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Tuesday, 27 July 2010
Room: Lomond Suite
08:50 Welcome address:
Stefano Coraluppi, President, International Society of Information Fusion
09:00 Plenary speaker:
Dr. Andrew Blake, Deputy Managing Director at the Microsoft Research, Microsoft, UK
Room: Tinto
Finite set statistics / PHD filter I
Chair: Ba-Ngu Vo, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Tu1.1.1 10:30-10:50
Linear-complexity CPHD filters
R Mahler, Unified Data Fusion Sciences Inc, USA
Tu1.1.2 10:50-11:10
The forward-backward probability hypothesis density smoother
R Mahler, Lockheed Martin, USA, B N Vo, B T Vo, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Tu1.1.3 11:10-11:30
First moment multi-object forward-backward smoothing
D Clark, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Tu1.1.4 11:30-11:50
Improved SMC implementation of the PHD filter
B Ristic, DSTO, Australia, D Clark, Heriot-Watt University, UK, B N Vo, The University of Western Australia, Australia
Tu1.1.5 11:50-12:10
A new multi-target state estimation algorithm for PHD particle filter
L Zhao, P Ma, X Su, H Zhang, Harbin Institute of Technology, China
Room: Moorfoot
Multiple target tracking
Chair: Wolfgang Koch, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany
Tu1.2.1 10:30-10:50
Marked multitarget intensity filters
R L Streit, Metron Inc, USA
Tu1.2.2 10:50-11:10
Fusion gain in multi-target tracking
S Coraluppi, M Guerriero, C Carthel, NATO Undersea Research Centre, Italy
Tu1.2.3 11:10-11:30
Generalized fusion of heterogeneous sensor measurements for multi target tracking
M Munz, K Dietmayer, University of Ulm, Germany, M Mählisch, Daimler AG, Germany
Tu1.2.4 11:30-11:50
Multi target tracking with acoustic power measurements using emitted power density
U Orguner, F Gustafsson, Linköping University, Sweden
Tu1.2.5 11:50-12:10
Signature-driven multi-target tracking
J K Wu, S Sun, S Jiang, X Ren, Z Huang, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
Room: Kilsyth
Tracking applications I (RF)
Chair: Yaakov Oshman, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology, Israel
Tu1.3.1 10:30-10:50
Radar tracking performance when sensing and processing compressive measurements
I Kyriakides, University of Nicosia, Cyprus
Tu1.3.2 10:50-11:10
A new co-located MIMO radar system for multi-target tracking and localization
A Gorji, R Tharmarasa, T Kirubarajan, McMaster University, Canada
Tu1.3.3 11:10-11:30
Simultaneous navigation and SAR auto-focusing
Z Sjanic, F Gustafsson, Linköping University, Sweden
Tu1.3.4 11:30-11:50
E H Aoki, University of Twente, Netherlands/ Embraer, Brazil
Tu1.3.5 11:50-12:10
Doppler-aided target tracking in heavy clutter
D Musicki, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea
Room: Harris 1 & 2
Belief functions I
Chair: Dr Jean Dezert, ONERA, France
Tu1.4.1 10:30-10:50
Continuous belief functions and α-stable distributions
A Fiche, A Martin, J C Cexus, A Khenchaf, ENSIETA, France
Tu1.4.2 10:50-11:10
Empty set biasing issues in the transferable belief model for fusing and decision making
G Powell, M Roberts, EADS, UK, D Marshall, Cardiff University, UK
Tu1.4.3 11:10-11:30
Models of belief functions-impacts for patterns recognition
P E Dore, A Fiche, A Martin, ENSIETA, France
Tu1.4.4 11:30-11:50
Is entropy enough to evaluate the probability transformation approach of belief function?
