Project STARS
Description
Security of our society is becoming increasingly important. Information gathering will play an important role in this. Sensors are an important source of information for systems that - networked or otherwise - make the information accessible. That information can then be used to take successful action.
The security domain is characterised by the great diversity of threats and the lack of warning time. Here, circumstances change constantly and unpredictably due to the creativity of the opponent. It is therefore essential to be able to anticipate quickly and respond adequately to new situations.
The societal problem is that repeatedly investing in new systems to deal with ever-changing threats takes too long and is far too costly. Truly successful security technologies must therefore have a number of characteristics: reliable and affordable, durable and effective, multi-domain and multi-service.
Reconfigurable sensors have these characteristics. They can be deployed flexibly because the functionality locked in the system can be changed relatively easily and quickly. For pre-anticipated scenarios, reconfigurability is used to more or less instantaneously optimise the system for anticipated situations and the tasks belonging to them. For new, unexpected scenarios, reconfigurability is used to respond to circumstances that could not have been foreseen when the system was developed, with short-term adaptation of system functionality to the new situation.
In other words, infrastructure based on reconfigurable systems reduces the risk of failure by continuously responding to human creativity and a changing environment created by the opponent in the security domain during the development and use of the infrastructure.
The objective of STARS is to develop within four years the necessary technological knowledge with which reconfigurable sensor (networks) for sustainable security can be built in the Netherlands. To fulfil this objective, the STARS consortium was set up by Thales Nederland BV, NXP Semiconductors BV, Recore systems BV, TNO, Delft University of Technology and the University of Twente. In consortium context, research is conducted at three levels: the system level, technology level and methodology level
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18:00 - 19:00 Bread meal in the coffee room. Only upon registration when registering for the seminar!
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18:30 Room open
19:00 Opening
Introduction and introduction speakers
R.(Rob) Dekker, Project Director STARS
STARS from a government perspective
KLTZE Ir A.S. (Ton) de Kleijn
STARS system concepts
Ir R.V. (René) de Jongh, Thales
Pause
STARS Front End Technology
Ir M.J.M. (Marcel) Geurts, NXP
STARS Processing HW & SW
Dr Ir H. (Hans) Schurer, Thales
22:00 Drinks
22:30 End
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Location
Prinsessegracht 23, The Hague
Organiser
Defence and Security
Name and contact details for information
KTZE bd Jan Wind, chairman Defence and Security Tel. 071-7113973 or 06-23502003 Email for further information: