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The Wisdom of 1,170 Teams: Lessons and Experiences from a Large Indoor Localization Competition

  • Yuming Hu
  • , Xiubin Fan
  • , Zhimeng Yin
  • , Feng Qian*
  • , Zhe Ji
  • , Yuanchao Shu
  • , Yeqiang Han
  • , Qiang Xu
  • , Jie Liu
  • , Paramvir Bahl
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Minnesota Twin Cities
  • City University of Hong Kong
  • XYZ10
  • Zhejiang University
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
  • Microsoft USA

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Abstract

We organized an online fingerprint-based indoor localization competition in 2021. It attracted 1,170 teams worldwide. The teams were provided with a 60 GB dataset including WiFi, BLE, IMU, and geomagnetic field strength data collected from 204 buildings to build their localization algorithms, which were then evaluated against a separate test dataset. The competition received 28,009 submissions. The top team achieved an average accuracy of 1.50m. This paper reports the lessons we learned from analyzing the submissions, as well as our experiences in organizing the competition, through both qualitatively studying the teams' algorithms and quantitatively characterizing the competition results.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings of the 29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, ACM MobiCom 2023
PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
Pages566-580
Number of pages15
ISBN (Electronic)9781450399906
DOIs
StatePublished - 2 Oct 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MobiCom 2023 - Madrid, Spain
Duration: 2 Oct 20236 Oct 2023

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MOBICOM
ISSN (Print)1543-5679

Conference

Conference29th Annual International Conference on Mobile Computing and Networking, MobiCom 2023
Country/TerritorySpain
CityMadrid
Period2/10/236/10/23

Keywords

  • fingerprinting
  • indoor localization
  • online competition

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