D Han, C Han, Y Yang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, J Dezert, ONERA, France
Tu1.4.5 11:50-12:10
Focal elements generated by the Dempster-Shafer theoretic conditionals: a complete characterization
T L Wickramarathne, K Premaratne, M N Murthi, University of Miami, USA
Room: Carrick 1 & 2
Networks: Tracking/localisation I
Chair: Adrian Bishop, Australian National University, Australia
Tu1.5.1 10:30-10:50
M Roberts, D Marshall, Cardiff University, UK, G Powell, EADS Innovation Works, UK
Tu1.5.2 10:50-11:10
Tracking group co-membership on networks
J P Ferry, J O Bumgarner, Metron Inc, USA
Tu1.5.3 11:10-11:30
Target tracking in wireless sensor networks using particle filter with quantized innovations
Y Weng, Sichun University, China/Nanyang Technological University, Singapore
L Xie, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, C H Tan, G W Ng, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore
Tu1.5.4 11:30-11:50
Bimodal localization in cellular networks utilizing particle filters
A Tabibiazar, O Basir, University of Waterloo, Canada
Tu1.5.5 11:50-12:10
Closed-form performance for location estimation based on quantized data in sensor networks
Y Zheng, R Niu, P K Varshney, Syracuse University, USA
Room: Carrick 3
Detection and signal processing
Chair: Lance Kaplan, US Army Research Laboratory, USA
Tu1.6.1 10:30-10:50
Robust Bayesian detection: a case study
P de Oude, J de Groot, University of Amsterdam,Netherlands, G Pavlin, Thales Nederland, Netherlands
Tu1.6.2 10:50-11:10
A new fusion algorithm for shadow penetration using visible and midwave infrared polarimetric images
D Lavigne, Defence R&D Canada -Quebec, Canada, M Breton, Aerex Avionics Inc, Canada
Tu1.6.3 11:10-11:30
Parameter estimation of K distribution based on second-kind statistics
Z Sun, C Han, X Yuan, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Room: Ochill 1&2
Multistatic tracking I
Chair: Garfield R Mellema, Defence R & D Canada – Atlantic, Canada
Tu1.7.1 10:30-10:50
SPECSweb tracking on a large, simulated multistatic field of the MSTWG
D Grimmett, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, USA
Tu1.7.2 10:50-11:10
GM-CPHD and ML-PDA applied to the Metron multi-static sonar dataset
R Georgescu, P Willett, University of Connecticut, USA , S Schoenecker, NUWC, USA
Tu1.7.3 11:10-11:30
Multi-hypothesis tracking and fusion techniques for multistatic active sonar systems
K Seget, Bundeswehr Technical Centre for Ships & Naval Weapons, Germany/University of Kiel, Germany
A Schulz, Bundeswehr Technical Centre for Ships & Naval Weapons, Germany, U Heute, University of Kiel, Germany
Tu1.7.4 11:30-11:50
Likihood surface preprocessing with the JPDA algorithm: Metron data set
D W Krout, E Hanusa, University of Washington, USA
Room: Tinto
Finite set statistics / PHD filter II
Chair: Ron Mahler, Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems, USA
Tu2.1.1 13:10-13:30
PHD filter with diffuse spatial prior on the birth process with applications to GM-PHD filter
J Houssineau, D Laneuville, DCNS, France
Tu2.1.2 13:30-13:50
Probability hypothesis density filtering with sensor networks and irregular measurement sequences
A N Bishop, Australian National University, Australia
Tu2.1.3 13:50-14:10
Comparison of implementations of Gaussian mixture PHD filters
M Pace, P Del Moral, F Caron, INRIA, France
Tu2.1.4 14:10-14:30
Passive multi target tracking with GM-PHD filter
D Laneuville, J Houssineau, DCNS, France
Tu2.1.5 14:30-14:50
State extraction of probability hypothesis denstiy filter based on dirichlet distribution
X Yan, C Han, J Liu, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China
