Asters Inc

About us

Active-Shooter Tracking and Evacuation Routing for Survival (ASTERS)

An end-to-end AI-powered real-time public safety system to mitigate active-shooter crises.

State-of-the Art Computer Vision Model

Real-time Optimization Algorithms

Efficient Communication of live-saving information

Scalable and cost-effective Deployment

Our Story

We are on a mission to make our homeland safer

Intelligent and intuitive software to aid life-saving decision-making in homeland security applications.

Spun out of NSF project, recently funded by DHS Center of Excellence

Actively working with school partners, law enforcement, and DHS

Ongoing research and development with leading researchers

API-based SaaS for scalable enterprise applications

Tech Stack

5 years of cutting-edge research leading to state-of-the-art intellectual property

Computer Vision

Our proprietary gun detection algorithm gives SOTA accuracy.

Routing Optimization

AI routing algorithms have been shown to result in better safety.

Communication

LEDs displaying dynamic signs provides life-saving information.

Deployment

Edge computers and innovative data architecture makes it scalable.

Our team

Meet our founding team and get to know their backgrounds

Subhadeep Chakraborty

Co-founder and CEO

Soumik Sarkar

Co-founder and CTO

Gopaledu Pal

Co-founder and CBO

Aniirudh Ramesh

Co-founder and Head of AI

Joshua Waite

Co-founder and Head of Software

Suraj Joshi

Founding Engineer

Featured

Some of the media coverage our work has gotten

WBIR Channel 10 News Reporter Olivia Dague speaks to UT researchers using AI technology to help people escape active shooter situations

MABE's Subhadeep Chakraborty Hopes To Improve Outcomes in Active Shooter Situations With ASTERS. The project is being funded by the NSF, has also received written support by UT police at both the Knoxville and Chattanooga campuses

CCI News interviewed professor Stephen Gilbert at Iowa State University about the project, and displayed some video from the research team's virtual school. To read the full story, please visit their site at KCCI News.

Active-Shooter Tracking and Evacuation Routing for Survival (ASTERS)

We are on a mission to make our homeland safer

5 years of cutting-edge research leading to state-of-the-art intellectual property

Watch how system works

Meet our founding team and get to know their backgrounds

Some of the media coverage our work has gotten

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