Information Fusion from Databases, Sensors and Simulations - a Research Program in Cooperation with Industry

Speaker: Sten F. Andler

Abstrakt:

The University of Skövde is embarking on a research program, funded by the Knowledge Foundation, Sweden, in the area of Information Fusion from Databases, Sensors and Simulations. Information fusion entails the combination of data from multiple sources, to generate information that cannot be derived from the individual sources. There are several reasons for focusing on this. The area is of strategic importance for industry, defense, and public administration areas such as health care. A large number of industrial partners are supporting and participating in the development of the area. This work is related to two former programs, Mechatronic Systems and Learning Systems, previously funded by the Knowledge Foundation. Several research groups at the University of Skövde are active in different aspects of information fusion, adding to the strength to the program. The program covers the entire spectrum from sensors to decision support, i.e., from technical to human (cognitive and organizational) aspects, where decisions need to be based on different sources of information or where time is a critical factor and the decision support needs to be of highest possible quality, given the available information. Examples of the latter are when a company needs to act before a competitor does, or when a fighter pilot needs to act before his adversary does, i.e., when it is necessary to get inside the competitor's decision loop.

The talk does not require prior knowledge of information fusion.

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