Dr. Fotios Katsilieris
Research scientist
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Bonn, Germany.
[email protected].
[email protected].
http://nl.linkedin.com/in/FotiosKatsilieris/.
28 Dec. 1983.
Hellenic (Greece).
Male.
Professional interests & activities
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Past
My professional interests are in the broad area covering signal processing, target tracking,
data fusion, and sensor management.
I perform research on sensor management and specifically on multifunction radar resource
management for improving its surveillance and tracking performance. I employ tools from the
fields of optimization, information theory, statistics, (stochastic) signal processing, detection
theory, data fusion, and threat assessment.
In my MSc studies, I focused on the field of robotics and automatic control. I used extensively Matlab, Simulink, C/C++ and LabView. Furthermore, I took courses on project and
industrial management. I applied successfully these skills as a team leader of a project course
in Automatic Control, where our team was the winning one.
In the early years of my studies, I was also interested in power systems, power generation,
distribution, and the applications of automatic control theory in these fields.
Work Experience
2015-04 –
present
Scientist, Sensor Data and Information Fusion department, Fraunhofer FKIE, Germany, I
work on radar resource management for surveillance and tracking.
SDF
department:
https://www.fkie.fraunhofer.de/en/research-areas/
sensor-data-and-information-fusion.html
Fraunhofer FKIE: https://www.fkie.fraunhofer.de/en.html
2015-03 –
2015-04
Postdoctoral researcher, Delft University of Technology, the Netherlands, I worked in the
context of Theme 4 of the STARS project, extending my work on sensor management towards
joint target tracking and classification.
MS3 group: http://radar.ewi.tudelft.nl/
STARS project webpage: http://www.starsproject.nl/
2011 – 2015-03
PhD candidate, first: University of Twente, graduated from: Delft University of Technology,
the Netherlands, I worked in the context of Theme 4 of the STARS project, extending my
work on sensor management for surveillance and target tracking. For more information see
the Education section and [1, 2, 3].
MS3 group: http://radar.ewi.tudelft.nl/
STARS project webpage: http://www.starsproject.nl/
PhD dissertation: available at http://repository.tudelft.nl/
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2010-06 –
2013-08
Marie Curie Research Fellow, Thales Nederland B.V., Hengelo, the Netherlands,
I held an EU Marie Curie Research Fellowship for performing research on sensor management. I worked on the efficient resource management of multifunction radars for performing
surveillance and target tracking, see [4, 5, 6, 7]. I also established collaboration with two more
institutes and I visited them, see the following two Visiting Researcher positions. This position
was part of the MC Impulse Initial Training Network. Furthermore, I was the administrator
of the MC Impulse website.
Thales Webpage: http://www.thalesgroup.com/nl/
MC IMPULSE Webpage: http://mcimpulse.isy.liu.se/
2012-11 –
2012-12
Visiting Researcher, NATO-STO Centre for Maritime Research and Experimentation (CMRE
- formerly known as NURC), La Spezia, Italy,
Developed an algorithm for detecting the position spoofing of Automatic Identification System (AIS) reports using radar measurements and the sequential version of the generalized
likelihood ratio test. The results were published under the title "Detection of malicious AIS
position spoofing by exploiting radar information" in the Proceedings of the 16th International
Conference on Information FUSION 2013, see [7].
CMRE Webpage: http://www.cmre.nato.int/
2012-06
Visiting Researcher, Fraunhofer FKIE, Bonn, Germany,
Worked towards the development of an online, adaptive algorithm for radar surveillance control. The results were published under the title "Towards an online, adaptive algorithm for
radar surveillance control" in Future Security - Security Research Conference 2012: Sensor
Data Fusion Workshop, see [6].
FKIE Webpage: http://www.fkie.fraunhofer.de/en.html
2009-06 –
2009-09
Research Engineer, KTH, Stockholm, Sweden,
Extended my MSc thesis in order to submit it to the "Search and Pursuit/Evasion in
the Physical World: Efficiency, Scalability, and Guarantees" workshop of IEEE I.C.R.A.
2010, see [8]. Co-authored the "Selected Results from the project AURES: Autonomous
UGV-system for Reconnaissance and Surveillance" paper presented in the Swedish Workshop
on Autonomous Robotics ’09.
