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When a Tree Falls in St. Louis, Will the Power Go Out?

May 09, 2019 by Marc Handelman in Physical Power Networks, Forestry, Artificial Intelligence, Machine VIsion, Machine Learning, UAV, ICS/SCADA, ICS, Electrical Engineering, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Security

A superlative bit of combinatorial scholarship coming out of St. Louis University, where Sean Hartling, Vasit Sagan, Paheding Sidike, Maitiniyazi Maimaitijiang and Joshua Carron have lashed-up geospatial sciences, machine learning, UAVs, and no-small level of intellectual virtuosity to study trees, the natural felling thereof, and power outages. Todays' Must Read for you ICS Boffins and Foresty geeks (while not ignoring the AI, ML, UAv and Network Information Security types as well).

"At SLU, geospatial science meets machine learning. In a study recently published in Sensors, Saint Louis University researchers paired satellite imaging data with machine learning techniques to map local tree species and health. The data generated by the project will help inform best practices for managing healthy green spaces as well as trimming programs to avoid power outages following storms." - via Carrie Bebermeyer, Senior Media Relations Specialist at St. Louis University

May 09, 2019 /Marc Handelman
Physical Power Networks, Forestry, Artificial Intelligence, Machine VIsion, Machine Learning, UAV, ICS/SCADA, ICS, Electrical Engineering, Infrastructure, Infrastructure Security

Image Courtesy of the United States Marine Corps

USMC Grounds COTS UAVs: Security Concerns →

June 20, 2018 by Marc Handelman in US DOD, USMC, UAV, COTS, IoT Security

via Gidget Fuentes - writing at the United States Naval Institute (USNI), of the United States Marine Corps decision to ground all COTS (Common Off The Shelf) UAVs (Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) from use by Marines. The decision was precipated by the security flaws in consumer-grade drone platforms.

June 20, 2018 /Marc Handelman
US DOD, USMC, UAV, COTS, IoT Security

Droned

February 26, 2015 by Marc Handelman in All is Information, UAV
February 26, 2015 /Marc Handelman
All is Information, UAV