Roberto Cossu (ESA TIA-APS) presentation for Big Data in Secure Societies Workshop - Brussels, 18th October 2016 -

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Space-based Applications
and Big Data
Roberto Cossu
07/10/2016

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Outline
• Space-based Applications: the ESA
ARTES IAP programme
• Big data applications to boost
preparedness and response to
migration
• Examples of Space-based Application
Projects

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Member States
ESA has 22 Member States:
20 states of the EU (AT, BE,
CZ, DE, DK, EE, ES, FI, FR, IT,
GR, HU, IE, LU, NL, PT, PL,
RO, SE, UK) plus Norway and
Switzerland.
Seven other EU states have
Cooperation Agreements with
ESA: Bulgaria, Cyprus, Latvia,
Lithuania, Malta, Slovakia and
Slovenia. Discussions are
ongoing with Croatia.
Canada takes part in some
programmes under a long-
standing Cooperation
Agreement.

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OUR MEMBER STATES COMBINING THEIR
EFFORTS IN SPACE, FOR THE AVERAGE COST OF A
CINEMA TICKET PER CITIZEN PER YEAR
ESA - EUROPE’S SPACE AGENCY

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ESA implements a comprehensive satellite telecommunications and
applications programme which addresses all aspects of the sector
under a flexible programmatic framework known as:
ARTES - Advanced Research in Telecommunication Systems
ARTES Applications is a subset of the ARTES programme elements
dedicated to funding and promoting the development of space-based
downstream applications, services and solutions for the needs of European
citizens and society at large.
institutions, users,
potential customers
service providers,
industry
Strong presence of
SMEs prime (68%) and
ESA newcomers (41%)
ESA in Space Applications

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The goal :
ESA ARTES Integrated Applications
which demonstrate a potential for sustainable services.
Incubator of Services
What: Foster new utilization of existing space capacity
and capability,
With whom: in close partnership with end-users,
How: through the development of integrated (different space
and non space technologies) applications projects

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Aviation & RPAS
ARTES
Applications
Education & Development
Energy
Environment
and Resource
Management
Finance,
Investment
& Insurance
Food &
Agriculture
HealthInfrastructures &
Smart Cities
Maritime &
Offshore
Media &
Broadcasting
Safety &
Security
Tourism
Transport &
Logistics
≈315 activities
473 entities
26 Countries
Thematic Areas covered in ARTES Applications

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The ARTES Integrated Applications Opportunities
• Open Competition: ESA defines a particular subject and invites
companies and organisations to submit a proposal:
• 3 Open opportunities (Closing Date: 16/12/2016) including Big Data
Applications to boost Preparedness and Response to Migration
• Direct Negotiation (Calls for Proposals): companies, organisations and
private or public institutions can submit at any given time a proposal (no
specific subject, no fixed budget, no closing date).
100%
50-up to 75%

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The ARTES Integrated Applications Opportunities
Depending on the matureness of the idea:
+ newly introduced instruments:
• Kickstart activities: 60Keuro, 75% funding
• Enabling activities: e.g. regulations
Feasibility Studies: identify, analyse and
define new potentially sustainable applications
Demonstration projects: analysis and implementation
of pre-operational demonstration services
2 phases Demonstration projects

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The data collection initiates from the 192 completed and appraised
projects from ARTES Integrated applications and service programmes.
5 Led to a business that produced
revenues sufficient to recover the
project internal fundingReturned
4 A commercial offer that has generated
revenues was put in place at a given
timeCommercial
3 Operations have continued for a period
after the end of the ESA contractOperational
2 Have generated other pilot projects
inside or outside ESASeed
1
No Follow-up after the conclusion of the
contractNo Follow-
on
ARTES Applications Projects (AAP)
Market Success Rate

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ARTES Applications Institutional Cooperation
Strategic Partnerships
“SMAP Fund”

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Big data applications to boost
preparedness and response to
migration

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Background
 Europe is being confronted with the most significant influxes of
migrants and refugees in its history.
 One burning issue is the lack of timely information on migration
trends, flows and rates.
 Big data applications have been recognized as a potentially powerful
tool to provide direct and indirect indicators of migration trends.
 ESA’s IAP is preparing an invitation to tender of the feasibility study
“Big data applications to boost preparedness and response to
migration".
Europe is being confronted with the most significant influxes of
migrants and refugees in its history.
One burning issue is the lack of timely information on migration
trends, flows and rates.
ESA’s IAP has issued the “Big data applications to
boost preparedness and response to migration“
invitation to tender.

