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ARTYCUL used the video streams of closed-circuit televisions (CCTV) cameras installed in such premises to detect human figures, and their coordinates with respect to the camera frames were used to visualize the density of visitors around the specific display items. Such a framework that can display the popularity of artifacts would aid the curators towards a more optimal organization. Moreover, it could also help to gauge if a certain display item were neglected due to incorrect placement. While items of similar interest can be placed in vicinity of each other, an online recommendation system may also use the reputation of an artifact to catch the eye of the visitors. Artificial intelligence-based solutions are well suited for analysis of internet of things (IoT) traffic due to the inherent veracity and volatile nature of the transmissions. The work done for the development of ARTYCUL provided a deeper insight into the avenues for applications of IoT technology to the cultural heritage domain, and suitability of ML to process real-time data at a fast pace. While we also observed common issues that hinder the utilization of IoT in the cultural domain, the proposed framework was designed keeping in mind the same obstacles and a preference for backward compatibility.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/s21041527","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,22]],"date-time":"2021-02-22T20:42:51Z","timestamp":1614026571000},"page":"1527","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":16,"title":["ARTYCUL: A Privacy-Preserving ML-Driven Framework to Determine the Popularity of a Cultural Exhibit on Display"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"21","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-0732-5399","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Gatha","family":"Varma","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Amity Institute of Information Technology, Amity University, Noida 201313, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ritu","family":"Chauhan","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics, Amity University, Noida 201313, India"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-3144-0784","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Eiad","family":"Yafi","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Malaysian Institute of Information Technology, Universiti Kuala Lumpur, Kuala Lumpur 50250, Malaysia"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,2,22]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"13","DOI":"10.1109\/MPRV.2002.1012333","article-title":"From informing to remembering: Ubiquitous systems in interactive museums","volume":"1","author":"Fleck","year":"2002","journal-title":"IEEE Pervasive Comput."},{"key":"ref_2","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"25","DOI":"10.1145\/1921614.1921618","article-title":"A visitor\u2019s guide in an active museum: Presentations, communications, and reflection","volume":"3","author":"Kuflik","year":"2011","journal-title":"J. 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