Ebook: Harbour Protection Through Data Fusion Technologies

An Advanced Research Workshop (ARW) “Data Fusion Technologies for Harbour Protection” was held in Tallinn, Estonia 27 June–1 July, 2005. This workshop was organized by request of the NATO Security Through Science Programme and the Defence Investment Division. An ARW is one of many types of funded group support mechanisms established by the NATO Science Committee to contribute to the critical assessment of existing knowledge on new important topics, to identify directions for future research, and to promote close working relationships between scientists from different countries and with different professional experiences. The NATO Science Committee was approved at a meeting of the Heads of Government of the Alliance in December 1957, subsequent to the 1956 recommendation of “Three Wise Men” – Foreign Ministers Lange (Norway), Martino (Italy) and Pearson (Canada) on Non-Military Cooperation in NATO. The NATO Science Committee established the NATO Science Programme in 1958 to encourage and support scientific collaboration between individual scientists and to foster scientific development in its member states. In 1999, following the end of the Cold War, the Science Programme was transformed so that support is now devoted to collaboration between Partner-country and NATO-country scientists or to contributing towards research support in Partner countries. Since 2004, the Science Programme was further modified to focus exclusively on NATO Priority Research Topics (i. e. Defence Against Terrorism or Countering Other Threats to Security) and also preferably on a Partner country priority area.

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This volume includes the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Tallinn, Estonia, June 27-July 1, 2005 entitled Data Fusion Technologies for Harbour Protection. The aim of the ARW was to understand the requirements and procedures for ensuring security at a Harbour/Port and analyse how the Data Fusion Technology can enhance the situational awareness and help improve performance for Harbour Protection.

The ARW brought together harbour security domain experts (administrators, policy makers, etc.) with a group of technology experts of international standing in Data/Information Fusion and detection technology in order to provide a mutual understanding of needs and capabilities related to Harbour protection.

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This volume includes the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Tallinn, Estonia, June 27-July 1, 2005 entitled Data Fusion Technologies for Harbour Protection. The aim of the ARW was to understand the requirements and procedures for ensuring security at a Harbour/Port and analyse how the Data Fusion Technology can enhance the situational awareness and help improve performance for Harbour Protection.

The ARW brought together harbour security domain experts (administrators, policy makers, etc.) with a group of technology experts of international standing in Data/Information Fusion and detection technology in order to provide a mutual understanding of needs and capabilities related to Harbour protection.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
CEP and Transport PB&Cs....Pages 1-5
Implementation of the ISPS Code in Norwegian Ports....Pages 7-12
Practical Implementation of the ISPS Code in the French Seaports....Pages 13-16
PBIST and Its Projects, with Focus on Port Security....Pages 17-21
Implementation of the ISPS Code in the Russian Federation: Ships and Ports....Pages 23-26
Steps to Better Waterside Port and Harbor Security: The Development of Regional Maritime Safety Systems in the Russian Federation....Pages 27-32
Police National Maritime Security Strategy....Pages 33-36
Harbour Protection in the Jordanian Port of Aqaba....Pages 37-41
Feasibility Study on Surveillance and Interdiction Technologies for the Port of Halifax....Pages 43-51
Maritime Surveillance Information Availability in Estonia....Pages 53-60
Case Study: The Reality of DF Technology Transition for Maritime Domain Awareness with a Focus on Container Security....Pages 61-68
Cerberus....Pages 69-70
Emerging Sensor Technologies and Metrics for Harbour Security....Pages 71-77
Low Power Modular Sonar Systems....Pages 79-86
An Unconstrained View of the Employment and Exploitation of Defence Data Fusion Technologies for Harbour Protection....Pages 87-93
An Approach to Threat Assessment....Pages 95-108
Harbour Protection and Higher Level Fusion: Issues and Approaches....Pages 109-118
Perceptual Reasoning Managed Situation Assessment for Harbour Protection....Pages 119-126
Understanding Military Information Processing — An Approach to Support Intelligence in Defence and Security....Pages 127-137
Applying Decision Support and Data/Information Fusion/Management Concepts for Emergency Response in the Context of Harbour Protection....Pages 139-159
Analyses of the Concept of Trust in Information Fusion and Situation Assessment....Pages 161-170
Issues with Developing Situation and Threat Assessment Capabilities....Pages 171-179
Distributed Data Fusion and Maritime Domain Awareness for Harbour Protection....Pages 181-190
Intelligent Geo-Information Systems and Harbour Protection....Pages 191-198
Using Modeling and Simulation as a Framework for Testing New Solutions Devoted to Securing Global Flows of Goods and People....Pages 199-208
Fusion of Information from Disparate Electro-Optical Imagers for Maritime Surveillance....Pages 209-221
Automatic Video Surveillance of Harbour Structures....Pages 223-231
Heterogeneous Sensors Data Fusion Issues for Harbour Security....Pages 233-241
Ship Detection and Characterization Using Polarimetric SAR Data....Pages 243-250
Quick Joint Detection and Fusion Applications in Passive Surveillance Systems....Pages 251-257
The Quiet Interlude Processing System (QuIPS) — An Automated Data Fusion Capability for Littoral Environments....Pages 259-265
Sensor Data Processing for Tracking Underwater Threats Using Terascale Optical Core Devices....Pages 267-282
A New Neural Approach for Pattern Recognition in Space Imagery....Pages 283-289
Concurrent Self-Organizing Maps — A Powerful Artificial Neural Tool for Biometric Technology....Pages 291-298
Sensor-Fusion in Neural Networks....Pages 299-306
Target Identification Based on DSmT....Pages 307-316
Particle Filter Application to Localization....Pages 317-327
Restrictive Estimation in Tracking Problems....Pages 329-336
Findings of the NATO Workshop on Data Fusion Technologies for Harbour Protection....Pages 337-351
Back Matter....Pages 353-360

