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Rakshit Ramesh

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arXiv2026

Scaling Real-Time Traffic Analytics on Edge-Cloud Fabrics for City-Scale Camera Networks

Real-time city-scale traffic analytics requires processing 100s-1000s of CCTV streams under strict latency, bandwidth, and compute limits. We present a scalable AI-driven Intelligent Transportation System (AIITS) designed to address multi-dimensional scaling on an edge-cloud fabric. Our platform transforms live multi-camera video feeds into a dynamic traffic graph through a DNN inferencing pipeline, complemented by real-time nowcasting and short-horizon forecasting using Spatio-Temporal GNNs. Using a testbed to validate in a Bengaluru neighborhood, we ingest 100+ RTSP feeds from Raspberry Pis, while Jetson Orin edge accelerators perform high-throughput detection and tracking, producing lightweight flow summaries for cloud-based GNN inference. A capacity-aware scheduler orchestrates load-balancing across heterogeneous devices to sustain real-time performance as stream counts increase. To ensure continuous adaptation, we integrate SAM3 foundation-model assisted labeling and Continuous Federated Learning to update DNN detectors on the edge. Experiments show stable ingestion up to 2000 FPS on Jetson Orins, low-latency aggregation, and accurate and scalable ST-GNN forecasts for up to 1000 streams. A planned live demonstration will scale the full pipeline to 1000 streams, showcasing practical, cross-fabric scalability.

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arXiv2025

Comparison of Segmentation Methods in Remote Sensing for Land Use Land Cover

Land Use Land Cover (LULC) mapping is essential for urban and resource planning, and is one of the key elements in developing smart and sustainable cities.This study evaluates advanced LULC mapping techniques, focusing on Look-Up Table (LUT)-based Atmospheric Correction applied to Cartosat Multispectral (MX) sensor images, followed by supervised and semi-supervised learning models for LULC prediction. We explore DeeplabV3+ and Cross-Pseudo Supervision (CPS). The CPS model is further refined with dynamic weighting, enhancing pseudo-label reliability during training. This comprehensive approach analyses the accuracy and utility of LULC mapping techniques for various urban planning applications. A case study of Hyderabad, India, illustrates significant land use changes due to rapid urbanization. By analyzing Cartosat MX images over time, we highlight shifts such as urban sprawl, shrinking green spaces, and expanding industrial areas. This demonstrates the practical utility of these techniques for urban planners and policymakers.

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arXiv2024

Performance Evaluation of Geospatial Images based on Zarr and Tiff

This evaluate the performance of geospatial image processing using two distinct data storage formats: Zarr and TIFF. Geospatial images, converted to numerous applications like environmental monitoring, urban planning, and disaster management. Traditional Tagged Image File Format is mostly used because it is simple and compatible but may lack by performance limitations while working on large datasets. Zarr is a new format designed for the cloud systems,that offers scalability and efficient storage with data chunking and compression techniques. This study compares the two formats in terms of storage efficiency, access speed, and computational performance during typical geospatial processing tasks. Through analysis on a range of geospatial datasets, this provides details about the practical advantages and limitations of each format,helping users to select the appropriate format based on their specific needs and constraints.

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arXiv2024

An Atmospheric Correction Integrated LULC Segmentation Model for High-Resolution Satellite Imagery

The integration of fine-scale multispectral imagery with deep learning models has revolutionized land use and land cover (LULC) classification. However, the atmospheric effects present in Top-of-Atmosphere sensor measured Digital Number values must be corrected to retrieve accurate Bottom-of-Atmosphere surface reflectance for reliable analysis. This study employs look-up-table-based radiative transfer simulations to estimate the atmospheric path reflectance and transmittance for atmospherically correcting high-resolution CARTOSAT-3 Multispectral (MX) imagery for several Indian cities. The corrected surface reflectance data were subsequently used in supervised and semi-supervised segmentation models, demonstrating stability in multi-class (buildings, roads, trees and water bodies) LULC segmentation accuracy, particularly in scenarios with sparsely labelled data.

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arXiv2024

Cross Pseudo Supervision Framework for Sparsely Labelled Geospatial Images

Land Use Land Cover (LULC) mapping is a vital tool for urban and resource planning, playing a key role in the development of innovative and sustainable cities. This study introduces a semi-supervised segmentation model for LULC prediction using high-resolution satellite images with a vast diversity of data distributions in different areas of India. Our approach ensures a robust generalization across different types of buildings, roads, trees, and water bodies within these distinct areas. We propose a modified Cross Pseudo Supervision framework to train image segmentation models on sparsely labelled data. The proposed framework addresses the limitations of the famous 'Cross Pseudo Supervision' technique for semi-supervised learning, specifically tackling the challenges of training segmentation models on noisy satellite image data with sparse and inaccurate labels. This comprehensive approach significantly enhances the accuracy and utility of LULC mapping, providing valuable insights for urban and resource planning applications.

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arXiv2023

Estimating time of arrival of vehicle fleets with GCN based traffic prediction

This paper presents an effective framework for estimating time of arrival of vehicles (buses) in an Intelligent Transit Management System (ITMS) having sparse position updates. Our contributions towards this is firstly in implementing a constrained optimization based road linestring segmenting framework ensuring ideal segment lengths and segments with sufficient density of vehicle position measurements which will result in valid statistics for scenarios involving sparse position measurements. Over this we propose a comprehensive approach for predicting traffic delays and estimated time of vehicle arrival addressing both the spatial and temporal dependencies of traffic. The traffic delay model is built on top of the T-GCN architecture on which we optimally augment an adjacency matrix which models a complexly connected road network considering the degree of influence between road segments, enabling the traffic delay model to look beyond physical road connectivity in predicting traffic delays and therefore producing better estimates of arrival times to points along the designated route of the vehicles.

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arXiv2020

Robust and Scalable Techniques for TWR and TDoA based localization using Ultra Wide Band Radios

Current trends in autonomous vehicles and their applications indicates an increasing need in positioning at low battery and compute cost. Lidars provide accurate localization at the cost of high compute and power consumption which could be detrimental for drones. Modern requirements for autonomous drones such as No-Permit-No-Takeoff (NPNT) and applications restricting drones to a corridor require the infrastructure to constantly determine the location of the drone. Ultra Wide Band Radios (UWB) fulfill such requirements and offer high precision localization and fast position update rates at a fraction of the cost and battery consumption as compared to lidars and also have greater network availability than GPS in a dense forested campus or an indoor setting. We present in this paper a novel protocol and technique to localize a drone for such applications using a Time Difference of Arrival (TDoA) approach. This further increases the position update rates without sacrificing on accuracy and compare it to traditional methods

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