Synthetic Data Validation for Airport Security Threat Detection Algorithms
DfTc - Department for Transport · Awarded contract
AwardedSynthetic Data Validation for Airport Security Threat Detection Algorithms
Awarded 26 Nov 2021
Ended 4y 7mo ago4mo term
Awarded 26 Nov 2021Expired 30 Mar 2022
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DfTc - Department for Transport awarded a contract to N/A for the development of a means to synthetically create and validate data that is identical and indistinguishable from data generated by scanning real objects in security systems.
The purpose is to support the development of algorithms for automated detection of security threats, addressing the need for large volumes of data—including both threats and innocuous items—to ensure algorithm performance does not impede airport operational needs.
The contract value is £120,900.
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