Anomalous sound detection (ASD) is the task of identifying whether the sound emitted from
an object is normal or anomalous. In some cases, early detection of this anomaly can …

Hong Kong is one of the densest cities in the world with busy roads close to residential
areas. Excessive noise emitted by vehicles with modified loud exhausts causes further noise …

The low cost and advancement of sensor technology have long proven to be invaluable in
their use in all areas of science. Several video-based methods have already been …

Conventional gunshot detection systems can quickly and reliably detect gunshots in the
area where the acoustic sensors are placed. This paper presents the detection of weak …

Environmental Sound Recognition has become a relevant application for smart cities. Such
an application, however, demands the use of trained machine learning classifiers in order to …

The powerful capabilities of modern text-to-speech methods to produce synthetic computer
generated voice, can pose a problem in terms of discerning real from fake audio. In the …

In real-world applications, audio surveillance is often performed by large models that can
detect many types of anomalies. However, typical approaches are based on centralized …

The effectiveness of intelligent transportation systems (ITS) strongly relies on the quality of
input data provided by traffic monitoring sensors. Conventional traffic sensors such as …

Pedicle drilling is a complex and critical spinal surgery task. Detecting breach or penetration
of the surgical tool to the cortical wall during pilot-hole drilling is essential to avoid damage …

The automatic detection of shouted speeches has attracted much research attention as a
core technology of audio surveillance systems. A common strategy in the past literature has …