LIVE DEMONSTRATIONS OF LADS-LARGE ANIMAL DETECTION SYSTEM™ AND AIRSENCE™ AT ITS WORLD CONGRESS 2017 IN MONTREAL, CANADA
Real-time wildlife/vehicles monitoring using AUG’s award-winning radar-based LADS – Large Animal Detection System™
Real-time air quality monitoring using AUG’s AirSENCE™, ambient air quality monitoring system
AUG, Pavilion Premium Exhibitor of ITS Canada, showcased its award-winning and state-of-the-art products to the international audience including business representatives, government authorities and renowned researchers from Asia, Europe and North America
Overwhelming response and interest from the customers and potential partners
AUG’s LADS is published in ITS World Congress 2017 Daily News
From left to right: Mr. Hardik Patel – Senior Hardware Engineer, Mr. Gurivi Reddy Polakala¬ – Business Development Officer, Mr. Abir Mukherjee – Senior Systems Architect
Toronto, Canada: A.U.G. Signals Ltd (AUG), one of the leading experts in intelligent sensor systems and signal processing, exhibited its innovative and advanced products – LADS and AirSENCE™ at ITS World Congress 2017 held October 29-November 2 at the Palais des congrès in Montreal, Canada. AUG also participated in B2B meetings with French delegation and discussed the potential collaborative opportunities in France and rest of the Europe.
LADS – Large Animal Detection System™ is a first-of-its-kind, award-winning (ITS Canada Award, 2013) all-weather radar-based detection system designed to monitor the presence of large animals on highways and provide warnings to motorists for as long as the animals remain in the monitored region. LADS, with its state-of-the-art detection technology, delivers the following key advantages: Robust Detection, Continuous Monitoring, High Accuracy, Traffic Monitoring and Classification, Remote Access and Eco-friendly Installation. LADS is currently operational on Highway 416 near Kemptville, Ontario and in Mount Revelstoke and Glacier National Park, British Columbia.
AirSENCE™ (Air SENsor for Chemicals in the Environment) is an innovative, robust and technically advanced air quality monitoring device that gathers continuous real-time high spatial resolution data. Compact in its design, AirSENCE™ reduces the cost and the energy usage associated with air quality monitoring. It provides accurate and reliable real-time data that helps cities to monitor air pollutant levels over time, map high pollution areas and localize the sources of air pollution. Rigorously tested in both low and highly polluted areas, AirSENCE™ provides accurate and reliable data fulfilling the needs of multiple stakeholders.
AUG’s LADS in Daily News, 24th ITS World Congress 2017. Please click the above image to view the original article.
About A.U.G. Signals:
Founded in 1986, A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) has been dedicated to excellence in signal, image and data processing for over two decades. A leader in its field, AUG is at the forefront of research and development in registration, detection, recognition, classification and identification, tracking, data mining techniques, intelligent systems and online distributed processing, situation assessment for decision support, and multi-sensor information fusion.
Concrete applications of AUG’s technological innovations include the monitoring of drinking/source water and the environment, multi-sensor surveillance of maritime and land, natural resources mapping, large animal detection and traffic monitoring system and applications for the military.
About ITS World Congress:
The ITS World Congress 2017, produced by ITS America in conjunction with ITS Canada and co-organized by ITS Europe and ITS Asia-Pacific, brings together global leaders in intelligent and transformative transportation to showcase and evaluate the latest innovative concepts, active prototypes, and live systems. Academics, researchers, policymakers, businesses, entrepreneurs, investors, implementers and the media—thousands of people from the transport, automotive, telecommunications, and technology sectors—will engage in robust discussions and spirited debates as to how this rapidly changing and ever-expanding industry is addressing the very real challenges facing our mobile, connected societies today and in the future. ITS World Congress 2017 is held October 29 – November 2 at the Palais des congrès in Montréal.
A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) will be attending WEFTEC 2017 in Chicago, IL between October 2 – 4, 2017. WEFTEC is North America’s largest conference of its kind that offers unparalleled experience, training and education to water quality professionals around the world.
