EURMARS: An Advanced Surveillance Platform to Improve the European Multiauthority Border Security Efficiency and Cooperation

Georgios Mourkousis; Matthaios Protonotarios; Chrysostomos Antoniou; Andreas Kriechbaum-Zabini; Stephan Veigl; Jonathan Boyle; Lulu Chen; George Voskopoulos; Romaios Bratskas; Laura Salmela; Jari Laarni; Antti Väätänen; Sirra Toivonen; Mikio Akagi; Claudia-Iohana Voicu

doi:10.1007/978-3-031-62083-6_31

EURMARS: An Advanced Surveillance Platform to Improve the European Multiauthority Border Security Efficiency and Cooperation

Georgios Mourkousis^*
, Matthaios Protonotarios
, Chrysostomos Antoniou
, Andreas Kriechbaum-Zabini
, Stephan Veigl
, Jonathan Boyle
, Lulu Chen
, George Voskopoulos
, Romaios Bratskas
, Laura Salmela
, Jari Laarni
, Antti Väätänen
, Sirra Toivonen
, Mikio Akagi
, Claudia-Iohana Voicu

^*Corresponding author for this work

Hardware and Software Engineering Ltd.
European Dynamics Luxembourg SA
Austrian Institute of Technology (AIT)
University of Reading
Geosystems Hellas S.A. (GHS)
Skyld Security and Defence Ltd
Trilateral Research Ltd (Ireland)

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Abstract

European maritime border management is a complex and multifaceted task. EURMARS innovates border surveillance in Europe by addressing the main challenges of irregular migration attempts, smuggling, trafficking, as well as management of search and rescue operations and oil spill observation and monitoring in parallel with the coordination and cooperation among different authorities and agencies at the national and EU levels. EURMARS implements and intends to validate a 24/7 surveillance platform with the following characteristics: (i) provision for the integration of existing and future data sources and services; (ii) utilisation and clustering of high-altitude technology, satellite imagery, UAVs, and ground-based sensors into a joint surveillance capability to provide continuous complementary data; (iii) innovative coupling of sensors data with data fusion, AI analytics, risk assessment, and alarming functionality; (iv) flexible interoperable surveillance platform with multiauthority cooperation capabilities and verified easy-to-integrate potential for next-generation platforms and systems; and (v) performance benchmark platform to ensure acceptability by all stakeholders, including extensive technical and user acceptance tests and ethical and legal impact assessments.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Paradigms on Technology Development for Security Practitioners
Editors	Ilias Gkotsis, Dimitrios Kavallieros, Nikolai Stoianov, Stefanos Vrochidis, Dimitrios Diagourtas, Babak Akhgar
Place of Publication	Cham
Publisher	Springer
Chapter	31
Pages	387-399
ISBN (Electronic)	978-3-031-62083-6
ISBN (Print)	978-3-031-62082-9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62083-6_31
Publication status	Published - 30 Sept 2024
MoE publication type	A3 Part of a book or another research book

Publication series

Series	Security Informatics and Law Enforcement
ISSN	2523-8507

Funding

This project received funding from the European Union’s Horizon Europe research and innovation programme under grant agreement no. 101073985. This article reflects only the authors’ views, and both the Research Executive Agency and the European Commission are not responsible for any use that may be made of the information it contains.

UN SDGs

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SDG 10 Reduced Inequalities
SDG 14 Life Below Water

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EURMARS: An advanced surveillance platform to improve the EURopean Multi Authority BordeR Security efficiency and cooperation
Salmela, L. (Manager), Toivonen, S. (Participant), Laarni, J. (Participant), Väätänen, A. (Participant), Lintonen, T. (Participant) & Keränen, J. (Participant)
1/10/22 → 30/09/25
Project: EU project

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Mourkousis, G., Protonotarios, M., Antoniou, C., Kriechbaum-Zabini, A., Veigl, S., Boyle, J., Chen, L., Voskopoulos, G., Bratskas, R., Salmela, L., Laarni, J., Väätänen, A., Toivonen, S., Akagi, M., & Voicu, C.-I. (2024). EURMARS: An Advanced Surveillance Platform to Improve the European Multiauthority Border Security Efficiency and Cooperation. In I. Gkotsis, D. Kavallieros, N. Stoianov, S. Vrochidis, D. Diagourtas, & B. Akhgar (Eds.), Paradigms on Technology Development for Security Practitioners (pp. 387-399). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-62083-6_31

Mourkousis, Georgios ; Protonotarios, Matthaios ; Antoniou, Chrysostomos et al. / EURMARS: An Advanced Surveillance Platform to Improve the European Multiauthority Border Security Efficiency and Cooperation. Paradigms on Technology Development for Security Practitioners. editor / Ilias Gkotsis ; Dimitrios Kavallieros ; Nikolai Stoianov ; Stefanos Vrochidis ; Dimitrios Diagourtas ; Babak Akhgar. Cham : Springer, 2024. pp. 387-399 (Security Informatics and Law Enforcement).

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