DOT · DOT-1000034 · record R1229
Automatic Track Change Detection Demonstration and Analysis
Department of Transportation · FRA
Overview
- Development stage
- In development or acquisitionSource: a) Pre-deployment – The use case is in a development or acquisition status.
- High-impact designation
- Not high-impactSource: c) Not high-impact
- Impact justification
- Not reported
- Start date
- Not reported
- Withheld from public reporting
- NoSource: a) No
Mission
- Topic area
- Transportation
- Operational functions
- No function tag matched Derived by keyword rules; see methodology
Problem the AI is intended to solve
Description: DeepCNet-based neural network to identify and classify track-related features (e.g., track components, such as fasteners and ties) for ""change detection"" applications. Input: Line-scan images from rail-bound inspection systems.
Expected benefits
Not reported
System outputs
Notification of changes from status quo or between different inspections based on geolocation.
Technology
- AI classification
- Other
- System name(s)
- Not reported
- Custom-developed code
- No
- Public source code
- Not reported
Sourcing
- How it was built
- Not reported
- Vendor (as reported)
- Not reported
- Vendors (standardized)
- None on the standard list
A vendor is the supplier named by the agency. It does not identify the underlying model or AI technology.
Data and privacy
- Involves PII
- Not reported
- Privacy Impact Assessment
- No
- Authorization to Operate
- Not reported
- Demographic features
- Not reported
- Training and evaluation data
- Not reported
- Federal Data Catalog
- Not reported
Governance
0 of 8 minimum-practice questions answered. A blank answer means the agency reported nothing; it does not mean the practice is absent.
Pre-deployment testingNo answer reported
AI impact assessmentNo answer reported
Independent reviewNo answer reported
Ongoing monitoringNo answer reported
Operator trainingNo answer reported
Fail-safeNo answer reported
Appeal processNo answer reported
User and public consultationNo answer reported
Potential impacts and how they were identified
Not reported