Challenges in automated measurement of pedestrian dynamics

Maarten van Steen; Valeriu Daniel Stanciu; Z. Shafaeipour; Cristian Chilipirea; Ciprian Dobre; Andreas Peter; Mingshu Wang

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-16092-9_12

Challenges in automated measurement of pedestrian dynamics

Maarten van Steen^*, Valeriu Daniel Stanciu, Z. Shafaeipour, Cristian Chilipirea, Ciprian Dobre, Andreas Peter, Mingshu Wang

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Abstract

Analyzing pedestrian dynamics has since long been an active and practical field of interest. Since the introduction of, in particular, smartphones, various organizations saw a simple means for automatically measuring pedestrian dynamics. The basic idea is simple: network packets sent by WiFi-enabled devices can be collected by sensors and by extracting the unique MAC address from each packet, it should be possible to count how many devices are detected by a single sensor, as well as how devices move between sensors. Although this approach has been commercially deployed for many years, it is now largely forbidden (at least in the EU) due to obvious privacy infringements. In this paper, we address challenges and some potential solutions to automated measurement of pedestrian movements while protecting privacy. The results come from learning the hard way: having run experiments extensively over the past years, we have gradually gained considerable insight in what is possible and what may lie ahead.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems - 22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2022, Held as Part of the 17th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2022, Proceedings
Editors	David Eyers, Spyros Voulgaris
Publisher	Springer
Pages	187-199
Number of pages	13
Volume	13272
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-16092-9
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-16091-2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16092-9_12
Publication status	Published - 6 Sept 2022
Event	22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems, DAIS 2022 - Lucca, Italy Duration: 13 Jun 2022 → 17 Jun 2022 Conference number: 22

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Computer Science
Publisher	Springer
Volume	13272
ISSN (Print)	0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)	1611-3349

Conference

Conference	22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems, DAIS 2022
Abbreviated title	DAIS 2022
Country/Territory	Italy
City	Lucca
Period	13/06/22 → 17/06/22
Other	Held as part of the 17th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2022

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van Steen, M., Stanciu, V. D., Shafaeipour, Z., Chilipirea, C., Dobre, C., Peter, A., & Wang, M. (2022). Challenges in automated measurement of pedestrian dynamics. In D. Eyers, & S. Voulgaris (Eds.), Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems - 22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2022, Held as Part of the 17th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2022, Proceedings (Vol. 13272, pp. 187-199). (Lecture Notes in Computer Science; Vol. 13272). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16092-9_12

van Steen, Maarten ; Stanciu, Valeriu Daniel ; Shafaeipour, Z. et al. / Challenges in automated measurement of pedestrian dynamics. Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems - 22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2022, Held as Part of the 17th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2022, Proceedings. editor / David Eyers ; Spyros Voulgaris. Vol. 13272 Springer, 2022. pp. 187-199 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science).

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van Steen, M, Stanciu, VD, Shafaeipour, Z, Chilipirea, C, Dobre, C, Peter, A & Wang, M 2022, Challenges in automated measurement of pedestrian dynamics. in D Eyers & S Voulgaris (eds), Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems - 22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference, DAIS 2022, Held as Part of the 17th International Federated Conference on Distributed Computing Techniques, DisCoTec 2022, Proceedings. vol. 13272, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol. 13272, Springer, pp. 187-199, 22nd IFIP WG 6.1 International Conference on Distributed Applications and Interoperable Systems, DAIS 2022, Lucca, Italy, 13/06/22. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16092-9_12

Challenges in automated measurement of pedestrian dynamics. / van Steen, Maarten; Stanciu, Valeriu Daniel; Shafaeipour, Z. et al.
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