Thales (Netherlands)

About: Thales (Netherlands) is a company organization based out in Hengelo, Netherlands. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Electromagnetic compatibility & Radar. The organization has 40 authors who have published 52 publications receiving 518 citations. The organization is also known as: Hollandse Signaalapparaten B.V. & Signaal.

Particle filter based detection for tracking

Abstract: We present a new method to perform detection and tracking of a possible target in noise. We perform tracking not on the basis of the standard measurements but on the raw radar video data. Detection then is based upon the a posteriori information, i.e., the probability density of the state given these past measurements (in this case video data). This way of data processing/tracking is also referred to as track before detect (TBD) for obvious reasons. An advantage of this method over classical tracking is that in this TBD approach the decision whether a target is present or not is based on integrated and kinematically correlated energy. This method is better suited for tracking weak targets in noise than the classical method. As this problem statement leads to a nonlinear non-Gaussian filtering problem classical filtering methods (e.g. Kalman filtering) will result in poor performance. A particle filter is used to deal with the nonlinearities and the non-Gaussian nature of the noise. The same particle filter output is also used to perform detection based on a likelihood ratio test.

A particle-filter-based detection scheme

Abstract: In this paper, we present a new result that can be used for detection purposes. We show that when estimating the a posteriori probability density of a possible signal in noise by means of a particle filter, the output of the filter, i.e., the unnormalized weights, can be used to approximately construct the likelihood ratio, which arises in many different detection schemes.

A Study of Preventing Email (Spear) Phishing by Enabling Human Intelligence

Abstract: Cyber criminals use phishing emails in high-volume and spear phishing emails in low volume to achieve their malicious objectives. Hereby they inflict financial, reputational, and emotional damages on individuals and organizations. These (spear) phishing attacks get steadily more sophisticated as cyber criminals use social engineering tricks that combine psychological and technical deceptions to make malicious emails as trustworthy as possible. Such sophisticated (spear) phishing emails are hard for email protection systems to detect. Security researchers have studied users' ability to perceive, identify and react upon email (spear) phishing attacks. In this study we have surveyed recent works on understanding how to prevent end-users from falling for email (spear) phishing attacks. Based on the survey we design and propose a novice method that combines interaction methods of reporting, blocking, warning, and embedded education to harness the intelligence of expert and novice users in a corporate environment in detecting email (spear) phishing attacks. We evaluate the design based on a qualitative study, in three experimental steps, by using a mockup prototype, and with 24 participants. We report on the insights gained, indicating that the proposed combination of the interaction methods is promising, and on future research directions.

Emergence in Cyber-Physical Systems-of-Systems (CPSoSs)

Abstract: The essence of the concept emergence is aptly communicated by the following quote, attributed to Aristotle, who lived more than 2000 years ago: The Whole is Greater than the Sum of its Parts.