Intelligent Large Scale Sensing Systems ILS 3 initiative

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Intelligent Large Scale Sensing Systems (ILS 3) initiative Initiative Status and Activities Kevin M.

Intelligent Large Scale Sensing Systems (ILS 3) initiative Initiative Status and Activities Kevin M. Mc. Neill, Ph. D Research Assoc. Professor Director, Computer Engineering Research Laboratory Electrical & Computer Engineering University of Arizona

Agenda • • Guiding Model Progress – Collaborative Laboratory – Integration with Education –

Agenda • • Guiding Model Progress – Collaborative Laboratory – Integration with Education – Research Projects • Next Steps

Sensor Networks & Fusion Levels Abstraction Level Knowledge, Decision Support Visualization Process Refinement Situation

Sensor Networks & Fusion Levels Abstraction Level Knowledge, Decision Support Visualization Process Refinement Situation Refinement Entity Refinement Raw, Low-level observation events Source Preprocessing Sensing Observations Joint Directors of Laboratories (JDL) Fusion Model – (Do. D Labs) We a re in teres in sy te s 1, 000 tems wi d th s of s enso rs

Progress • ILS 3 Collaborative Laboratory (ECE 405) – Obtained sensor development kits –

Progress • ILS 3 Collaborative Laboratory (ECE 405) – Obtained sensor development kits – Initiated development of the sensor test-bed for our confined space tracking problem – Sent students to training on sensor platforms – Initiated discussion for collaboration with Computer Science • Submitted $2. 5 M NSF multi-investigator proposal for sensing systems research • Developing $5 M NSF proposal in collaboration with industry for sensor related mobile networking – Software defined radio – Programmable radios – DARPA ne. Xt Generation (XG) spectrum management

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Integration with Education ork w e ram E 678 F e r EC ctu e n t i i h d pe Arc nts o l e e d v u st de g D n h i P e b & S M by

Progress • Finalizing details for Sensor Fusion Research project Funding of ~$200 K –

Progress • Finalizing details for Sensor Fusion Research project Funding of ~$200 K – Negotiating donation of ~$1 M in computing equipment – Will deploy multi-layer fusion system in the ILS 3 Collaborative Laboratory – Primary focus is Layer 2 fusion • Database representing 4 hours of sensor event messages for a “scenario” provided by the sponsor • Goal: create AI-based algorithms to achieve Level 2 fusion across hundreds of elements (with thousands of observations) in real-time • Includes strong Visualization element – Sponsor by USArmy Battle Labs – Potential partners: SGI, Apple, USA Information Systems Engineering Command

Brute Force Fusion Research

Brute Force Fusion Research

NEXT STEPS • Finish outfitting the collaborative Lab – Complete the sensor test-bed –

NEXT STEPS • Finish outfitting the collaborative Lab – Complete the sensor test-bed – Demonstrate working system • Set up Brute Force Fusion project

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Thank You