European Projects

Here is a list of past and ongoing European projects that I am involved in:

PRESERVE: Preparing Secure V2X Communication Systems

PRESERVE is a project approved for the European Union’s Seventh Framework Program, with a duration of four years and a starting date January 2011.

Mission

The mission of PRESERVE is, to design, implement, and test a secure and scalable V2X Security Subsystem for realistic deployment scenarios. More information can be found here.

Objectives

The goal of PRESERVE (Preparing Secure Vehicle-to-X Communication Systems) is to bring secure and privacy-protected V2X communication closer to reality by providing and field testing a security and privacy subsystem for V2X systems. PRESERVE will combine and extend results from earlier research projects, integrating and developing them to a pre-deployment stage by enhancing scalability, reducing the cost level, and addressing open deployment issues. It aims at providing comprehensive protection ranging from the vehicle sensors, through the on-board network and V2V/V2I communication, to the receiving application. As a result, PRESERVE will present a complete, scalable, and cost-efficient V2X security subsystem that is close-to-market and will be provided to other FOT projects and interested parties for ongoing testing.

• Create an integrated V2X Security Architecture (VSA) and design, implement, and test a close-to-market implementation termed V2X Security Subsystem (VSS).
• Prove that the performance and cost requirements for the VSS arising in current FOTs and future product deployments can be met by the VSS, especially by building a security ASIC for V2X.
• Provide a ready-to-use VSS implementation and support to FOTs and interested parties so that a close-to-market security solution can be deployed as part of such activities.
• Solve open deployment and technical issues hindering standardization and product pre-development.

Consortium

University of Twente (coordinator), The Netherlands, Escrypt GmbH (SME), Germany, Fraunhofer SIT, Germany, Kungliga Tekniska Hoegskolan (KTH), Sweden, Renault, France, Trialog (SME), France

SafeCity: Future Internet Applied to Public Safety in Smart Cities

SafeCity is a project approved for the European Union’s 7th Framework Program with a duration of two years and a starting date April 2011.

Objectives

Safecity deals with smart Public safety and security in cities. The main objective is to enhance the role of Future Internet in ensuring people feel safe in their surroundings at time that their surroundings are protected. The main objective is to enhance the role of Future Internet in ensuring people feel safe in their surroundings at time that their surroundings are protected.

The methodology followed to achieve this goal includes:

• The definition of specific scenarios to support the Safecity functionality, considering the involvement of main cities in Europe such as Madrid, Helsinki, Athens, Bucharest, Stockholm, etc. An Experts Committee consisting of other relevant European cities’ Public Safety agencies will support this project.
• Collection of specific enablers, technical and functional requirements on the Future Internet in relation with Public Safety in cities.
• Elaboration of a conceptual Safecity prototype and early trials in order to study the feasibility of this initiative. The demonstration of the concept will be carried out in Madrid as the main city but other specific requirements will be demonstrated in a second city such as Stockholm.
• A strong liaison with other FI-PPP use cases and the FI Core Platform will be essential to the success of the project. For that, Safecity will support the FI-PPP Essential Interworking programme governance and activities that will ensure the integration of the Project activities.

Consortium

INGENIERA DE SISTEMAS PARA LA DEFENSA DE ESPANA SA-ISDEFE (Spain, Co-ordinator), Athens Information Technology (Greece), ARATOS TECHNOLOGIES S.A. (Greece), TEKEVER – TECNOLOGIAS DE INFORMACAO, S.A. (Portugal), ATHENA GS3-SECURITY IMPLEMENTATIONS LTD. (Israel), HI IBERIA INGENIERIA Y PROYECTOS SL. (Spain), AYUNTAMIENTO DE MADRID (Spain), MIRA TELECOM SRL (Romania), TELECOM ITALIA S.p.A (Italy), VTT -TEKNOLOGIAN TUTKIMUSKESKUS (Finland), EVERIS SPAIN SL (Spain), FOI-TOTALFORSVARETS FORSKNINGSINSTITUT (Sweden), KEMEA-CENTER FOR SECURITY STUDIES (Greece), THALES SERVICES SAS (France), TECNALIA RESEARCH & INNOVATION (Spain)

LOTUS (Localisation of Threat Substances in Urban Society)

LOTUS is a project approved for the European Union’s Seventh Framework Security Research Program, with an expected starting date around the end of 2008.

Objectives
The concept and objectives of the LOTUS project is to create a system by which illicit production of explosives and drugs can be detected during the production stage. During the production of explosives, drugs and chemical warfare agents, elevated amounts of precursors are normally present in the air which makes detection possible over a wide urban area. Detectors may be placed at fixed positions although most detectors should be mobile. When a suspicious substance is detected in elevated amounts, information about the type, location, amount and time is registered and sent to a data collection and evaluation centre for analysis.

The demonstration system will be based on mobile devices mounted in law enforcement and/or other vehicles under community control.By using existing global infrastructures for positioning (GPS) and networking (GSM, GPRS or 3G) the LOTUS system can be used more or less anywhere in the world at relatively small cost for supporting installations and extra personnel. Special attention will be given to secure communication.

Consortium

FOI, The Swedish Defence Research Agency is the coordinator of the LOTUS Project. Partners are Portendo, Saab and Secrab (Sweden), Bruker Daltonik (Germany), Ramem and the University of Barcelona (Spain), Bruhn NewTech (Denmark), Athens Information Technology (Greece) and TNO (The Netherlands).