Key points:
- AI-based video analytics is the future of campus security
- Campus safety leaders strive to balance sensitivity and security
Roughly 19 million students in the United States are enrolled in university undergraduate or graduate studies, and most of them attend classes onsite and keep college campuses across the country bustling with activity. As in any area where large groups of people gather, safety is a primary public concern in college and university settings.
How these institutions maintain – and, ideally, improve upon – campus safety is rapidly evolving. A somewhat recent, and highly promising, addition to the suite of security options for college and university systems has been video analytics. Of course, campus police and local businesses have long employed video cameras for the purpose of surveillance, protection, and investigation. But increasingly, the latest artificial intelligence technology is being paired with existing tools to enhance situational awareness and real-time security monitoring on college campuses.
Managing traffic. Big cities are characterized by their unique movement signatures, with distinct ebbs and flows leading to expressway bottlenecks, train station crowds and other congestion, delays, and even public safety risks. Most college campuses are characterized by similar, if smaller, ecosystems in which both auto and foot traffic require management solutions to optimize the conditions of campus commuting. AI-based surveillance systems can detect trouble spots and help administrators alleviate complex, interconnected issues.
Monitoring occupancy. University campuses are home to lecture halls and libraries, stadiums and arenas, and sororities and fraternities. They are hotbeds for activism and revelry: environments that often draw many bodies into close quarters–and occasionally, too many of them. Video analytics can monitor building occupancy numbers, track crowd patterns, and help proactively alert security personnel of the need to divert or disperse individuals to mitigate health and safety violations.
Liam Galin joins BriefCam as CEO to take charge of the company’s growth strategy and maintain its position as a video analytics market leader and innovator. Bringing over 20 years of leadership experience at international technology companies in various market segments, Liam is passionate about building connections between the Market, Technology, and People, in constant pursuit of innovation and new ways of approaching everyday challenges.
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