<s>
The	O
Video	B-Application
and	I-Application
Image	I-Application
Retrieval	I-Application
and	I-Application
Analysis	I-Application
Tool	I-Application
(	O
VIRAT	B-Application
)	O
program	O
is	O
a	O
video	O
surveillance	O
project	O
funded	O
by	O
the	O
Information	O
Processing	O
Technology	O
Office	O
of	O
the	O
Defense	O
Advanced	O
Research	O
Projects	O
Agency	O
(	O
DARPA	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
focus	O
of	O
VIRAT	B-Application
is	O
primarily	O
on	O
footage	O
from	O
UAVs	O
such	O
as	O
the	O
MQ-1	O
Predator	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
goal	O
of	O
VIRAT	B-Application
is	O
to	O
change	O
all	O
of	O
this	O
and	O
have	O
a	O
large	O
portion	O
of	O
the	O
burden	O
taken	O
off	O
of	O
humans	O
,	O
and	O
automating	O
the	O
analysis	O
of	O
surveillance	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
VIRAT	B-Application
will	O
focus	O
heavily	O
on	O
developing	O
means	O
to	O
be	O
able	O
to	O
search	O
through	O
databases	O
containing	O
thousands	O
of	O
hours	O
of	O
video	O
,	O
looking	O
for	O
footage	O
where	O
certain	O
types	O
of	O
activities	O
took	O
place	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
VIRAT	B-Application
will	O
utilize	O
what	O
is	O
currently	O
available	O
for	O
object	O
detection	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
not	O
within	O
the	O
scope	O
of	O
VIRAT	B-Application
to	O
fund	O
research	O
in	O
object	O
detection	O
,	O
unless	O
it	O
is	O
somehow	O
related	O
to	O
identifying	O
certain	O
types	O
of	O
activities	O
,	O
like	O
those	O
mentioned	O
above	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DARPA	O
program	O
manager	O
for	O
the	O
VIRAT	B-Application
project	O
is	O
Dr.	O
Mita	O
Desai	O
.	O
</s>
