Istimes
Istimes
Integrated system for transport infrastructures surveillance and monitoring by electromagnetic sensing
Finished
Infos :
Coût total : EUR 4 367 950
Contribution UE : EUR 3 113 460
Dates : 2009/07/01 to 2012/06/30
Description:
The main purpose of ISTIMES project is to design, assess and promote an ICT-based system, exploiting distributed and local sensors, for non-destructive electromagnetic monitoring in order to achieve the critical transport infrastructures more reliable and safe. This has the overall aim to developing a high situation awareness by providing detailed information and images of the infrastructure status in a fast time and so to improve decision support for emergency and disasters stakeholders.
The integration of electromagnetic technologies with new ICT information and telecommunications systems enables remotely controlled monitoring and surveillance and real time data imaging of the critical transport infrastructures. The project exploits different non-invasive imaging technologies based on electromagnetic sensing (optic fiber sensors, Synthetic Aperture Radar satellite platform based, hyperspectral spectroscopy, Infrared thermography, Ground Penetrating Radar, low-frequency geophysical techniques, Ground based systems for displacement monitoring). Sensor cross validation, synergy and new data fusion and correlation schemes will permit a multi-method, multi-resolution and multi-scale electromagnetic detection and monitoring of surface and subsurface changes of the infrastructure.
Consortium:
Coordinator
TECNOLOGIE PER LE OSSERVAZIONI DELLA TERRA ED I RISCHI NATURALI
Italy
Participants
ELSAG DATAMAT S.P.A.
Italy
PRESIDENZA DEL CONSIGLIO DEI MINISTRI - DIPARTIMENTO DELLA PROTEZIONE CIVILE
Italy
EIDGENOESSISCHE MATERIALPRUEFUNGS- UND FORSCHUNGSANSTALT
Switzerland
INSTITUT FRANCAIS DES SCIENCES ET TECHNOLOGIES DES TRANSPORTS, DE L'AMENAGEMENT ET DES RESEAUX
France
LUNDS UNIVERSITET
Sweden
TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY
Israel
T.D.E. TERRITORIAL DATA ELABORATION S.R.L.
Romania
NORSK ELEKTRO OPTIKK AS
Norway
TELESPAZIO SPA
Italy