Tutorial 3
Similarity-based analytics for trajectory data: theory, algorithms and applications
The prevalence of GPS sensors and mobile devices has enabled tracking the movements of almost any
kind of moving objects such as vehicles, humans and animals. As a result, in the past decade we
have witnessed unprecedented increase of trajectory data both in volume and variety. With some
attributes such as variable lengths, uncontrolled quality, high redundancy and uncertainty and so
on, trajectory data challenge the traditional methodologies and practices in many research areas
including data storage and indexing, data mining and analytics, information retrieve, etc.
Trajectory data management has been attracting numerous research interests from both academia and
industry due to its tremendous value and benefits in a variety of critical applications like
traffic analysis, fleet management, trip planning, location-based recommendation, etc. In this
tutorial, we will talk about the challenges, techniques and open problems with the focus on
similarity-based analytics, the foundation of trajectory management, and covering a range of topics
from fundamental theory, algorithms to advanced applications.