1. Dr. Stelios Panagiotou, Dr. Stelios C.A. Thomopoulos
BES : Information management topic 2: Information management, systems and infrastructure for civilian EU External Actions SMI2G event, January 23-24, 2014 | Brussels, Belgium
Dr. Stelios Panagiotou, Dr. Stelios C.A. Thomopoulos
Integrated Systems Laboratory
Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications
National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”

2. BES : Information management topic 2: Information management, systems and infrastructure for civilian EU External Actions
BES
The establishment of the research agenda will provide broad and ongoing understanding of interaction and challenges of operability among actors and equipment involved in large CSDP missions. The above expected results will allow the stakeholders to expand their technological and advisory offerings and move forward with the implementation of the proposed solutions.
End-users are the compass of the research activities and will of course participate in assessing the quality and usability of the results by providing feedback, besides contribute to the demonstration experiments.
Role in the project
Funding Scheme
Partner and/or WP leader
Coordination and Support Action
Contact Information
Dr. Stelios Panagiotou
Integrated Systems Laboratory
Telephone number:
Dr. Stelios C. A. Thomopoulos
Director of the Institute of Informatics and Telecommunications and
Head of the Integrated Systems Laboratory
National Center for Scientific Research “Demokritos”
Telephone number: ,

3. Proposal Concept BES-11-2014 Proposal outline:
The interoperability objective is therefore to reach an integration level in the C2 and Information systems which will enable:
The integration of the systems at the same level as the other available assets and forces;
Easy and seamless reconfigurations and transfer of control/responsibility between the various participating CSDP units on the field and a complete and rapid share of the information.
Sharing the systems between several agencies and heterogeneous people leads to the objective of studying and developing a Situational Awareness and Operation Control Platform (SAOCP) that should enable to control and/or to collect and exploit the information from heterogeneous sources (through the same general interface).
Work should be developed in 3 axis:
End –Users Requirements Definitions
Elaborate the SAOCP specifications and interoperability standards
Perform the evaluation of the SAOPC solution against the Earthquake, Forest Fire and Maritime SAR scenarios.
Relevant Experience:
HIT-GATE - Heterogeneous Interoperable Transportable GATEway for First-Responders
PERSEUS - Protection of European seas and borders through the intelligent use of surveillance

4. What we can offer
BES
Definition of functional and operational requirements plus Architecture based on user needs and untied from industry restrictions and off‐the‐shelf products.
Assessment of deployment/integration processes bringing the users to “the field” and giving them a clear understanding of technological process and issues in order to gather their feedback.
Defining, the relevant exchange data formats and processes, including the security requirements and contributing to the integration for the SAOCP.
We have strong links and long-lasting cooperation with the Hellenic stakeholders in the domain of Security and Civil Protection, with European standardization bodies (e.g. ETSI) and Working Groups (Integrated Mission Group for Security – IMGS)
We can offer Application Development capabilities (Web, Desktop, Mobile)
We can offer opportunities for the dissemination of project results within the NCSRD Summer School or other educational activities. Furthermore, we are willing to design dissemination material in the form of brochures, flyers etc, host workshops and provide our video production capabilities. 4