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    Rechnerunterstützte Optimierung - Möglichkeiten und Grenzen
    ( 2015)
    Menevidis, Zaharya
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    Ajami, Mohamad
    Nach einer kurzen Einleitung über sogenannte lernende Systeme wird exemplarisch die rechnerunterstützte Optimierung am System InREAKT vorgestellt, dessen Architektur für die kontinuierliche Verbesserung der Gefahrendetektion und des Ereignismanagements verschiedene Lern- bzw. Optimierungsprinzipien vorsieht, die während der Phase der aktiven Detektion (online) wie auch außerhalb dieser Betriebsphase (offline) angewandt werden. Dafür werden unterschiedliche Werkzeuge und Verfahren bereitgestellt. Der ""Mensch"" ist dabei als ein integraler Bestandteil des Systems zu sehen, da es sich hier um ein maschinelles, überwachtes Weiterlernen mit Unterstützung eines ""Betreuers"" handelt. In der Online- Phase stehen diverse Dialogmöglichkeiten der Optimierungswerkzeuge im Ereignis-Management-System für die Bewertung und Korrektur der Detektion zur Verfügung. Danach warden Aktionen in dem Detektionslernsystem eingeleitet, die zur Aktualisierung der Methodendatenbank und Detektionsmodule dienen.
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    D 4.1: Observatory descriptive report
    (Fraunhofer IPK, 2014)
    Menevidis, Zaharya
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    Hahne, Michael
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    Ajami, Mohamad
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    Fairweather, Ben
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    Smagas, Kostas
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    Giambene, Giovanni
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    Hahne, Michael
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    Menevidis, Zaharya
    Deliverable 4.1 provides the specification for the ""Observatory for International Responsible Research and Innovation Coordination"". Its purpose is to enable the implementation of the Observatory in task 4.2. Therefore the technical as well as procedural requirements and prerequisites for the Observatory have been defined in detail. As the Observatory is intended to harness the involvement of the broader network of researchers and innovators, their participation in the design of it should maximise the chances of it being a tool they take ownership of. Therefore the gathering of requirements was not only limited to the description of work but included the expertise of the participants of the Responsibility project and was extended by the integration of feedback from the other current EU RRI project members. Chapter 2 of this deliverable provides an overview of the requirements incorporated in the specification process. As it is good practice in software design use cases have been developed based on these requirements. These have been described in chapter 3. The purpose of use cases is to specify interaction processes, identify variation and failure scenarios as well as technical functionalities and procedural modalities that need an in depth specification. These in depth specifications have been described in chapter 4. They must comprise the input data needed as well as a definition of their output and to where that data will be passed on. Apart from that it contains the specification of the processing of that data, of the interface design and of the information necessary to explain the functionality to the user.
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    D6.3 Project Dissemination Dossier Part 1: 1st Period
    (Fraunhofer IPK, 2014)
    Menevidis, Zaharya
    This document is part one of D6.3 Project Dissemination Dossier which contains the most important dissemination material created in the 1st project period such as project borchures, leaflets and folders. Furthermore, the project press release as well as significant press articles/news are also to be found in this document, as they are published on the official website of the RESPONSIBILITY Project ""http://responsibility-rri.eu"". Part two of D6.3 Project Dissemination Dossier will be submitted in the Month 35 of the project.
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    Global model and observatory for international responsible research and innovation coordination
    ( 2014)
    Menevidis, Zaharya
    The RESPONSIBILITY project aims to create a Forum and a virtual Observatory in Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI); which facilitates the network of stakeholders to adopt and diffuse a common understanding in RRI between different actors in Europe and around the globe. The RESPONSIBILITY project has the vision to become an effective knowledge transfer tool that diffuses scientific knowledge and simultaneously involves researchers, policy makers as well as societal stakeholders in a user‐friendly manner to the concept and practice of RRI. The strategy for fulfilling this vision is to integrate the RESPONSIBILITY Observatory through an innovative way that will assist the research community to induce their ideas in the RRI concept and practice. Furthermore, it aims to create a critical mass of interested public surrounding and supporting the implementation of RRI, at the researchers' daily work, in their individual context. RESPONSIBILITY project was launched on 1st February 2013, for three years' implementation, brings together 10 partners from 8 European countries as well as 3 partners from Asia and America and targets these following outcomes: BL The project will have an extensive societal, economic and scientific impact and it will particularly enhance the International Coordination in the field of RRI, and spread results of best practices of technologies without any discrimination among countries, common European identity and perceived sense of RRI. BL It will enhance networking and collaboration by establishing a virtual place to find the tools for active networking, for dialogue and polls and for on-line discussions to stimulate and respond to issues raised / identified in RRI. BL The project will create an on-line directory facilitating the exchange of information, concepts and approaches on RRI. BL It will establish a critical mass in confronting multi‐dimensional and complicated societal issues. BL RESPONSIBILITY will also promote networks of scientists to facilitate the definition of research priorities, avoiding duplication of efforts and strengthen the collaboration under horizontal issues.
