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Video Analytic Measurement

Video Analytics Measurement Science

(Evaluations, Tools, Frameworks, and Activities)

The NIST Information Access Division has a variety of ongoing evaluation and measurement science activities related to large-scale video analytic technologies.

These include:

TRECVid (trecvid.nist.gov)

Face Biometrics (http://www.nist.gov/itl/iad/ig/face.cfm)

Video Tracking Analytics for Physical Security (VTAPS)

The following tools and frameworks have been created to support performance evaluation of video analytic technologies:

Framework For Evaluation of Detection Evaluations (ftp://jaguar.ncsl.nist.gov/incoming/F4DE-2.0b10-20090925-1052.tar.bz2)

The following is an archive of previous video analytic technology activities and benchmark test materials:

*Multiple Camera Single Person Tracking Challenge Evaluation (MCSPT) (http://nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/avss.cfm)

* Video Surveillance Technologies for Retail Security (VISITORS) http://nist.gov/itl/iad/mig/retailsecurity.cfm

* Classification of Events Activities and Relationships(2006 -2007) (http://www.clear-evaluation.org/xxx

Created March 18, 2013, Updated August 25, 2016