ICRA 2010 Webpage: http://icra2010.grasp.upenn.edu/
ICRA
2010
workshop
Webpage:
http://www.frc.ri.cmu.edu/~gholling/
SearchWorkshop/
2007-05 –
2007-08
Sales Engineer, IL.VIO.KAT., Athens, Greece,
Responsible for the sales of electrical switchboards and automation products.
Webpage: http://www.ilviokat.gr/en/
Education
2011 – 2015-03
PhD degree, first: University of Twente, graduated from: Delft University of Technology,
the Netherlands, PhD thesis title: "Sensor management for surveillance and tracking: An operational perspective". Promotor: Prof. DSc. A. Yarovoy, Co-promotor: Dr. Hans Driessen.
In my PhD thesis I describe a threat-based sensor management scheme that can be used for
controlling a multifunction radar such that multiple targets can be found and tracked. For
more information on this novel threat-based approach to sensor management see [1, 2, 3].
MS3 group: http://radar.ewi.tudelft.nl/
STARS project webpage: http://www.starsproject.nl/
PhD dissertation: available at http://repository.tudelft.nl/
2007-09 –
2009-07
MSc in Systems, Control and Robotics, duration: 2 years, courses taught in English, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden, Focused on automatic
control and robotics. Took extra courses on project and industrial management. MSc thesis title: "Search and secure using mobile robots". Supervisor: Prof. Karl H. Johansson
(http://www.ee.kth.se/~kallej/).
SCR webpage: https://www.kth.se/student/kurser/program/TSCRM/?l=en
MSc Thesis:
http://www.ee.kth.se/php/modules/publications/reports/2009/
XR-EE-RT_2009_006.pdf
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2001-09 –
2006-12
Diploma in Electrical and Computer Engineering, duration: 5 years, University of Patras,
Patras, Greece, Focused on automatic control and power systems. Some of the courses that
I attended are: Applied Optimization, Industrial Automation, Adaptive & Nonlinear Control,
High Voltages, Power Electronics, Electrical Installations and Electrical Machines.
Webpage: http://www.ece.upatras.gr/en
Publications
[1]
F. Katsilieris, H. Driessen, and A. Yarovoy, “Radar resource management for improved situational
awareness,” in Proceedings of the International Radar Conference 2014, Lille, France, 2014.
[2]
——, “Threat-based sensor management for target tracking,” 2015, accepted for publication to the
IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems.
[3]
F. Katsilieris, “Sensor management for surveillance and tracking: An operational perspective,”
Ph.D. dissertation, Delft University of Technology, 2015.
[Online].
Available: http:
//repository.tudelft.nl/view/ir/uuid:c290585a-8e2d-448a-9b31-52540877195e/
[4]
F. Katsilieris, Y. Boers, and H. Driessen, “Sensor management for PRF selection in the track-beforedetect context,” in Proceedings of the IEEE Radar Conference, 2012, pp. 360–365.
[5]
——, “Optimal search: a practical interpretation of information-driven sensor management,” in Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Information Fusion, 2012, pp. 439–446.
[6]
F. Katsilieris, A. Charlish, and Y. Boers, “Towards an online, adaptive algorithm for radar surveillance
control,” in Future Security - Security Research Conference 2012: Sensor Data Fusion Workshop,
Bonn, Germany, 2012.
[7]
F. Katsilieris, P. Braca, and S. Coraluppi, “Detection of malicious AIS position spoofing by exploiting
radar information,” in Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Information Fusion, 2013,
pp. 1–7.
[8]
F. Katsilieris, M. Lindhe, D. V. Dimarogonas, P. Ogren, and K. H. Johansson, “Demonstration
of multi-robot search and secure,” IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation
(ICRA2010) Workshop: Search and Pursuit/Evasion in the Physical World: Efficiency, Scalability,
and Guarantees, 2010.
Languages
Greek
English
Dutch
German
Swedish
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"Proficiency in English" degree, Cambridge & Mitchigan Universities
CEFR B2 - Staatsexamen Nederlands als tweede taal - Programma II (NT2-II)
"Grundstuffe Zertifikat" degree, Goethe Institute in Greece
Completed Level 4 (Advanced) course (course code: DS1532), KTH
Computer skills
• Microsoft Windows, Office
• Matlab - Simulink, LabView
• Latex
• Linux
• C, C++
• Adobe Illustrator, PhotoShop
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