Room: Moorfoot
Track fusion and out-of-sequence measurements
Chair: X Rong Li, University of New Orleans, USA
Tu2.2.1 13:10-13:30
On algorithms for asynchronous track-to-track fusion
X Tian, Y Bar-Shalom, University of Connecticut, USA
Tu2.2.2 13:30-13:50
Quasi-tracklet fusion accounting for cross-correlation
Y Gao, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, X R Li, University of New Orleans, USA
Tu2.2.3 13:50-14:10
X Liu, B Oreshkin, M Coates, McGill University, Canada
Tu2.2.4 14:10-14:30
Out-of-sequence processing of cluttered sensor data using multiple evolution models
F Govaers, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany / University of Bonn, Germany, W Koch, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany
Tu2.2.5 14:30-14:50
Tracking with multisensor out-of-sequence measurements with residual biases
S Zhang, Y Bar-Shalom, University of Connecticut, USA, G Watson, SPARTA, USA
Room: Kilsyth
Tracking applications II (bearings only)
Chair: Thyagaraju Damarla, US Army Research Laboratory, USA
Tu2.3.1 13:10-13:30
A statistical fusion for a leg-by-leg bearings-only TMA without observer maneuver
A C Pignol, C Jauffret, Université du Sud Toulon-Var, France, D Pillon, Thales Underwater Systems, France
Tu2.3.2 13:30-13:50
Azimuth-only localization and accuracy study for piecewise curvilinearly moving targets
M Oispuu, J Hörst, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany
Tu2.3.3 13:50-14:10
Bearings-only localisation of targets from low-speed UAVs
W Mohibullah, S Julier, UCL, UK
Tu2.3.4 14:10-14:30
A feedback approach to multitarget multisensor tracking with application to bearing-only tracking
G Battistelli, L Chisci, S Morrocchi, F Papi, Universita' di Firenze, Italy, A Farina, A Graziano, SELEX Sistemi Integrati, Italy
Tu2.3.5 14:30-14:50
Bearings-only tracking analysis via information geometry
X Wang, B Moran, University of Melbourne, Australia, Y Cheng, National University of Defence Technology, China
Room: Harris 1 & 2
Recognition and prediction of intent
Chair: Dave Nicholson, BAE Systems Advanced Technology Centre, UK
Tu2.4.1 13:10-13:30
ALARM for early warning: a lightweight analysis for recognition of menace
K Rein, M Frey, U Schade, S Kawaletz, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany
Tu2.4.2 13:30-13:50
Information fusion algorithms and analysis for an exemplar detection of intent problem
C Lloyd, D Nicholson, M Williams, BAE Systems, UK
Tu2.4.3 13:50-14:10
Plan detection under partially observable and cluttered conditions
G Mathews, D Nicholson, A McCabe, M Williams, BAE Systems, UK
Tu2.4.4 14:10-14:30
Weighted unranked tree automata as a framework for plan recognition
J Högberg, Umeå University, Sweden, L Kaati, Swedish Defence Research Agency, Sweden
Tu2.4.5 14:30-14:50
PROGNOS: predictive situational awareness with probabilistic ontologies
R Carvalho, P Costa, K Laskey, K C Chang, George Mason University, USA
Room: Carrick 1 & 2
Networks: Tracking/localisation II
Chair: Thia Kirubarajan, McMaster University, Canada
Tu2.5.1 13:10-13:30
Pseudo-junction tree method for cooperative localization in wireless sensor networks
V Savic, S Zazo, Polytechnic University of Madrid, Spain
Tu2.5.2 13:30-13:50
Channel aware iterative source localization for wireless sensor networks
E Masazade, Sabanci University, Turkey / Syracuse University, USA, R Niu, P K Varshney, Syracuse University, USA
M Keskinoz, Sabanci University, Turkey
Tu2.5.3 13:50-14:10
The effects of motion on distributed detection in mobile ad-hoc sensor networks
