SMI2G MEETING 2014 SME RTD partner presentation Name: Harry Tsahalis Head of R&D and Business Development 1

RTD Partner In-house R&T R&T consultancy (specialized) Research & Development Applications / Solutions development and services Measurement applications and services (Experimental, Industrial, & Safety) Commercial – Technical Sensing & Actuation Data acquisition Data loggers DSP Software Other Instrumentation Sales/Support IC-SCCE conference series IC-SCCE IC-EpsMsO conference series IC-EpsMsO Dissemination & Networking Aeronautics & AviationSurface TransportICTSecurityEnergyEnvironment Process / Manufacturing industry 2

Critical Infrastructure Protection DRS : Critical Infrastructure Protection topic 6 Improving the Aviation security chain DRS /2015: Critical infrastructure protection topic 7 SME instrument topic - “Protection of urban soft targets and urban critical infrastructures” Maritime Border Security BES : Maritime Border Security topic 1 Radar systems for the surveillance of coastal and pre-frontier areas and in support of search and rescue operations BES : Maritime Border Security topic 3 Light optionally piloted vehicles (and sensors) for maritime surveillance Ethical / Societal Dimension FCT : Ethical/Societal Dimension Topic 1 Factors affecting (in-) security BES : Ethical Societal Dimension topic 1 Human factors in border control Urban Security FCT : Urban security topic 2 Countering the terrorist use of an explosive threat, across the timeline of a plot, including the detection of explosives in a flow FCT Urban security topic 3 Minimum intrusion tools for de-escalation during mass gatherings improving citizens’ protection 3

CONTACT Harry Tsahalis

Computational – Artificial Intelligence Modeling - SimulationControlAnalysisOther applications Evolutionary Computation – Multi-objective optimization DesignLayout - TopologyAnalysis – Decision making Workflow (Tasks, Simulatrions) Control Optimization of Sensor / Actuation Networks Human Response Modeling Objective + Subjective parameters Human Perception Modeling – Assessment – Monitoring – Control Acoustics & Vibration Measurements – Processing – Analysis Monitoring – Control – Diagnostics Human Factors 5

Adaptronics Active Vibration Control Active Structural Vibration Control Active Noise Control Structural Health Monitoring Active Flow Control Sensor and/or Actuator Networks Optimization Combined Systems Model-independent Adaptronics NO A-priori Expertise required NO Models required On-line System Set-Up & Operation AVC – ANC – SHM – AFC applications Combined Systems Detection - Tracking - Trajectory Prediction e.g., RADAR-basede.g., ACOUSTICS-based OTHER TOPICS Fault Detection & Health Monitoring applications Renewable Energies (incl. Co-/Tri- generation) Petroleum industry (incl. oil spill/pollution) 6

Critical Infrastructure Protection Active Monitoring – Protection Systems (SHM, AVC) Civil Security Monitoring Platform Airport Terminals Surveillance Acoustic-based Event/Threat Detection Human Response Modeling Sensor-based Response / Environment assessment Aircraft / Airlines context – for Passengers, Cabin crews, Pilots Human Response Modeling ‘Human Perception’ in Aircraft Virtual design loop Human-centred Layout / Environment systems Design AERONAUTICS ICT Harmonic Radar for Automotive SW - VRUs Tracking – Trajectory Prediction ICT Multi- objective Optimization ICT Multi- objective Optimization IST-NMP Multi- objective Optimization Info & Links: 7

8 Health Effects in Aircraft Cabin Environment HOMER – Human Ontology Model for it’s Environmental Response Artificial Neural Networks (ANNs) –based model comprising of broad range Environmental (interior environment) + Medical-Physiological + Psychological-Sociological parameters for Aircraft Users Comfort-Health- Performance Simulation, Measurement, Assessment Collaborative & Robust Engineering using Simulation Capability Enabling Next Design Optimisation HOMER – Human Ontology Model for it’s Environmental Response New process for more inclusive and accelerated Human-centered Aircraft Cabin Environmental Control System(s) Design and Optimization, i.e., Multifaceted Virtual Human rating of ECS systems designs

9 Active Vibration Control example Actuator-induced vibration Pressure wave-induced vibration Active Control Systems Active Vibration Control systems Active Noise Control systems (incl. Active Structural Acoustic Control) Structural Health Monitoring (Passive and/or Active) Active Flow Control AUTOMATED

10 Radar Data Simulated Data Tag / Conventional Real Position Noise Reduction Clutter / Noise Thresholds: Linear, Exponential, Adaptive Extract - Detect Grid area max/peak Adjacent Cell calc. Discretization Noise Associate Gates & False “plots” “Plot”-to-Track Association Handle Orphan “plots” Handle Abandoned Tracks Track & Predict Estimate Current State Predict next state Longer Trajectory Forecast Detect more features