AUG will be present to discuss about TRITON Intelligent Water Surveillance® and its benefits as well as various case studies to demonstrate its proven effectiveness in diverse environments in monitoring and detecting the water quality. AUG can be found in booth #7755 where thorough explanation about the system and one-on-one Q&A sessions will be available.
Dr. George Lampropoulos presenting AirSENCE at the forum.
Dr. George Lampropoulos, President and CEO of A.U.G. Signals Ltd (AUG), delivered a presentation on the successful collaboration between Peking University, University of Toronto and AUG – at the 6th Ontario-China Research and Innovation Collaboration on May 15, 2017. AUG was invited to share the experience of successful collaboration with China.
Peking University, University of Toronto and AUG started working on a prestigious project entitled, “Portable Integrated Sensor Network for Online Ambient Air Pollution Monitoring in Urban Environments”, in 2014. This project was funded under ‘Ontario-China Research and Innovation Fund (OCRIF)’ program with the support of Ontario’s Ministry of Research, Innovation and Science (MRIS), the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), China and Ontario Centres of Excellence (OCE). The project team has made a significant progress over these years and resulted in ground-breaking research results and key publications. AirSENCE™ – a low-cost, compact and real-time commercial air monitoring is developed under this project.
Dr. Lampropoulos said, “OCRIF is a great platform for bringing innovative ideas to market. These collaborations lay a strong foundation for future research partnerships support the growth of Ontario’s clean tech industry in domestic and international markets.” He also discussed the best practices for successful collaborations and future collaborative opportunities during the presentation.
AUG crop growth stage estimation technology with AAFC:
* Prestigious project under AAFC’s AgriInnovation Program for crop management and disease risk assessment
* Project to provide a commercial tool to facilitate sustainable agriculture management, pest and disease mitigation and resource planning
* Project will benefit large and small farming operations and also strengthens Canada’s expertise and international competitiveness in agriculture sector
Partnering with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada (AAFC), A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) initiated a new project for crop growth stage estimation technology for crop management and disease risk assessment using Earth Observation data.[1] The objective of this 18-month project is to develop robust growth stage (phenological state) estimation and key growth date prediction products to facilitate improved crop management, pest and disease mitigation and resource planning.
Application Concept: The project will advance development of a method to determine growth stage for a wide range of crops of importance to Canada (corn, soybeans, field peas, wheat, barley, canola etc.). The product will be developed by enhancing an effective growth stage estimation procedure based on technology previously developed by AUG and using space-based synthetic aperture radar (SAR), specifically RADARSAT-2 and TerraSAR-X polarimetric data.
Expected Results: The outcome from this successful AgriInnovation Program project will be an automated process to ingest satellite SAR and optical data for accurate growth stage estimation (measured as number of days since emergence), producing information which is temporally updated and capable of timely delivery in order to inform crop management decision-making and resource allocation. This project will expand and improve AUG’s earth observation capabilities, enhancing Canada’s expertise and international competitiveness in the agriculture sector and benefitting both large and small farming operations. Ultimately, this project will lead to a commercialized crop growth estimation tool that can support sustainable agriculture management and disease risk mitigation in Canada and around the globe.
[1] Funding for this project has been provided by the AgriInnovation Program’s Research and Development stream, under the Growing Forward 2 policy framework. / Les fonds pour ce projet proviennent du volet Recherche et développement du programme Agri-innovation, une initiative du cadre stratégique Cultivons l’avenir 2.
Highlights
* Second prestigious pilot project in ITS after the successful installation of Large Animal Warning and Detection System along Highway 416 near Kemptville, Ontario
* Project scheduled for operation in the Mount Revelstoke and Glacier national parks, British Columbia by Summer 2017
* Deployment of AUG’s state-of-the-art SENTINEL–military grade scanning radar-based safety/security system–on the Trans-Canada Highway (Hwy-1)
* Project to provide wildlife monitoring across a 1 km zone and reduce wildlife vehicle collisions by 75%
* Commercial SENTINEL system ready to enter the market by the end of pilot project
Toronto, Canada: A.U.G. Signals Ltd (AUG), one of the leading experts in intelligent sensor systems and signal processing, today announced its new pilot project with Parks Canada under the Build in Canada Innovation Program (BCIP) for the wildlife monitoring in the Glacier National Park, between Revelstoke and Golden, British Columbia. During this project, AUG will deploy its multi-sensor SENTINEL system on the Trans-Canada Highway (Hwy-1) in Glacier National Park, delivering the product to Parks Canada. SENTINEL is an extension of the AUG’s existing Large Animal Detection System (LADS). Unlike conventional detection systems, SENTINEL’s advanced analytics differentiate between cars, trucks and wildlife/people that would improve the monitoring capabilities, transportation planning and emergency response services.
