North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Research and Technology Agency
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Research and Technology Agency
Programme
for the WORKSHOP
IST-036/RWS-005
Massive Military Data Fusion and Visualisation:
Users Talk with Developers
a workshop organized under the
INFORMATION SYSTEMS TECHNOLOGY (IST) PANEL
held at the
Norwegian Defence Logistics and Management College
Halden, Norway
10-13 September 2002
This Workshop is UNCLASSIFIED. It is open to participants
from the NATO Nations and Partnership For Peace (PfP) Nations.
Attendees (Click for a larger image)
Day 1: Tuesday, September 10th : "Introduction and Goals"
8:15 – 8:45 Registration
outside the Auditorium
Session 1: "Welcome and Challenges"
Chair: Mr. Tore Smestad, FFI, NO, Workshop chairman
8:45 – 9:45
Welcome and Orientation
Tore Smestad, FFI, NO, Workshop chairman
Colonel Magne Rannestad, Norwegian Defence Logistics and Management College
RTO views
Lt. Col. Alain Gouay, Panel Executive Information Systems Technology (IST) Panel,
FR
NATO IST021/RTG007 overview
Vincent Taylor, Defence R&D Canada, CA, IST021/RTG007- Vice-Chairman
Participant Introductions
Dr. Justin Hollands, Defence R&D Canada, CA
The Syndicate Concept
Capt. José Carlos da Silva Verissimo, PT
Administrative Remarks and Challenges for the Workshop
Mr. Tore Smestad, FFI, NO, Workshop chairman
9:45 – 10:30
Keynote Address I: Examples
and Views on Visualisation Needs for a Commander to Win Today’s Battles
Col. Tom Johansen, NOBLE, NO
10:30-10:45 Coffee break
10:45 – 11:30
Keynote
Address II: A Military C2 Professional's Thoughts on Visualization
Col. (Ret.) Randy G. Alward, former commander,
Canadian Forces Information Operations Group, CA
11:30-12:30 Lunch
Session 2: "What is Visualisation and What For?"
Chair: Dr. James Llinas, State University at Buffalo, USA
12:45 – 14:00
Showcasing Visualization Approaches and Issues in Military Command and
Control Applications
Mr. Denis Gouin, Defence R&D Canada, CA
Multisensory and Multimodal Concepts for Information Understanding
Dr. David L. Hall, Pennsylvania State Univ., USA
The
VisTG Model for Visualisation
Dr. Martin Taylor, Taylor Consulting, CA
14:00-14:30 Coffee break
14:30 – 15:45 Plenary Discussion
15:45 – 16:30 Syndicates Forming & Discussion
16:30 – 17:00 Syndicates Report Topic Selection
Session 3: "The 3-D Battlespace"
Chair: CDR Robert Barton, USNR, Naval Sea Systems Command, Newport, USA
8:15 – 9:30
Information Design
for three Dimensional Nautical Navigational Visualisation Systems
Mr. Thomas Porathe, Mälardalen University, SE
Experience from the NATO exercise Strong Resolve 2002
Dr. Pål Bjerke, FFI, NO
Do you have to see everything – all the time? Handling complex graphics
using multiple levels of detail. Examples from geographical applications.
Mr. Rune Aasgaard, SINTEF, NO
9:30-10:00 Coffee break
10:00 – 11:15 Plenary Discussion
(Questions to Col. Tom Johansen, NOBLE, NO)
11:20-12:30 Lunch
Session 4: "Non-Spatial Data / Non-Traditional Visualisation"
Chair: Dr. David L. Hall, Pennsylvania State Univ., USA
12:45 – 14:00
Visualizing Non-Physical, Logical Constructs for
Command Decision Support
Dr. James Llinas, State University at Buffalo, USA
Haptic Rendering Techniques for Non-physical Command Decision Support
Dr. T. Kesavadas, State University at Buffalo, USA
Support Concept for the creation
and use of doctrines - How to present Planning Items in a Combat Direction System
Dipl. Ing. Annette Kaster, FGAN-FKIE, DE
14:00-14:15 Coffee break
14:15 – 15:15 Plenary Discussion
15:15 – 16:15 Syndicates meeting
16:15–17:30 Dinner at the establishment
18:30 – (TBA by each syndicate) Syndicates meeting
Session 5: "Sensor Technologies and Applications"
Chair: Dr. Ing. Hans-Joachim Kolb, MEDAV, DE
8:15 – 9:30 Ontology
Driven Sensor Independence in a Query Supported C2-
System Dr. Erland Jungert, FOI, Linkøping,
SE
Achieving Sensorspace Awareness in the Undersea Environment
Mr. Robert J. Barton, NUWC, Newport, USA
Pixel-Level Fusion of Active/Passive Data for Realtime Composite
Feature Extraction and Visualisation
Mr. Alan Steinberg, Utah State Univ., USA
9:30-10:00 Coffee break
10:00 – 11:20 Plenary Discussion
(Questions to Col. (Ret.) Randy G. Alward, Canadian Forces Information Operations
Group)
11:20-11:40 Status report: IST-015/RTG-004 Information
Fusion
Mr. Per Husmann Rasmussen, DDRE, DK
11:20-12:30 Lunch
Session 6: "Intelligence and Information Operations"
Chair: Dr. Erland Jungert, FOI, Linkøping, SE
12:45 – 14:00 Approaches
to the Evaluation of Intelligence
Dr. Ing. Hans-Joachim Kolb, MEDAV, DE
Visualisation
Techniques for Intrusion Detection
Mr. William Wright, Oculus Info Inc, CA
(presented by Ms. Pascale Proulx, Oculus Info Inc, CA)
VITA in use
- Technology watch
Dr. Zack Jacobson, Health Canada, CA
14:00-14:15 Coffee break
14:15 – 15:15 Plenary Discussion
15:15 – 16:15 Syndicates meeting
16:15–17:30 Dinner at the establishment
18:30 – (TBA by each syndicate) Syndicates
meeting
Session 7: "Human Factors of Visualisation"
Chair: Alan Steinberg, Utah State University, USA
8:15 – 09:45
Improving Campaign Assessment and Decision Making in Command and Control Through
the Use of Visualisation
Ms. Liz Fricker, QinetiQ, Farnborough, UK
Transformation of Geographical Information into Linguistic Sentences: Two Case
Studies
Dr. Jan Terje Bjørke, FFI, NO
Task Switching with 2D and
3D Displays of Geographic Terrain: The Role of Visual Momentum
Dr. Justin Hollands, Defence R&D Canada, CA
Session 8: "Making and Presenting the Conclusions"
Chair: Vincent Taylor, CA
09:45 – 10:30
Syndicates meeting
10:30 – 12:00
Syndicates Presenting the Conclusions
Syndicate 1. Personal
Decision Support Aids for Special Operations
Syndicate 2. Visualising information sources in coalition operations
Syndicate 3. Using Visualization to Address Human Capacity Limitations
approx. 12:00-13:00 lunch
13:00 – 14:30
Syndicates Presenting the Conclusions
Syndicate 4. Information Visualization for Counterterror Intelligence
Syndicate 5. Information Taxonomy
for Presentation, Selection, and Design
14:30 – 15:30
Concluding Discussion & Farewell