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    Optische Sensorik - Intelligente Detektion gefährlicher Situationen
    ( 2014)
    Menevidis, Zaharya
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    Ajami, Mohamad
    Vorgestellt werden die Komponenten und Verfahren eines verteilten intelligenten optischen Detektionssystems, das als Element eines generischen Gefahrenmanagementsystems in Fahrzeugen und Haltestellen vordefinierte interventionsbedürftige Szenen erkennt und meldet. Die optische Erfassung der Szene erfolgt über Tiefenbildsensoren, die Tiefensilhouetten und Gelenkdarstellungen generieren, sowie über RGB-Sensoren, welche die Bestimmung von farbbasierten charakteristischen Merkmalen und Individualisierung von Objekten gestatten. Daraus lässt sich die Deutung von Posen, Bewegungsmustern und Szenen ableiten. Die Intelligenz liegt in den Verfahren der Posenbeschreibung (Motion Description Language MDL, Neuronale Netze) und Zustandsinterpretationen (Scene Activity Modelling SAM) mit den Möglichkeiten der Integration von Lernverfahren in den Online- (Auswertung und Bewertung während der Detektion) sowie Offline-Phasen (Veränderung der Zustandsinterpretationen).
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    D6.2 policy brief: RRI for security
    (Fraunhofer IPK, 2014)
    Menevidis, Zaharya
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    Briege, Carolin
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    Mitrou, Lilian
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    Nor Mohd, Rohaya
    This policy paper presents and discusses the gaps (or problems) in the security domain where RRI can serve as a valuable tool to effectively address these gaps. As the RESPONSIBILITY project focuses on the context of RRI from a civil security technologies perspective, the intended Policy Brief (PB) aims to contribute to the on-going public discourse and development of security policies and recommendations. This policy paper highlights the urgency of the new, emerging and complex security issues, and elaborates the importance of engaging RRI as balancing instrument. In this context, RRI should be integrated in the process (particularly related to security research and innovation) to clarify and handle the on-going tension between formulating and implementing security measures and policies, and the issues related to privacy protection. Several pertinent key recommendations are further highlighted at the end of the paper for further consideration and deliberation. In the paper, pertinent security problems and challenges are discussed and scrutinized. To date, it is speculated that the possible adverse impact towards quality of life such as threats on critical infrastructures (i.e., water, telecommunication, etc.), natural disasters or crimes will be amplified in the densely populated cities. Due to this, there will be growing concerns worldwide about emerging security issues and challenges. This will necessitate a new and balanced security approach to respond to these emerging and new security challenges. At present, formulation and implementation of security measures are largely based, and also too dependent, on technology to offer possible solutions to respond to security needs and challenges. New technologies are being designed, deployed and assessed as part of initiatives in formulating good security measures. Yet, societies around the world continue to express their concerns about these new technologies, particularly on their intended and unintended impacts. The societies exert pressure and demand that these impacts have to be addressed in the early design stages of the technology. The emerging security problems and the wide availability of innovative security technologies and designs, in addition to the growing concerns from individuals and societies, pose great challenge to policy makers at various levels. Hence, re-examining systematically the security concepts and measures is more important than ever, and is vital to any initiative to formulate viable security policies to effectively respond to future security challenges and needs. RESPONSIBILITY views that RRI and security are always engaged in a dialectical process. Explicitly, every security research project/security tool should identify ethical, societal and legal issues to be faced, but at the same time, research and innovation co-define the aims, the scope and the outcome of security research and security policy. From the international context, RESPONSIBILITY acknowledges that matters pertaining to security and privacy will remain complex and challenging, and will be dealt with differently across countries, and even across different policy actors within a country. Nevertheless, RRI approach to security measures and policies will greatly benefit policy actors and decision makers at various levels of decision making. RRI as balancing instrument embeds with responsibility and regulatory values, as well as directions for framing research and assessing the impact of security technologies, measures and policies. In this view, RRI can transform regulatory choices into research outcomes. The Security Policy Brief, integrating principles of RRI serves the societal needs by addressing the growing.