SENTINEL’s other key benefits include extremely low false detection rates, all-weather operation, low maintenance and warning system capability. SENTINEL also has broader applications for modern public safety and security systems, including critical infrastructure such as bridges and tunnels, airside security at airports, and portable intrusion detection and tracking for private industry and military applications.
In this pilot project, AUG plans to validate several performance metrics and will provide real-time insights and remote support for a period of 18 months. After the completion of this pilot project, AUG will have commercial SENTINEL and LADS systems ready to enter the surveillance and wild-life detection markets respectively.
Dr. George A. Lampropoulos, President and CEO said, “We continue to collaborate with our partners for the innovation and excellence in signal, image and data processing. AUG believes in the value of collaborative relationships and building partnerships with government, industry, academia and clients to understand the world and make it safer. Our mission is to deliver customized, reliable and robust solutions that meet the needs of AUG’s global clientele. AUG’s SENTINEL is truly an innovation in the industry and is able to do what no other system has done before: reliably and effectively detect large animals on highways, 24/7. SENTINEL, with its classification feature is a disruptive product in the surveillance industry. With the on-going research and other upcoming projects, AUG is positioning itself to capitalize the growing opportunities in ITS domain.”
About A.U.G. Signals Ltd.
Founded in 1986, A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) has been dedicated to excellence in signal, image and data processing for over three decades. A leader in its field, AUG is at the forefront of research and development in registration, detection, recognition, classification and identification, tracking, data mining techniques, intelligent systems and online distributed processing, situation assessment for decision support, and multi-sensor information fusion.
Concrete applications of AUG’s technological innovations include the monitoring of drinking/source water and the environment, multi-sensor surveillance of maritime and land, natural resources mapping, large animal detection and traffic monitoring system and applications for the military.
About the Build in Canada Innovation Program
The Build in Canada Innovation Program helps Canadian innovators land their first sale and get their innovations tested by the Government of Canada. If you have an innovation that hasn’t hit the market yet, BCIP wants to be the first to buy it and test it.
A.U.G Signals Ltd (AUG) team made a visit to Manila (Philippines) in December, 2016 to demonstrate AUG’s latest innovations in Environmental Monitoring.
On Dec 15, 2016, Dr. George Lampropoulos, President & CEO, of A.U.G. Signals Ltd (AUG) met Ms. Gina Lopez – Secretary (i.e. Minister) of Philippines’ Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) and discussed about the environmental monitoring in Philippines.
Figure 1: Dr. George Lampropoulos, President & CEO of AUG (left) with Ms. Gina Lopez, Secretary of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of Philippines (right) on Dec. 15, 2016.
On Dec 16, 2016, AUG team had a meeting with eleven delegates from the DENR. These delegates from DENR included Ms. Suky Lim- Associate to the Secretary and Mr. Gilbert Gonzales- Director, Environment Management Bureau. This meeting was chaired by Professor Marlo Mendoza- Undersecretary (i.e. Deputy Minister) for Policy and Planning of DENR.
Figure 2: Top bureaucrats of the Department of Environment and Natural Resources of Philippines discussing intelligent online water and air quality monitoring technologies with a team of AUG. In the photo, Dr. Lampropoulos (top left) is delivering the presentation.
AUG successfully presented its innovative products for intelligent online water and real-time ambient air quality monitoring– TRITON Intelligent Water Surveillance and AirSENCE respectively. AUG and DENR had a valuable discussion about the technology capability and the benefits it can bring to the Philippines. AUG looks forward to expanding its market reach through a collaborative partnership with Philippines, enabling healthier life, safe drinking water and environment conservation & sustainability.
