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diff --git a/site/content/pages/datasets/duke_mtmc/index.md b/site/content/pages/datasets/duke_mtmc/index.md index b5c6bf1a..e6a77269 100644 --- a/site/content/pages/datasets/duke_mtmc/index.md +++ b/site/content/pages/datasets/duke_mtmc/index.md @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ desc: <span class="dataset-name">Duke MTMC</span> is a dataset of surveillance c subdesc: Duke MTMC contains over 2 million video frames and 2,700 unique identities collected from 8 HD cameras at Duke University campus in March 2014 slug: duke_mtmc cssclass: dataset +caption: A still frame from the Duke MTMC (Multi-Target-Multi-Camera) CCTV dataset captured on Duke University campus in 2014. The dataset has now been terminated by the author in response to this report. image: assets/background.jpg published: 2019-4-18 updated: 2019-05-22 @@ -13,12 +14,16 @@ authors: Adam Harvey ------------ -## Duke MTMC +# Duke MTMC + +Update: In response to this report and an [investigation](https://www.ft.com/content/cf19b956-60a2-11e9-b285-3acd5d43599e) by the Financial Times, Duke University has terminated the Duke MTMC dataset. ### sidebar ### end sidebar -Duke MTMC (Multi-Target, Multi-Camera) is a dataset of surveillance video footage taken on Duke University's campus in 2014 and is used for research and development of video tracking systems, person re-identification, and low-resolution facial recognition. The dataset contains over 14 hours of synchronized surveillance video from 8 cameras at 1080p and 60 FPS, with over 2 million frames of 2,000 students walking to and from classes. The 8 surveillance cameras deployed on campus were specifically setup to capture students "during periods between lectures, when pedestrian traffic is heavy".[^duke_mtmc_orig] +Duke MTMC (Multi-Target, Multi-Camera) is a dataset of surveillance video footage taken on Duke University's campus in 2014 and is used for research and development of video tracking systems, person re-identification, and low-resolution facial recognition. + +The dataset contains over 14 hours of synchronized surveillance video from 8 cameras at 1080p and 60 FPS, with over 2 million frames of 2,000 students walking to and from classes. The 8 surveillance cameras deployed on campus were specifically setup to capture students "during periods between lectures, when pedestrian traffic is heavy".[^duke_mtmc_orig] For this analysis of the Duke MTMC dataset over 100 publicly available research papers that used the dataset were analyzed to find out who's using the dataset and where it's being used. The results show that the Duke MTMC dataset has spread far beyond its origins and intentions in academic research projects at Duke University. Since its publication in 2016, more than twice as many research citations originated in China as in the United States. Among these citations were papers links to the Chinese military and several of the companies known to provide Chinese authorities with the oppressive surveillance technology used to monitor millions of Uighur Muslims. |