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This volume includes the proceedings of the NATO Advanced Research Workshop held in Tallinn, Estonia, June 27-July 1, 2005 entitled Data Fusion Technologies for Harbour Protection. The aim of the ARW was to understand the requirements and procedures for ensuring security at a Harbour/Port and analyse how the Data Fusion Technology can enhance the situational awareness and help improve performance for Harbour Protection.

The ARW brought together harbour security domain experts (administrators, policy makers, etc.) with a group of technology experts of international standing in Data/Information Fusion and detection technology in order to provide a mutual understanding of needs and capabilities related to Harbour protection.

Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
CEP and Transport PB&Cs....Pages 1-5
Implementation of the ISPS Code in Norwegian Ports....Pages 7-12
Practical Implementation of the ISPS Code in the French Seaports....Pages 13-16
PBIST and Its Projects, with Focus on Port Security....Pages 17-21
Implementation of the ISPS Code in the Russian Federation: Ships and Ports....Pages 23-26
Steps to Better Waterside Port and Harbor Security: The Development of Regional Maritime Safety Systems in the Russian Federation....Pages 27-32
Police National Maritime Security Strategy....Pages 33-36
Harbour Protection in the Jordanian Port of Aqaba....Pages 37-41
Feasibility Study on Surveillance and Interdiction Technologies for the Port of Halifax....Pages 43-51
Maritime Surveillance Information Availability in Estonia....Pages 53-60
Case Study: The Reality of DF Technology Transition for Maritime Domain Awareness with a Focus on Container Security....Pages 61-68
Cerberus....Pages 69-70
Emerging Sensor Technologies and Metrics for Harbour Security....Pages 71-77
Low Power Modular Sonar Systems....Pages 79-86
An Unconstrained View of the Employment and Exploitation of Defence Data Fusion Technologies for Harbour Protection....Pages 87-93
An Approach to Threat Assessment....Pages 95-108
Harbour Protection and Higher Level Fusion: Issues and Approaches....Pages 109-118
Perceptual Reasoning Managed Situation Assessment for Harbour Protection....Pages 119-126
Understanding Military Information Processing — An Approach to Support Intelligence in Defence and Security....Pages 127-137
Applying Decision Support and Data/Information Fusion/Management Concepts for Emergency Response in the Context of Harbour Protection....Pages 139-159
Analyses of the Concept of Trust in Information Fusion and Situation Assessment....Pages 161-170
Issues with Developing Situation and Threat Assessment Capabilities....Pages 171-179
Distributed Data Fusion and Maritime Domain Awareness for Harbour Protection....Pages 181-190
Intelligent Geo-Information Systems and Harbour Protection....Pages 191-198
Using Modeling and Simulation as a Framework for Testing New Solutions Devoted to Securing Global Flows of Goods and People....Pages 199-208
Fusion of Information from Disparate Electro-Optical Imagers for Maritime Surveillance....Pages 209-221
Automatic Video Surveillance of Harbour Structures....Pages 223-231
Heterogeneous Sensors Data Fusion Issues for Harbour Security....Pages 233-241
Ship Detection and Characterization Using Polarimetric SAR Data....Pages 243-250
Quick Joint Detection and Fusion Applications in Passive Surveillance Systems....Pages 251-257
The Quiet Interlude Processing System (QuIPS) — An Automated Data Fusion Capability for Littoral Environments....Pages 259-265
Sensor Data Processing for Tracking Underwater Threats Using Terascale Optical Core Devices....Pages 267-282
A New Neural Approach for Pattern Recognition in Space Imagery....Pages 283-289
Concurrent Self-Organizing Maps — A Powerful Artificial Neural Tool for Biometric Technology....Pages 291-298
Sensor-Fusion in Neural Networks....Pages 299-306
Target Identification Based on DSmT....Pages 307-316
Particle Filter Application to Localization....Pages 317-327
Restrictive Estimation in Tracking Problems....Pages 329-336
Findings of the NATO Workshop on Data Fusion Technologies for Harbour Protection....Pages 337-351
Back Matter....Pages 353-360
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