European Union Satellite Centre

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European Union Satellite Centre
IVth ESA EUSC Conference on Image Information
Mining EUSC, November 27th, 2006
Toma Lovrencic Deputy Director t.lovrencic_at_eusc.e
uropa.eu
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Joint Action Art. 2 Mission
The Satellite Centre shall support the
decision-making of the Union in the context of
the CFSP, in particular of the ESDP, by providing
material resulting from the analysis of satellite
imagery and collateral data, including aerial
imagery as appropriate.
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European Union Institutions

• European Parliament
• Council of the European Union
• Commission
• Decentralised Agencies
• Court of Justice of the European Communities
• European Court of Auditors
• European Central Bank
• Economic and Social Committee of the European
  Communities
• Committee of the Regions
• European Investment Bank
• European Investment Fund
• European Ombudsman

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European Union Institutions

• European Parliament
• Council of the European Union
• Commission
• Decentralised Agencies
• Court of Justice of the European Communities
• European Court of Auditors
• European Central Bank
• Economic and Social Committee of the European
  Communities
• Committee of the Regions
• European Investment Bank
• European Investment Fund
• European Ombudsman

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EU Agencies
Decentralised Agencies
European Parliament
Court of Justice
Europ. Court of Auditors
Commission
European Central Bank
Econ. and Social Committ.
Council
Committee of the Regions
European Investment Bank
European Investment Fund
European Ombudsnan
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Imagery Interpretation in the EU
Decentralised Agencies
Commission
DG JRC
DG RELEX
IPSC
Imagery Interpretation
Council
EMSA / 55
DGE 8
SitCen
EUMS
EU SatCen / 70
EU Defence Agency
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Imagery Interpretation in the EU
Decentralised Agencies
Commission
DG JRC
DG RELEX
IPSC
Council
EMSA / 55
DGE 8
SitCen
EUMS
EU SatCen / 70
EU Defence Agency
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The European Security Strategy Key Threats
Terrorism
Proliferation
Regional Conflicts
Failed States
Organised Crime
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Operational direction


Article4 Operational direction 1. The
Secretary-General/High Representative shall give
operational direction to the Centre, without
prejudice to the responsibilities of the Board
and of the Director of the Centre, respectively,
as set out in this Joint Action.
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JA Art. 2 Mission

• The Satellite Centre shall support the
  decision-making of the Union in the context of
  the CFSP, in particular of the ESDP, by providing
  material resulting from the analysis of satellite
  imagery and collateral data, including aerial
  imagery as appropriate,
• A Member State or the Commission may address
  requests to the SG/HR, who, if the capacity of
  the Centre allows, will direct the Centre
  accordingly,
• Third States may also address requests to the
  SG/HR, who, if the capacity of the Centre allows,
  will direct the Centre accordingly,
• International Organisations such as the UN, OSCE
  and NATO, may also address requests to the SG/HR,
  who, if the capacity of the Centre allows, may
  direct the Centre accordingly,

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Intelligence cooperation the Council
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Improving Commercial Satellite Sensor Resolution
and Availability
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6,5
Rapid Eye
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IRS P6
5,5
5
Non-commercial Satellite Imagery
SAR-Lupe 1-2
Cosmo-Skymed
4,5
Helios 2
Helios 1a
SAR-Lupe 3
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3,5
Resolution (meters)
Radarsat 2
3
2,5
Spot 5
2
Formosat
Topsat
Eros 1A
1,5
Terrasar
Kompsat 2
1
Ikonos
Cosmo Sky-Med
Orbview
Cartosat
Pleiades
Eros 1B
Quickbird
0,5
Orbview 5
World View
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2001
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
2007
2008
2009
Launch Year
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COCM0608 Task OBJECTIVES Image map production
using high resolution satellite imagery of the
seven requested cities and their airports 1.
Mbuji-Mayi. 2. Kananga. 3. Mbandaka. 4.
Lubumbashi. 5. Kinshasa 6. Brazzaville 7.
Libreville. 8. Port Gentil. 9. Kamina.
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EUSC Organigramme 01/2006
Hd of Finance
Financial/AdminAssistant
Financial/AdminAssistant
Financial/AdminAssistant
Hd OperationsDivision
Hd OperationsSupport
Hd TechnicalDivision
Secretary
Hd Administration Personnel Div
Secretary
Assistant f. Personnel
Hd of Training
OperationsManager
Admin. andContract Offc.
Hd GeneralServices
IA/Training
IA/Training
IA/Training
Data Preparation
Fast Response
Hd SecurityGuards
MaintenanceOfficer
MaintenanceOfficer
SystemAdministrator
SystemAdministrator
Central RegistryOfficer
Security Guard
Security Guard
Central RegistryAssistant
Security Guard
InformaticsSecurity Officer
Remote Sens./GIS
Non-Proliferation
Noncommercial Data Manager
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Budget Development 2002-2007 (real)
2007(prop.)
2002
2003
2004
2005
2006
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The Objectives for the Future (1)

• The EUSC is the EU agency to support CFSP/ESDP
  with Geospatial Intelligence. This unique
  capability should be developed and systematically
  used.
• The Centres capacity to support EU operations
  should be developed with highest priority.
• The Centre should be systematically integrated in
  the developing European intelligence cycle to
  improve its effectiveness for the decision-making
  process.

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Joint Action Art. 2 Mission
The Satellite Centre shall support the
decision-making of the Union in the context of
the CFSP, in particular of the ESDP, by providing
material resulting from the analysis of satellite
imagery and collateral data, including aerial
imagery as appropriate.
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Welcome to the Conference!

• Emerging needs from big applications (e.g.change
  detection, global monitoring, disaster management
  support, etc.) and the Continuous increase in
  archives' size and EO sensors' variety
  require   
• new methodologies and tools for information
  mining and management.
• The manual process performed by experts to mine
  information from images is currently too complex 
  and expensive to be applied systematically on
  even a small subset of the acquired scenes.

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Motivation of the Conference

• The issue might become even more challenging in
  future since more missions (including
  constellations) are being planned, with 
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• broader sensor variety   
• higher data rates and increasing
  complexity. (ENVISAT)

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Objectives of the Conference

• This year's conference focuses on security and
  intelligence thematics, for which Image
  Information Mining is considered of very high
  interest and appropriate.
• These thematics prove most successful when
  cross-cued from other intelligence disciplines,
  therefore the conference topics are broadened
  towards more generic Information Mining.
• The conference is expected to bring new
  stimulating ideas, concepts or methods for the
  multiple use of the acquired image data.

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Welcome to the EU Satellite Centre and all the
best for your work !
Toma Lovrencic Deputy Director t.lovrencic_at_eusc.e
uropa.eu