DHS to fund research into machine learning for airport security
The Department of Homeland Security's (DHS) Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) program is working with a small business to advance explosive detection equipment. Synthetik Applied Technologies was awarded funding to develop machine learning training data that simulates human travelers and baggage object models to support machine learning algorithms.
Though the efforts started before the COVID-19 pandemic, DHS says the research is even more relevant as social distancing and other protective measures are put into place in order to minimize the exposure and contact between TSA officers and passengers.