IMPETUS: Intelligent Management of Processes, Ethics and Technology for Urban Safety in Smart Cities.
The AI weapons detection software called SAMSON™ has been installed in two smart cities of the European Union. The municipalities of Oslo and Padova ran the pilot from September 2020 to February 2023. Some of the partners are SINTEF, a research group from Norway. Thales from the Netherlands. The partners also include the Universities of Milano, Padova, and the Institute Mines-Télécom.
This page presents the project outcomes and related work of the deployment of the weapon detection ai software. Other tools from Thales, as well as from Intitut Mines-Télécom were installed.
The project is called IMPETUS and was coordinated by SINTEF. It featured weapon detection and the other AI software tools. This project aims to make smart cities safer. It helps protect public spaces from security threats such as guns and bacterias. IMPETUS gave city officials new ways to tackle security problems in EU public spaces. This helps keep citizens safe.
16 Partners
The consortium consisted of 16 partners from 11 different European Union members and associated countries. It brought together five research institutions, six specialist industrial and SME companies, three NGOs and two local municipalities. Below is the list of the partners:
Research organisations:
SINTEF DIGITAL (Norway)
INSTITUT MINES-TELECOM (France)
UNIVERSITE DE NIMES (France)
CINI – NATIONAL INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR INFORMATICS (Italy)
UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA (Italy)
Partner cities:
CITY OF PADOVA (Italy)
CITY OF OSLO (Norway)
Industry & SMEs:
SIMAVI – SOFTWARE IMAGINATION & VISION (Romania)
THALES (Netherlands)
AILERT formerly Cinedit VA GMBH (Switzerland)
INSIKT INTELLIGENCE S.L. (Spain)
SIXGILL LTD (Israel)
UNISMART (Italy)
NGOs
BMA – ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT CENTRE FOR BIOTECHNOLOGY AND MEDICINE (Estonia)
ISP – INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY POLICIES (Croatia)
THE INTERNATIONAL EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT SOCIETY (Belgium)
Areas
Technologies: use IoT, AI and Big Data to allow cities to manage both physical and cyber security.
Ethics: ensure Smart City capabilities are developed for the benefit of its citizens.
Processes: providing a multi-tenant solution that matches cognitive processes, deployment guidelines, and operational needs. This supports the decision-making of various city stakeholders involved.
Two Smart Cities
Technologies from 16 partners, including AiLert’s weapon detection software, were used in large buildings in Oslo and Padova. The project needed to follow strict GDPR rules. It was supervised by SINTEF, one of Europe’s largest independent research organizations. The deployment involved multiple law enforcement agencies such as the Oslo Municipal Police and the Padova Municipal Police.
About IMPETUS
The IMPETUS project was part of Horizon 2020 and funded by the EU (European Commission). It aimed to make cities stronger against security threats in public spaces using weapon detection. IMPETUS gave city officials new ways to tackle security problems in public areas. It uses data from cameras and environmental sensors. These are connected to AI softwares that manage key services in a Smart Cities. IMPETUS helped protect people from the unfair use of their personal data. It also helped detect threats by supporting physical and cyber security management.
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Watch the video showing the live exercises of IMPETUS solutions in the smart cities of Oslo and Padova
The IMPETUS team is discussing the events of the Live Exercise in Padova.
Summaries of project results and achievements
Project IMPETUS final report
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Project IMPETUS short results booklet
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Project IMPETUS deliverables
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