X Sun, E J Coyle, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Tu2.5.4 14:10-14:30
Distributed federated sensor network
R Xu, S H Yang, Loughborough University, UK
Room: Carrick 3
Classification and learning
Chair: Daniel Lavigne, Defence R&D Canada, Canada
Tu2.6.1 13:10-13:30
P Pong, M Morelande, S Challa, University of Melbourne, Australia
Tu2.6.2 13:30-13:50
C Barbu, MIT Lincoln Laboratory, USA , J Peng, Montclair State University, USA
G Seetharaman, Air Force Research Laboratory, USA
Tu2.6.3 13:50-14:10
Learning gait component relationships by fusing logic and graphs using Markov logic networks
I Venkat, P De Wilde, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Tu2.6.4 14:10-14:30
Robust sequential classification of tracks
N Parrish, H Anderson , M Gupta, University of Washington, USA
Room: Ochill 1&2
Multistatic tracking II
Chair: Garfield R Mellema, Defence R&D Canada – Atlantic, Canada
Tu2.7.1 13:10-13:30
Active clutter reduction through fusion with passive data
J Aughenbaugh, B Yocom, B La Cour, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Tu2.7.2 13:30-13:50
Gaussian mixture initialization in passive tracking applications
M Daun, R Kaune, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany
Tu2.7.3 13:50-14:10
An ML-MHT approach to tracking dim targets in large sensor networks
S Coraluppi, C Carthel, NATO Undersea Research Centre, Italy
Tu2.7.4 14:10-14:30
Evaluation of multistatic tree-search based tracking on the SEABAR dataset
H Roufarshbaf, J Nelson, George Mason University, USA
Room: Tinto
Finite set statistics / PHD filter III
Chair: Daniel Clark, Heriot Watt University, UK
Tu3.1.1 15:20-15:40
A closed form solution to the probability hypothesis density smoother
B N Vo, B T Vo, The University of Western Australia, Australia, R Mahler, Lockheed Martin MS2 Tactical Systems, USA
Tu3.1.2 15:40-16:00
Approximate multisensor CPHD and PHD filters
R Mahler, Unified Data Fusion Sciences, USA
Tu3.1.3 16:00-16:20
PHD filter for multi-target visual tracking with trajectory recognition
J Wu, S Hu, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Tu3.1.4 16:20-16:40
A sequential Monte Carlo method for PHD approximation with conditionally linear/Gaussian models
M Morelande, The University of Melbourne, Australia
Room: Moorfoot
Distributed fusion and tracking
Chair: Chee-Yee Chong, BAE Systems, USA
Tu3.2.1 15:20-15:40
Distributed Kalman filter fusion at arbitrary instants of time
F Govaers, W Koch, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany
Tu3.2.2 15:40-16:00
Distributed information fusion filter with intermittent observations
D Y Kim, J H Yoon, Y H Kim, V Shin, Gwangju Institute of Science and Technology, Republic of Korea
Tu3.2.3 16:20-16:40
Distributed estimation fusion under unknown cross-correlation: an analytic center approach
Y Wang, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, X R Li, University of New Orleans, USA
Tu3.2.4 16:40-17:00
A new approach in distributed multisensory tracking systems based on kalman filter methods
A Cherchar, A Belouchrani, Ecole Militaire Polytechnique, Algeria
T Chonavel, Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Télécommunications de Bretagne, France
Tu3.2.5 17:00-17:20
Distributed multiple-model fusion with transformed measurements
Y Gao, Xi'an Jiaotong University, China, X R Li, University of New Orleans, USA
Room: Kilsyth
Tracking applications III (passive sensors)
Chair: Robert Lynch, Naval Undersea Warfare Centre, USA
Tu3.3.1 15:20-15:40
A new method for processing passive sonar data
T Wood, D Allwright, P Bond, I Moroz, University of Oxford, UK, S Long, Thales Underwater Systems, UK
Tu3.3.2 15:40-16:00
