Let the MUSIG play on…
MUSIG is the catchy name of just one of the research projects eurofunk is currently involved in and stands for multisensor-based information generation. Its purpose is the development of crisis management and crisis prevention strategies.
MUSIG is the catchy name of just one of the research projects eurofunk is currently involved in and stands for multisensor-based information generation. Its purpose is the development of crisis management and crisis prevention strategies.
Collective mass population movements and activities in public spaces pose significant challenges to authorities and responders in terms of situational awareness, crisis management and crisis prevention. Events of the recent past such as unauthorized demonstrations, non-compliance with pandemic curfew restrictions, displaced peoples from war zones and terrorist attacks demonstrate clearly how relevant and urgent the need for these strategies is.
The MUSIG project focuses on an automated and AI-supported extraction, analysis and fused visualization of collective movement information from social media data, mobile phone data and image data as well as local cameras.
This information will be provided to control centers or crisis management in near real-time as additional map layers (WMTS, WFS) with filtering capabilities.
Information extraction includes the following:
- Pure movement analysis: the determination of numbers, density and speed of movement.
- Semantic information: What do people in a group talk about?
- Mood information (sentiment analysis): How relaxed, tense, escalating, etc. is the mood in the group?
Accumulated movement information and social media hotspots with relevant semantic content from linked media such as images or videos are to be displayed in the eOCS mission control system. For this purpose and for the connection of relevant external systems, eurofunk will define and develop a service-based interface in the course of this project. In parallel, we will be providing scenario- and role-based access as well as distribution of the available information to both stationary and mobile emergency forces.
The project will run for 24 months and will be implemented by the end of 2023 with the following partners:
- University of Salzburg, Department of Geoinformatics Z_GIS
- Austrian Red Cross
- Johanniter Austria Training and Research Non-profit Ltd.
- Spatial Services GmbH
- JOANNEUM RESEARCH
- Österreichisches Bundesministerium für Inneres
- Disaster Competence Network Austria
