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A 35 GHz ground reconnaissance CW radar

Zhang Jun; Zhao Jin Hua Microwave and Millimeter Wave Technology Proceedings, 1998. ICMMT '98. 1998 International Conference on, 1998

A ground reconnaissance radar system described in this paper can provide all- weather, day-night surveillance and searching of vehicles, pedestrian and moving targets on ground. The system operates in CW mode and employs a solid- state transmitter with transmitting power of 0.5 W. The radar operates at Ka- band with high resolution in range and velocity measurement

Transitions between level flight and hovering for a fixed-wing mini aerial vehicle

Vincent Myrand-Lapierre; André Desbiens; Eric Gagnon; Frank Wong; Éric Poulin Proceedings of the 2010 American Control Conference, 2010

This article describes a control strategy to bridge the autonomous transition between level and hovering flight of a fixed-wing mini-aerial vehicle. These autonomous transitions, combined with the level-flight and hovering modes, would permit dangerous missions like reconnaissance in hostile or restricted areas. Then, there are four flight modes during a mission : the level-flight, the level-flight to hovering (L2H), the ...

Sediment Profile Imaging: An Efficient Method of Remote Ecological Monitoring of the Seafloor (REMOTS^TMSYSTEM)

D. Rhoads; J. Germano; L. Boyer OCEANS 81, 1981

The Rhoads-Cande profile photographic camera and its updated version, the video REMOTS (Remote Ecological Monitoring of the Seafloor) system, are described for in situ remote monitoring of the seafloor. These systems allow one to identify temporal and spatial changes in both the benthic fauna and physical-chemical aspects of the sedimentary environment. Image interpretation is based on a model which allows ...

LFM signal detection based on STFT and frequency-domain GOSBOS-CFAR in low SNR

Duan Yu; Su Shaoying 2013 IEEE International Conference of IEEE Region 10 (TENCON 2013), 2013

According to the continuous time-frequency characteristic of linear frequency modulated (LFM) signals, a detection method based on Short-Time Fourier Transform (STFT) and a new Constant False Alarm Rate (CFAR) detector is proposed. The input signals are short-time Fourier transformed to achieve coherent integration of frequency-shift sample sequences with complex envelopes, modular square of which are to be CFAR detected in ...

Active deception model for securing cloud infrastructure

Albert Brzeczko; A. Selcuk Uluagac; Raheem Beyah; John Copeland 2014 IEEE Conference on Computer Communications Workshops (INFOCOM WKSHPS), 2014

The proliferation of cloud computing over the past several years has led to a variety of new use cases and enabling technologies for enterprise and consumer applications. Increased reliance on cloud-based platforms has also necessitated an increased emphasis on securing the services and data hosted within those platforms. From a security standpoint, an advantage of cloud platforms over traditional production ...

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• Acknowledgments

  The maps in this book are drawn with satellites, assembled with pixels radioed from outer space, and constructed from statistics; they record situations of intense conflict and express fundamental transformations in our ways of seeing and of experiencing space. These maps are built with Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote sensing satellites, or Geographic Information Systems (GIS): digital spatial hardware and software designed for such military and governmental uses as reconnaissance, secrecy, monitoring, ballistics, the census, and national security. Rather than shying away from the politics and complexities of their intended uses, in Close Up at a Distance Laura Kurgan attempts to illuminate them. Poised at the intersection of art, architecture, activism, and geography, her analysis uncovers the implicit biases of the new views, the means of recording information they present, and the new spaces they have opened up. Her presentation of these maps reclaims, repurposes, and discovers new and even inadvertent uses for them, including documentary, memorial, preservation, interpretation, political, or simply aesthetic. GPS has been available to both civilians and the military since 1991; the World Wide Web democratized the distribution of data in 1992; Google Earth has captured global bird's-eye views since 2005. Technology has brought about a revolutionary shift in our ability to navigate, inhabit, and define the spatial realm. The traces of interactions, both physical and virtual, charted by the maps in Close Up at a Distance define this shift.

• Index

  **A unique guide to the state of the art of tracking, classification, and sensor management** This book addresses the tremendous progress made over the last few decades in algorithm development and mathematical analysis for filtering, multi-target multi-sensor tracking, sensor management and control, and target classification. It provides for the first time an integrated treatment of these advanced topics, complete with careful mathematical formulation, clear description of the theory, and real-world applications. Written by experts in the field, _Integrated Tracking, Classification, and Sensor Management_ provides readers with easy access to key Bayesian modeling and filtering methods, multi-target tracking approaches, target classification procedures, and large scale sensor management problem-solving techniques. Features include: * An accessible coverage of random finite set based multi-target filtering algorithms such as the Probability Hypothesi Density filters and multi-Bernoulli filters with focus on problem solving * A succinct overview of the track-oriented MHT that comprehensively collates all significant developments in filtering and tracking * A state-of-the-art algorithm for hybrid Bayesian network (BN) inference that is efficient and scalable for complex classification models * New structural results in stochastic sensor scheduling and algorithms for dynamic sensor scheduling and management * Coverage of the posterior Cramer-Rao lower bound (PCRLB) for target tracking and sensor management * Insight into cutting-edge military and civilian applications, including intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) With its emphasis on the latest research results, _Integrated Tracking, Classification, and Sensor Management_ is an invaluable guide for researchers and practitioners in statistical signal processing, radar systems, operations research, and control the ry.