Range-sensitive Bayesian passive sonar tracking
B Yocom, J Aughenbaugh, B La Cour, The University of Texas at Austin, USA
Tu3.3.3 16:00-16:20
Adaptive sensor data fusion in motion capture
S Sun, X Meng, L Ji, J Wu, Graduate University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, China
W C Wong, National University of Singapore, Singapore
Tu3.3.4 16:20-16:40
A Mikhalev, E J Hughes, R F Ormondroyd, Cranfield University, UK
Tu3.3.5 16:40-17:00
An analysis of the error characteristics of two time of arrival localization techniques
T Sathyan, M Hedley, CSIRO, Australia, M Mallick, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA
Room: Harris 1 & 2
Situation assessment and anomaly detection
Chair: Jon Barker, DSTL, UK
Tu3.4.1 15:20-15:40
Evaluating precise and imprecise state-based anomaly detectors for maritime surveillance
C Brax, University of Skoude, Sweden/ Saab AB, Sweden
A Karlsson, S F Andler, R Johansson, L Niklasson, University of Skövde, Sweden
Tu3.4.2 15:40-16:00
Maritime anomaly detection and threat assessment
R O Lane , D A Nevell, S D Hayward , T W Beaney, QinetiQ, UK
Tu3.4.3 16:00-16:20
Airborne monitoring of ground traffic behaviour for hidden threat assessment
S Kim, R Zbikowski, A Tsourdos, B White, Cranfield University, UK
Tu3.4.4 16:20-16:40
Probabilistic behaviour signatures: feature-based behaviour recognition in data-scarce domains
R Baxter, N M Robertson, D Lane, Heriot-Watt University, UK
Room: Carrick 1 & 2
Networks: Registration/denoising
Chair: Jim Ferry, Metron Inc., USA
Tu3.5.1 15:20-15:40
L Mihaylova, Lancaster University, UK, D Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Science, Bulgaria
Tu3.5.2 15:40-16:00
Distributed registration of a network of asynchronous sensors
E H Aoki, University of Twente, Netherlands/Embraer, Brazil, M Bruno, Instituto Tecnológici de Aeronáutica, Brazil
Tu3.5.3 16:20-16:40
2D Location estimation of angle-only sensor arrays using targets of opportunity
D Crouse, R Osborne, K Pattipati, P Willett, Y Bar-Shalom, University of Connecticut, USA
Tu3.5.4 16:40-17:00
Denoising and error correction in wireless sensor networks
Q Ling, G Wu, University of Science and Technology of China, China, Z Tian, Michigan Technological University, USA
Room: Carrick 3
Classification and automatic target recognition
Chair: Simon Julier, UCL, UK
Tu3.6.1 15:40-16:00
Selecting classifiers by F-score for real-time video tracking
I Visentini, L Snidaro, G L Foresti, University of Udine, Italy
Tu3.6.2 16:00-16:20
Feature-based image fusion scheme for satellite recognition
H Pan, G Xiao, Z Jing, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, China
Tu3.6.3 16:20-16:40
D A Lavigne, Defence R&D Canada - Quebec, Canada
S Sahli, Y Ouyang, Y Sheng, Laval University, Canada
Tu3.6.4 16:40-17:00
W Tang, K Z Mao, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, L O Mak, G W Ng, DSO National Laboratories, Singapore
Room: Ochill 1&2
Multistatic tracking III
Chair: Garfield R Mellema, Defence R&D Canada – Atlantic, Canada
Tu3.7.1 15:20-15:40
A maximum likelihood tracker for multistatic sonars
D Orlando, Universita' degli Studi di Cassino, Italy, F Ehlers, NURC, Italy, G Ricci, Universita' del Salento, Italy
Tu3.7.2 15:40-16:00
Adaptive ping control for track-holding in multistatic active sonar networks
C Y Wakayama, D J Grimmett, SPAWAR Systems Center Pacific, USA
Tu3.7.3 16:00-16:20
Estimation of position from multistatic Doppler measurements
E Hanusa, D Krout, M R Gupta, University of Washington, USA
Tu3.7.4 16:20-16:40
Range only multistatic tracking
T L Song, D Musicki, Hanyang University, Republic of Korea