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Tuesday, 27 July 2010

Room Lomond Suite
08:50 Opening Remarks
09:00-10:00 Plenary speaker
Dr. Andrew Blake, Deputy Managing Director at the Microsoft Research, Microsoft , UK
Room Tinto Moorfoot Kilsyth Harris 1 & 2 Carrick 1 & 2 Carrick 3 Ochill 1 & 2 Ochill 3
10:30 -12:10 Finite set statistics / PHD filter I Multiple target tracking Tracking applications I (RF) Belief functions I Networks: Tracking/localisations I Detection and signal processing Multistatic Tracking I  
13:10-14:50 Finite set statistics / PHD filter II Track fusion and out-of-sequence measurements Tracking applications II (bearings only) Recognition and prediction of intent Networks: Tracking/localisations II Classification and learning Multistatic Tracking II  
15:20 -16:40 Finite set statistics / PHD filter III Distributed fusion and tracking Tracking applications III (passive sensors) Situation assessment and anomaly detection Networks: Registration/denoising Classification and automatic target recognition Multistatic Tracking III  

Wednesday, 28 July 2010

Room Lomond Suite
09:00-10:00 Uncertainty Forum
Session Objective: Describe options for representation of uncertainty in open-world situations with hard (physics-based) and soft (human-based) sensors tracking hard and soft targets

Chairs:
Simon Maskell, QinetiQ, UK & John Lavery, US Army Research Office, USA

Speakers:
Jean Dézert, French Aerospace Lab, France, Peter Gill, University of Liverpool, UK, Simon Godsill, University of Cambridge, UK, Arnaud Martin, Ensieta, France, David Mercier, University of Artois, France
Room Tinto Moorfoot Kilsyth Harris 1 & 2 Carrick 1 & 2 Carrick 3 Ochill 1 & 2 Ochill 3
10:30 -12:10 Particle filters I Multi-model / multi-hypothesis tracking Applications IV (navigation) Allocation and resource management Networks: Distributed fusion Hybrid techniques for robust data fusion Derivative free methods I Data mining and decision analysis
13:10-14:50 Particle filters II Performance evaluation I (multiple target tracking) Applications V (multilateration & ground moving target indication tracking) Defence / intelligence applications I Networks: Theory/management Advances and applications of DSmT for information Fusion Derivative free methods II Multidisciplinary research in hard and soft information fusion I
15:20-17:00 Nonlinear estimation Performance evaluation II (fusion) Image detection and tracking Belief functions II   Analysis and prediction of human behaviour by sensor networks Search planning and operations Multidisciplinary research in hard and soft information fusion II

Thursday, 29 July 2010

Room Lomond Suite
09:00-10:00 Plenary speaker
Dr. Paul Newman, Reader in Engineering Science, Head of the Mobile Robotics Group, Dept. Engineering Science, University of Oxford , UK
Room Tinto Moorfoot Kilsyth Harris 1 & 2 Carrick 1 & 2 Carrick 3 (30) Ochill 1 & 2 Ochill 3
10:30 -12:10 Estimator developments I Data association Image fusion Trust / confidence / knowledge representation Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) detection/classification I Extended object and group tracking I Advances in high-level information fusion design I Issues and challenges in higher level fusion: Threat/impact assessment and intent modeling
13:10-14:50 Estimator developments II Intelligent systems for context-based information fusion I Applications VI: including localisation Fusion/theory developments Chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear and explosive (CBRNE) detection/classification II Extended object and group tracking II Advances in high-level information fusion design II  
15:20-17:00 Object recognition and tracking in asymmetric scenarios: From physical to non-physical in both target type and sensing node Intelligent systems for context-based information fusion I Applications VII: including vehicle tracking Defence / intelligence applications II Information fusion by imprecise probabilities Transport and logistics Environmental and medical