FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Plano Intelligence Launches New iNotify Platform that Powers
Award-Winning AI App for Video Monitoring and Identification of Public Safety
Threats
RICHARDSON, Texas –
December 13, 2018 –
iNotify, an artificial intelligence (AI) platform designed to mitigate the risk
of mass shootings and other violent public attacks, is moving out of testing
phase and into production launch.
iNotify
was envisioned and designed by Ashlesha Nesarikar, founder and president of
Plano Intelligence Inc, and developed by a team of young computer scientists
and students from the University of Texas at Dallas. Advised by the university
faculty and technology professionals in the community, the team is driven to
create a strong AI base in the Dallas area.
Beginning
with a smartphone app, the iNotify developers first showcased their technology
at a US Ignite Smart Gigabit Communities competition. Sponsored in part by Tech
Titans and held in Richardson, Texas, the competition offered a $10,000 grant
and access to high-end cloud-based server infrastructure. The iNotify team
earned top honors and used the award to address a pressing public safety
challenge – how to identify guns in prohibited areas in time to help
individuals escape a potential shooting event.
The
iNotify technology works by monitoring live security footage and generating
notification alerts based on cognitive intelligence.
“The
ability to identify a potential threat and use that information to improve
emergency response or avert a crisis altogether is something that public and
private institutions everywhere would like to claim,” said Nesarikar. “With
iNotify, we’re giving people a technology tool to help with that effort; an
automated, intelligent monitoring and alert system that’s scalable and
extensible for a variety of environments.”
The
iNotify platform is a general purpose real-time AI platform that may be adapted
to a variety of customer needs beyond security and personal safety. Other AI
modules for security, privacy, collaboration, audio detection, infrared
tracking, or customers’ own proprietary modules may be added to the platform.
Nesarikar and her team are aware of general risk-averseness surrounding AI
systems, and built the iNotify platform to address it.
“The
need for monitoring, observing, and mitigating known and unknown abhorrent
system behaviors in all AI systems, including false positives, cannot be
overstated, said advisor to the iNotify team, Abhijit Nesarikar, Ph.D. “The iNotify
architecture represents our approach for humans and AI to coexist and
collaborate as it provides visibility into the decision-making process of the
system in real time and compensates for the typically black-box nature of AI.”
iNotify
may be licensed to host as a dedicated solution, or it may be subscribed to as a
PaaS (platform as a service). Plano Intelligence is actively seeking customers
and partners including school administrators, governments, and private
enterprises. Interested individuals should contact:
Ashlesha Nesarikar
President, Plano Intelligence Inc
Tel: (214)718-3171
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