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Predicting Urban Dispersal Events: A Two-Stage Framework through Deep Survival Analysis on Mobility Data
Urban dispersal events are processes where an unusually large number of
people leave the same area in a short period. Early prediction of dispersal
events is important in mitigating congestion and safety risks and making better
dispatching decisions for taxi and ride-sharing fleets. Existing work mostly
focuses on predicting taxi demand in the near future by learning patterns from
historical data. However, they fail in case of abnormality because dispersal
events with abnormally high demand are non-repetitive and violate common
assumptions such as smoothness in demand change over time. Instead, in this
paper we argue that dispersal events follow a complex pattern of trips and
other related features in the past, which can be used to predict such events.
Therefore, we formulate the dispersal event prediction problem as a survival
analysis problem. We propose a two-stage framework (DILSA), where a deep
learning model combined with survival analysis is developed to predict the
probability of a dispersal event and its demand volume. We conduct extensive
case studies and experiments on the NYC Yellow taxi dataset from 2014-2016.
Results show that DILSA can predict events in the next 5 hours with F1-score of
0.7 and with average time error of 18 minutes. It is orders of magnitude better
than the state-ofthe-art deep learning approaches for taxi demand prediction.Comment: To appear in AAAI-19 proceedings. The reason for the replacement was
the misspelled author name in the meta-data field. Author name was corrected
from "Ynahua Li" to "Yanhua Li". The author list in the paper was correct and
remained unchange
Toward Network-based DDoS Detection in Software-defined Networks
To combat susceptibility of modern computing systems to cyberattack, identifying and disrupting malicious traffic without human intervention is essential. To accomplish this, three main tasks for an effective intrusion detection system have been identified: monitor network traffic, categorize and identify anomalous behavior in near real time, and take appropriate action against the identified threat. This system leverages distributed SDN architecture and the principles of Artificial Immune Systems and Self-Organizing Maps to build a network-based intrusion detection system capable of detecting and terminating DDoS attacks in progress
Content Based Traffic Engineering in Software Defined Information Centric Networks
This paper describes a content centric network architecture which uses
software defined networking principles to implement efficient metadata driven
services by extracting content metadata at the network layer. The ability to
access content metadata transparently enables a number of new services in the
network. Specific examples discussed here include: a metadata driven traffic
engineering scheme which uses prior knowledge of content length to optimize
content delivery, a metadata driven content firewall which is more resilient
than traditional firewalls and differentiated treatment of content based on the
type of content being accessed. A detailed outline of an implementation of the
proposed architecture is presented along with some basic evaluation
Big Data in Critical Infrastructures Security Monitoring: Challenges and Opportunities
Critical Infrastructures (CIs), such as smart power grids, transport systems,
and financial infrastructures, are more and more vulnerable to cyber threats,
due to the adoption of commodity computing facilities. Despite the use of
several monitoring tools, recent attacks have proven that current defensive
mechanisms for CIs are not effective enough against most advanced threats. In
this paper we explore the idea of a framework leveraging multiple data sources
to improve protection capabilities of CIs. Challenges and opportunities are
discussed along three main research directions: i) use of distinct and
heterogeneous data sources, ii) monitoring with adaptive granularity, and iii)
attack modeling and runtime combination of multiple data analysis techniques.Comment: EDCC-2014, BIG4CIP-201
A stigmergy-based analysis of city hotspots to discover trends and anomalies in urban transportation usage
A key aspect of a sustainable urban transportation system is the
effectiveness of transportation policies. To be effective, a policy has to
consider a broad range of elements, such as pollution emission, traffic flow,
and human mobility. Due to the complexity and variability of these elements in
the urban area, to produce effective policies remains a very challenging task.
With the introduction of the smart city paradigm, a widely available amount of
data can be generated in the urban spaces. Such data can be a fundamental
source of knowledge to improve policies because they can reflect the
sustainability issues underlying the city. In this context, we propose an
approach to exploit urban positioning data based on stigmergy, a bio-inspired
mechanism providing scalar and temporal aggregation of samples. By employing
stigmergy, samples in proximity with each other are aggregated into a
functional structure called trail. The trail summarizes relevant dynamics in
data and allows matching them, providing a measure of their similarity.
Moreover, this mechanism can be specialized to unfold specific dynamics.
Specifically, we identify high-density urban areas (i.e hotspots), analyze
their activity over time, and unfold anomalies. Moreover, by matching activity
patterns, a continuous measure of the dissimilarity with respect to the typical
activity pattern is provided. This measure can be used by policy makers to
evaluate the effect of policies and change them dynamically. As a case study,
we analyze taxi trip data gathered in Manhattan from 2013 to 2015.Comment: Preprin
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