A.U.G. Signals in Greece is participating in the WaterSpy project along with eight other consortium across Europe. This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 731778. The project is an initiative of the Photonics Public Private Partnership (www.photonics21.org).
Pervasive and on-line water quality monitoring data is critical for detecting environmental pollution and reacting in the best possible way to avoid human health hazards. However, it’s not easy to gather such data, at least not for all contaminants. Currently, water utilities rely heavily on frequent sampling and laboratory analysis in order to acquire this information. For the situation to be improved, portable and high-performance devices for pervasive water quality monitoring are required. Such devices should expand current limitations in detecting contaminants, transcending today’s paradigms, and bridging different technologies available, allowing on-line monitoring of possible contaminants.
WaterSpy addresses this challenge by developing water quality analysis photonics technology suitable for inline, field measurements. WaterSpy technology will be integrated, for validation purposes, to a commercially successful water quality monitoring platform, in the form of a portable device add-on. WaterSpy will be used in the field for the analysis of critical points of water distribution networks. This will be demonstrated in two different demo sites in Italy.
The Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs, announced over $4 million in funding for an expansion of the Keewaytinook Okimakanak (KO) Safe Water Project in Northwestern Ontario First Nations communities. This expansion means that the Project will now help eliminate boil water advisories for 19 First Nations communities.
A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) is proud to support this project with its innovative technology- TRITON- Intelligent Water SurveillanceTM (TRITON). Early in 2017, TRITON will be installed in fourteen First Nations communities, including Bearskin Lake, Cat Lake, North Caribou Lake, Sachigo Lake, Slate Falls, Kingfisher Lake, Wapekeka, Wawakapewin, Wunnumin Lake, Kasabonika Lake, Lac Seul, Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug, Muskrat Dam and Pikangikum.
Through this project, AUG’s intelligent online water quality monitoring system will enable these communities to detect and estimate the concentrations of target waterborne contaminants in their drinking water distribution networks in real-time.
By placing monitoring systems at strategic locations, such as water treatment plants, community centres and schools, local water operators can issue alerts and advisories within minutes to minimize the scale and public health consequences of waterborne outbreaks and facilitate the reduction of contaminants present in the drinking water distribution systems. AUG’s technology offers a way to enhance drinking water infrastructure while building capacity at both the individual and community levels.
In addition to this state-of-the-art hardware, the 14 First Nations communities involved in the KO Safe Water Project expansion will gain permanent, full‐time employment opportunities for local personnel for maintenance and support of the systems. Training and coordination for the expansion will be organized through four Tribal Councils: Windigo First Nations Council, Shibogama First Nations Council and Independent First Nations Alliance—all based in Sioux Lookout—as well as Keewaytinook Okimakanak Council in Balmertown.
[Above] Mr. Dimitris P. Kafantaris, Mayor of Pylos-Nestor, Messinias, Greece (left) and Dr. George Lampropoulos, CEO of A.U.G. Signals Ltd
On August 16, 2016, Dr. George Lampropoulos, CEO of A.U.G. Signals Ltd (AUG) and the Mayor of Pylos-Nestor, Messinias, Greece, Mr. Dimitris P. Kafantaris had a successful meeting to discuss water related environmental concerns of the region and for a potential cooperation. AUG is looking forward to providing an extra layer of protection to the municipality of Pylos-Nestor for clean and safe drinking water.
On July 12 – 14, 2016, A.U.G. Signals Ltd. (AUG) with its partner Keewaytinook Okimakanak First Nations (KO) presented Safe Water Project at the Assembly of First Nations’ 37th Annual General Assembly. Together working as a team, KO and AUG demonstrated how the Safe Water Project works with its three components, training & certification, operation support and water quality monitoring technology (TRITON Intelligent Water Surveillance) to accomplish prevention of boil water advisories in remote, small communities in Northern Ontario. The team interacted with the leaders, students and the family of the communities along with the Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs as shown below.
Barry Strachan, KO Public Works Manager (left), Geordi Kakepetum, KO Chief Executive Director, and Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Indigenous and Northern Affairs (right)
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