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Feasibility study overview
Objectives:
 Assess if and how space technology combined with big data can
support the identification of migration flows
(focus on mitigation, preparedness and response)
 Assess the viability of the proposed services
 Propose a roadmap for service(s) implementation
and demonstration.
6 months duration
150 K€ (firm fixed price)

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Why Big data? Which data? Why space tech?
Why Big Data?
 Big data applications have been recognized as a potentially powerful
tool to provide direct and indirect indicators of migration trends and
human movements.
 Blumenstock 2012 to track migration patterns in Rwanda from
call detail records
 Studies on use of geo-located social media (Twitter) data to infer
migration trends.
 …
Which Data?
 Geolocated social media (e.g.: Facebook, twitter )
 Geolocation provided by smartphone’s apps
 IP addresses of website logins and sent e-mails
 Call detail records
 ….
Why space tech?
 Direct and indirect indicators of migratory flows (e.g.: information on socio-economic factors ,
unusual human activities, etc.) derived from EO data to provide a medium term human
migration forecast (relevant to the mitigation phase)
 RPAS are typically part of humanitarian relief activities may provide valuable info
 GNSS

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Status and schedule
 Status
 Probed interest from industry
 Intended tenders announced via LinkedIn, Twitter, ARTES apps
portal
 Collected more than 100 expressions of interest on the Big
Data study!
 Confirm participation of relevant stakeholders:
 Schedule:
 Tender issue on 28th September 2016, with closing date 16th
December 2016.

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Application projects examples

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SeaSearch
Project overview
Objectives
SeaSearch is aiming at providing a Maritime Situation Awareness Picture based on a detection of mobile
phones signals carried by persons at sea, allowing the tracking of small vessels or vessels with turned-off AIS
transponders.
Service/ System Concept
SeaSearch system provides:
• Detection of small boats outside of the radar
coverage
• Detection of small boats with large number of
passengers
• Detection of “new” passenger on board
• Support tracking of small vessels
Target users
• Coast Guards,
• Navies,
• Public authorities dealing with smuggling.
DFRC AG
TechWorks Marine Ltd, National Maritime
College of Ireland, University of Cork
Deployment of WiFi sensors at the Baily
Lighthouse, Ireland, June 2016

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RAPSODY
Remote Airborne Platform with Satellite Oversight DependencY
Providing Search & Rescue and maritime
environment response supporting services
using RPAS flying in BRLOS
Sub-contractors: DSI (GE), TEKEVER UK (UK)
Budget : 4.4 ME (2.2 ESA Price)
Prime: TEKEVER Portugal (PO)
 In collaboration with EMSA
 With the involvement of maritime safety
authorities from Portugal (AMN), Malta (TM),
UK (MCA), NL (Dutch Coastguards)
 Using AR5 Life Ray RPAS from TEKEVER
Portugal Exploiting intelligent RPAS equipped with innovative
sensors package and onboard advanced data
analysis capabilities to survey wide maritime areas, and
reporting its findings in near real-time through a
satcom link to the operating centre

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Maritime Prevention Project (MAPP)
Demonstrator
Prime: Collecte Localisation Satellites
(CLS)
Target Users:
• Shipping companies
• Situational awareness centres
Insurance companies (indirect)
Background:
Following a pirates' attack, onboard communication equipment are destroyed: the vessel’s
track is lost, the research area grows as time passes, making it harder to deploy rescue
assets efficiently.
The challenge is to answer to the question: “Where is my ship?”.
Objective: Develop , validate and demonstrate the ‘Keep in sight’
service which combines a hidden tracker installed onboard (advanced
“doppler effect” positioning –ARGOS system- GNSS free) -and EO
acquisitions to provide this critical information.

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Roberto Cossu
Roberto.Cossu@esa.int
http://www.esa.int
https://artes-apps.esa.int/