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Editors
Editor-in-Chief-Peter Willett, University of
Connecticut, USA
Associate Editor-in-Chief-Daniel O'Hagan,
University ofCape Town, South Africa
VP Publications-Maria Sabrina Greco,
University ofPisa, Italy
AESS President-Walt Downing, Southwest
Research Institute, USA
Operations Manager, AESS-Judy Scharmann,
Conference Catalysts, LLC, USA
Contributing Editors
Awards-Fulvio Gini, University ofPisa, Italy
Book Reviews Editor-Samuel Shapero, Georgia
Tech Research Institute, USA
Conferences-Michael Braasch, Ohio University,
USA
Distinguished Lecturers & Tutorials-Lorenzo
Lo Monte, Telephonics Corporation, USA
Education-Lorenzo Lo Monte, Telephonics
Corporation, USA
History-Hugh Griffiths, University College
London, UK
Student Research-Federico Lombardi,
University College London, UK
Technical Panels-George Schmidt, MIT
Instrumentation Laboratory /Draper
Laboratory, USA (Retired)
Tutorials-W. Dale Blair, Georgia Tech Research
Institute, USA
Website Updates-Judy Scharmann, Conference
Catalysts, LLC, USA
Associate Editors and Areas of
Specialty
Scott Bawden-Energy Conversion Systems,
Arctic Submarine Laboratory, USA
Erik Blasch, US Air Force Research Lab (AFRL),
USA
Roberto Sabatini, RMIT University, Australia-
Avionics Systems
Stefan Brueggenwirth, Fraunhofer Institutefor
High Frequency Physics and Radar
Techniques FHR, Germany-AI and ML in
Aerospace
Dietrich Fraenken, Hensoldt Sensors, Germany-
Fusion and Signal Processing
Lyudmila Mihaylova, The University of
Sheffield, UK-Target Tracking
Mauro De Sanctis, University ofRome " Tor
Vergata, " Italy-Signal Processing and
Communications
Jason Gross, West Virginia University (WVU),
USA-Navigation, Positioning
Giancarmine Fasano, University ofNaples
Federico II, Italy-Unmanned Aircraft Systems
Daniel O'Hagan, University ofCape Town,
South Africa-Radar Systems
Richard Linares, University ofMinnesota, USA-
Space Systems
Haiying Liu, DRS Technologies, Inc., USA-
Control and Robotic Systems
Michael Cardinale, Retired, USA-Electro-Optic
and Infrared Systems, Image Processing
Ruhai Wang, Lamar University, USA-Systems
Engineering
Marco Frasca, MBDA, Italy-Quantum
Technologies in Aerospace Systems
Christof Sch€upbach, Swiss Department of
Defense, Switzerland-Radar Systems
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July 2021
COLUMNS
In This Issue -Technically . . . ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ..... 2
EDITORIAL
From the Editors of the Special Issue on Artificial Intelligence for
Data Fusion
D. Fr€anken, W. Koch, C.-Y. Chong . ........ ......... ......... ........ ......
FEATURE ARTICLES
Machine Learning Support for Radar-Based Surveillance Systems
K. D€astner, S. Haaga, B. von Haßler zu Roseneckh-K€ohler, C. Mohrdieck,
F. Opitz, E. Schmid ....... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......
A Survey of Artificial Intelligence Approaches for Target Surveillance
With Radar Sensors
A. Wrabel, R. Graef, T. Brosch ..... ........ ......... ......... ........ .....
A Survey of Multimodal Sensor Fusion for Passive RF and EO Information
Integration
A. Vakil, Jenny Liu, P. Zulch, E. Blasch, R. Ewing, J. Li ......... ........ .....
Artificial Intelligence and Data Fusion at the Edge
A. Munir, E. Blasch, J. Kwon, J. Kong, and A. Aved . . . ......... ........ .....
Machine Learning/Artificial Intelligence for Sensor Data
Fusion-Opportunities and Challenges
E. Blasch, T. Pham, C.-Y. Chong,W. Koch, H. Leung, D. Braines, T.Abdelzaher
On Digital Ethics for Artificial Intelligence and Information Fusion in the
Defense Domain
W. Koch ........ ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ .....
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The Fusion of Human Data: A European Essay
Y. Hofstetter ..... ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ .... 112
NEWS & INFORMATION
AESS Senior Members Elevated in 2021 ..... ......... ......... ........ ..... 4
General Billy Mitchell
H. Griffiths ..... ......... ......... ........ ......... ......... ........ ......
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IEEE Aerospace & Electronic Systems Society Organization 2021 .... .... 79
AESS Magazine Distinguished Lecturers List ........ ......... ........ ... 120
AESS Meetings and Conferences .... ........ ......... ....
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