5 papers
GPEvac: GNN-Based PPO for Adaptive Evacuation Routing During Shooting Events
Daniel Perkins, Subhadeep Chakraborty
The sharp increase in mass shootings underscores an urgent need for systems that guide victims to safety in real time. An effective evacuation system must minimize threat exposure…
An Optimized Evacuation Plan for an Active-Shooter Situation Constrained by Network Capacity
Joseph Lavalle-Rivera, Aniirudh Ramesh, Subhadeep Chakraborty
A total of more than 3400 public shootings have occurred in the United States between 2016 and 2022. Among these, 25.1% of them took place in an educational institution, 29.4% at t…
Diagnosing and Predicting Autonomous Vehicle Operational Safety Using Multiple Simulation Modalities and a Virtual Environment
Joe Beck, Shean Huff, Subhadeep Chakraborty
Even as technology and performance gains are made in the sphere of automated driving, safety concerns remain. Vehicle simulation has long been seen as a tool to overcome the cost a…
GENESIS-RL: GEnerating Natural Edge-cases with Systematic Integration of Safety considerations and Reinforcement Learning
Hsin-Jung Yang, Joe Beck, Md Zahid Hasan +4
In the rapidly evolving field of autonomous systems, the safety and reliability of the system components are fundamental requirements. These components are often vulnerable to comp…
Active shooter detection and robust tracking utilizing supplemental synthetic data
Joshua R. Waite, Jiale Feng, Riley Tavassoli +4
The increasing concern surrounding gun violence in the United States has led to a focus on developing systems to improve public safety. One approach to developing such a system is…