PETS 2017: Dataset and Challenge

This paper indicates the dataset and challenges evaluated under PETS2017. In this edition PETS continues the evaluation theme of on-board surveillance systems for protection of mobile critical assets as set in PETS 2016. The datasets include (1) the ARENA Dataset; an RGB camera dataset, as used for PETS2014 to PETS 2016, which addresses protection of trucks; and (2) the IPATCH Dataset; a multi sensor dataset, as used in PETS2016, addressing the application of multi sensor surveillance to protect a vessel at sea from piracy. The datasets allow for performance evaluation of tracking in low-density scenarios and detection of various surveillance events ranging from innocuous abnormalities to dangerous and criminal situations. Training data for tracking algorithms is released with the dataset; tracking data is also available for authors addressing only surveillance event detection challenges but not working on tracking.