 14. 14 Kinect Based Sensing  Human Identification – Skeleton Model Based – External Stimulus based refinement  Network Discovery – Network discovery through proximity – Level of Interaction through Audio • 2D Camera with IR depth sensor • Excitation by IR light pattern • Directional Mic.
  • 15. 15 Kinect Based Sensing (contd …) Working on a public Kinect dataset • People Discussion • Give/Put/Take an object • Enter/leave a room • Leave baggage unattended • Handshaking • Typing on a keyboard • Telephone conversation (Mobile, landline) Image and the corresponding 3D cloud point  Human Interaction – Activity Detection on 3D Point Cloud – Physical object Identification – Interaction with Objects Human activities recognition and localization competition (HARL), ICPR 2012
  • 16. 16 Soft sensing from Web Unstructured Data • Social network posts such as tweets, facebook • Blog posts • Email bodies Structured Data • Social network profiles and network information • Email headers • Tweet Attributes Personal Network
  • 17. 17 IoT Platform from TCS Internet End Users Administrators Device Integration & Management Services Analytics Services Application Services Storage Messaging & Event Distribution Services ApplicationServices Presentation Services Application Support Services Middleware Edge Gateway Sensors Internet Back-end on Cloud RIPSAC – Real-time Integrated Platform for Services & AnalytiCs Traditional Internet  Service Delivery Platform & App Development Platform  Security/Privacy Framework  Lightweight M2M Protocols  Analytics-as-a- Service  Social Network Integration  SDKs and APIs for App developer
  • 18. 18 Summary  Introduced the concept of personal and community context discovery as a service with help of example use cases  Proposed an unobtrusive and ubiquitous way to gather the context through mobile phone based sensors, 3D camera and web data  Each method has its own limitation both from application and technology perspective  Need for a multimodal fusion for improved accuracy  A generic IoT platform to implement and deploy the services for application developers