• Projects

  The maps in this book are drawn with satellites, assembled with pixels radioed from outer space, and constructed from statistics; they record situations of intense conflict and express fundamental transformations in our ways of seeing and of experiencing space. These maps are built with Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote sensing satellites, or Geographic Information Systems (GIS): digital spatial hardware and software designed for such military and governmental uses as reconnaissance, secrecy, monitoring, ballistics, the census, and national security. Rather than shying away from the politics and complexities of their intended uses, in Close Up at a Distance Laura Kurgan attempts to illuminate them. Poised at the intersection of art, architecture, activism, and geography, her analysis uncovers the implicit biases of the new views, the means of recording information they present, and the new spaces they have opened up. Her presentation of these maps reclaims, repurposes, and discovers new and even inadvertent uses for them, including documentary, memorial, preservation, interpretation, political, or simply aesthetic. GPS has been available to both civilians and the military since 1991; the World Wide Web democratized the distribution of data in 1992; Google Earth has captured global bird's-eye views since 2005. Technology has brought about a revolutionary shift in our ability to navigate, inhabit, and define the spatial realm. The traces of interactions, both physical and virtual, charted by the maps in Close Up at a Distance define this shift.

• Introduction

  The maps in this book are drawn with satellites, assembled with pixels radioed from outer space, and constructed from statistics; they record situations of intense conflict and express fundamental transformations in our ways of seeing and of experiencing space. These maps are built with Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote sensing satellites, or Geographic Information Systems (GIS): digital spatial hardware and software designed for such military and governmental uses as reconnaissance, secrecy, monitoring, ballistics, the census, and national security. Rather than shying away from the politics and complexities of their intended uses, in Close Up at a Distance Laura Kurgan attempts to illuminate them. Poised at the intersection of art, architecture, activism, and geography, her analysis uncovers the implicit biases of the new views, the means of recording information they present, and the new spaces they have opened up. Her presentation of these maps reclaims, repurposes, and discovers new and even inadvertent uses for them, including documentary, memorial, preservation, interpretation, political, or simply aesthetic. GPS has been available to both civilians and the military since 1991; the World Wide Web democratized the distribution of data in 1992; Google Earth has captured global bird's-eye views since 2005. Technology has brought about a revolutionary shift in our ability to navigate, inhabit, and define the spatial realm. The traces of interactions, both physical and virtual, charted by the maps in Close Up at a Distance define this shift.

• Radar Principles

  Advances in radar system hardware and software have enabled radar systems to detect, differentiate, classify, image, and track the range, altitude, direction, or velocity of multiple moving or fixed targets simultaneously. A radar system has a receiver intended to detect the reflected electromagnetic waves, indicating an object with a different dielectric constant in the propagation direction. Doppler radar is typically used to detect moving targets, and estimate their velocity. Security systems motion detectors and door openers are common uses of Doppler radar???based motion detectors. There are two basic radar configurations based on the spatial relationship between the transmitting and receiving antennas: monostatic and bistatic. The major areas of radar application are briefly described, including military defense and weapons systems, remote monitoring of the Earth's surface, the ocean, and other planets, reconnaissance imaging, ground???penetrating radar for archeological expeditions, weather surveillance, air traffic control, and others.

• Problems of Barrier and Sweep Coverage in Corridor Environments

  This chapter theoretically develops decentralized control laws for the coordination of a mobile robotic sensor network to address the barrier and sweep coverage problems in corridor environments. The barrier and sweep coverage include, but are not limited to, a military; for example, barrier coverage can be applied to mine deployment and sentry duty; whereas sweep coverage can be used in multi-sensor minesweeping, reconnaissance, maintenance inspection, and ship hull cleaning. The proposed control algorithms are applicable to real-time coverage operations. The control algorithms are illustrated by numerical simulations. Even though the theoretical results on the developed control algorithms are proved for straight corridors, computer simulations demonstrate that the algorithms are effective in curved corridors as well.

• Lexicon

  The maps in this book are drawn with satellites, assembled with pixels radioed from outer space, and constructed from statistics; they record situations of intense conflict and express fundamental transformations in our ways of seeing and of experiencing space. These maps are built with Global Positioning Systems (GPS), remote sensing satellites, or Geographic Information Systems (GIS): digital spatial hardware and software designed for such military and governmental uses as reconnaissance, secrecy, monitoring, ballistics, the census, and national security. Rather than shying away from the politics and complexities of their intended uses, in Close Up at a Distance Laura Kurgan attempts to illuminate them. Poised at the intersection of art, architecture, activism, and geography, her analysis uncovers the implicit biases of the new views, the means of recording information they present, and the new spaces they have opened up. Her presentation of these maps reclaims, repurposes, and discovers new and even inadvertent uses for them, including documentary, memorial, preservation, interpretation, political, or simply aesthetic. GPS has been available to both civilians and the military since 1991; the World Wide Web democratized the distribution of data in 1992; Google Earth has captured global bird's-eye views since 2005. Technology has brought about a revolutionary shift in our ability to navigate, inhabit, and define the spatial realm. The traces of interactions, both physical and virtual, charted by the maps in Close Up at a Distance define this shift.

• Categorizing Life and Death: The Denial of Civilians in U.S. Robot Wars

  This chapter contains sections titled: Bug Splat, Computers and Remote- Controlled Wars, Categorizing Civilians, Counting Victims--From Drone Attacks in Pakistan, Capabilities of Reconnaissance: On Differentiating Combatants and Civilians, "To Classify Is Human": On Moral Choices, Notes, References