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    Trends und Entwicklungen im Videobereich - Sicht der Sicherheitstechnik
    ( 2013)
    Menevidis, Zaharya
    Inhalt - Die Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft im Überblick - Die Abteilung Sicherheitstechnik / Kompetenzen - Videotechnik für die Sicherheit, Begriffswelt - Intelligente Videotechnik - Trends und Sicherheitskultur, Trendsetter, Trendsetter-Technologien - Verbesserungspotentiale in der Technik und der Konzeption - BMBF gefördertes Beispielprojekt: ADIS - Überblick der aktuellen relevanten Projekte (InREAKT, ADIS, FEARLESS, RESPONSIBILITY, ETHICAL, RADICAL)
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    Automatisierte Detektion Interventionsbedürftiger Situationen durch Klassifizierung visueller Muster
    ( 2012)
    Menevidis, Zaharya
    Beispiele für Gewalt an Haltestellen und Bahnhöfen führen dazu, dass Bürgerinnen und Bürger ein hohes Bedürfnis nach Sicherheit äußern und gegebenenfalls die Nutzung des öffentlichen Nahverkehrs zu Tagesrandzeiten einschränken. Vielerorts sind die Zugänge und die U-Bahnen selbst bereits mit Videokameras ausgestattet. Doch die Fülle der Bilder allein erhöht die Sicherheit noch nicht. Das Projekt ADIS erarbeitet intelligente Routinen zur Auswertung der Bilder, um Bedrohungen in speziell ausgewiesenen Bahnsteigbereichen erkennen zu können. Im Erfolgsfall sollen die Fahrgäste individuell entscheiden können, ob sie sich zu ihrer Sicherheit in einem speziell ausgewiesenen Bereich aufhalten wollen, der mit diesem Videokamerasystem ausgestattet ist. Die Auswertungsroutinen sollen Verhalten, Gesti k und Mimik, das typischerweise zu einer bedrohlichen Handlung führt, erkennen und in einem solchen Fall Alarm auslösen.
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    RESPONSIBILITY - Global model and observatory for international responsible research and innovation coordination
    ( 2012)
    Menevidis, Zaharya
    The RESPONSIBILITY (project aims to create a network of stakeholders that would adopt and diffuse a common understanding in Responsible Research and Innovation between different actors in Europe and around the globe. In doing so it will develop a model and provide a tool for international cooperation, the RESPONSIBILITY Observatory, involving the societal, policy and research stakeholders to these activities. It intends to provide practical means and structure a crucial interaction between society and research, providing a set of recommendations and tools to policy makers and active RRI stakeholders in order to take the necessary measures to nest responsible research and innovation into products and services from the very beginning (efficient RRI by design). Project Title: Global Model and Observatory for International Responsible Research and Innovation Coordination (RESPONSIBILITY) CSA FP7 - SiS.2012.1.2.1-1: International Coordination in the field of Responsible Research and Innovation (RRI)
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    Privacy protection and ethical governance - product (the solution) and process (concept-development) view
    ( 2012)
    Menevidis, Zaharya
    Numerous projects and applications use human centered data. While flexibility and availability of systems and data are extremely important, another crucial aspect is maintaining and ensuring awareness of privacy issues. Researchers may not have control over the disclosure of confidential data that has been collected, used, stored and disposed of during the implementation of the project and in the phase afterwards. Although there are several measures, regulations and mechanisms for the preservation of ethical requirements and accompanying commitments, studies and debates continually attest that additional articulation and implementation of an easy to use code of conduct for researchers is necessary, in order to provide guidance on data privacy in practical terms and minimize misconduct and misuse. Ethical implications of data collection, use and retention affect society both socially and financially. These impacts and categories, state of the art approaches and skills are and analyzed in the ETHICAL-project, leading to the development of ethical recommendations for assessment tools. Taking into account the findings from initial ETHICAL-project studies and its international benchmarking studies, the ETHICAL Consortium has made an attempt to meet this need by providing recommendations for a code of conduct and implementation measures for researchers. This particular presentation focuses on providing a practical tool for usage during proposal submission and contract conclusion as well as during the implementation of projects.