Proposal Number: 6720
Domain: Information & Communication Technology
Theme(s): Smart City
Supporting Central Government Agency:
Budget (Rs. Lakhs): 239.55
Principal Investigator: Bhaskaran Raman
Principal Investigator Institute: Indian Institute of Technology Bombay
Co-Investigators:
Sanjeev Sofat ,PEC University of Technology (Deemed University), Chandigarh
Mousumi Saha ,National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
Niloy Ganguly ,Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Sandip Chakraborty ,Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur
Subrata Nandi ,National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
Sujoy Saha ,National Institute of Technology, Durgapur
Divya Bansal ,PEC University of Technology (Deemed University), Chandigarh
Domain: Information & Communication Technology
Project Title
CityProbe: A city-scale pervasive sensing system for monitoring road conditions, air and sound pollution
Project Images
Image Caption:CityProbe Framework
Web Abstract
To determine the health of a city, several parameters need to be considered. The proposed project aims to probe and understand two specific aspects of city health: road infrastructure and pollution-levels. We propose a city-scale pervasive sensing framework, CityProbe, which seamlessly integrates customized sensing units and mobile phone sensors. The proposed solution scales by leveraging crowd-sensed reports from customized and mobile phone sensors, to monitor air and sound pollution levels and to detect poor road conditions, in real-time. CityProbe is novel in incorporating both participatory and automated detection techniques; and in being a first-of-a-kind framework that explores causalities between road conditions and pollution levels. A dashboard depicting the derived insights from the crowd-sensed reports will be presented to city agencies for assistance in policy-making; and citizens will receive customized alerts and recommendations related to travel conditions. We will field deploy our solution in three cities: Mumbai, Durgapur and Chandigarh.