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Wolfgang
Pischl
Elektronik
Service AG.
(Fire
Detection Experts)
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Office
Müller-Friedbergstr.
5
CH-9000
St. Gallen
Switzerland
Tel.:
+41 71 222-1469
Fax:
+41 71 250-1430
Geneva
Office
19,
ch. de la Planche d'Aire
CH-1212
Grand Lancy
Switzerland
Tel.:
+41 22 884-3300
Fax:
+41 22 884-3309
http://www.elektronik-service.ch/
dhandley@capp.ch
WPischl@compuserve.com
Elektronik
Service AG. (ESAG) is a SME in St. Gallen, Switzerland. ESAG (founded in1960) is
a system engineering and design group with impressive list of credentials in
providing customers with solutions for their professional communication
requirements in Europe, the Mediterranean basin and countries in the Far East.
Several years ago ESAG started activities in remote sensing and Earth
observation.
URL:
http://www.elektronik-service.ch
E-Mail:
info@elektronik-service.ch
The
Elektronik Service Group has developed a considerable know-how in designing
state-of-the-art communication and secure communication equipment to customer
specification and requirements. Continuous research and close co-operations with
leading European Universities assure solutions at the leading edge of the
technology.
With
respect to remote sensing and earth observation ESAG co-operates with the
Technical University of Crete, Greece (TUC) in developing intelligent systems
for detecting Wild Fires at an early stage on the one hand, and on the other,
designing management tools to cope with disasters.
Contribution to CARiMan
Participation
to Project Manager (PM) including the proposals for the responsibility of each
partner by management by exception.
B.4.4
Management activities
JPA
M1
B.5
Description of the consortium and the excellence of the participants (only by
gathering all contributions of the organizations)
B.7
Organization and management
ESAG
proposes to be involved in integrating activities: FE; Cliff.
Short description of the organization Elektronik
Service AG.
Elektronik
Service AG. (ESAG) is a SME in St. Gallen, Switzerland. ESAG (founded in1960) is
a system engineering and design group with impressive list of credentials in
providing customers with solutions for their professional communication
requirements in Europe, the Mediterranean basin and countries in the Far East.
Several years ago ESAG started activities in remote sensing and Earth
observation.
The
strategy of the remote sensing and earth observation activities is oriented on
applications for disaster management and is developed from signals, signal
acquisition, classification, GIS and recognition in to knowledge basis designed
as distributed communication system, acquiring the knowledge of experts.
CV of Prof. Dr. David H. Handley
David Handley works primarily as a consultant for
information technology assessment, planning and project management. Most
recently he has been involved in IT work with an UN specialized agency, in
developing telecommunications solutions for petroleum industry production and
exploration in the Caspian Sea region of Central Asia, and in IT and
Telecommunications planning for offshore operations and thermal power generation
projects in West Africa. In addition Dr. Handley is experienced in computer
systems development and management, training and education, corporate
communications, media relations, socio-economic research and statistical
analysis. He has been an independent consultant in these areas since 1990.
David
Handley received his doctorate from the University of Geneva in Social and
Economic Sciences following a License
in the same area plus complementary undergraduate studies in several scientific
disciplines, mathematics, electronics, telecommunications, and computing
science. Following his doctorate he taught at the University of Geneva until
1985. During that period he published several articles and scientific papers,
and collaborated on three international research projects in the capacity of
research methodologist and statistical analyst.
CV of Wolfgang Pischl
In
1970 he graduated from the Faculty of Electronics of the "Swiss Federal
Institute of Technology Zurich" (ETH) Zurich, Switzerland specialized in
communications. From 1970 to 1972 circuit designer for multi channel UHF radio
link equipment and developer for computer added design tools at the central
research laboratory of Tadiran Tel Aviv, Isreal. From 1972 to 1977 technical
support and sales activities in military communication equipment for Magnavox
Fort Wayne, Indiana in Europe and the Mediterranean region. From 1977 to 1979
participation of creation of an international sales organization for
cryptographic equipment. From 1979 to 1983 consultancy with Siemens AG. of
Munich, Germany in feasibility studies and system engineering for large area
surveillance and border protection systems. From 1983 to 1993 independent
consultant in communication and secure communication to Voda Communications of
Mainhausen, Germany and Inter Elektronik of Zug, Switzerland. Since 1993
managing director of Elektronik Service AG.
CV of Paul McNulty
Mr.
McNulty earned a National Diploma in Electronics at the Dublin Institute of
Technology (DIT), Dublin, Ireland in 1977 and studied computer programming at
College of Commerce, Dublin, Ireland in 1978 and 1979. Since then he has
acquired extensive knowledge of data telecommunications covering the
procurement, design, implementation, management and optimization of data
networks. He is also experienced in negotiating and managing contracts and
Service Level Agreements with suppliers. With more than twenty years of
experience in IT, his career path has allowed him to garner a practical know how
in a number of disciplines including project and people management, consulting,
budget preparation and control. Considered as being pragmatic, diligent and
customer orientated with a lot of experience of working in multinational
environments. His most recent
activity has been as a consultant for the development acquisition of a Wide Area
Network capabilities for a United Nations Agency. He has also worked as a
corporate telecommunications manager, network manager and telecommunications
engineer for several multinational corporations.
Publications
-
W.
Pischl: The Secrets Service
The sending of secret messages in time of war is often essential to the success
of an operation. We take a look at the history of cryptography - the
"art" of encoding messages and data for secure transmission, and at
the code-breakers who are just one step behind in their bid to read the enemy's
messages. Modern computers and other high technology have reduced cryptography
virtually to pure mathematics.
Issued in Miltronics Vol. 8 No. 3
1987
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W.
Pischl: Talking in Code
Sensitive data carried by electronic systems is vulnerable to tapping,
bugging and hacking. That's why business has taken to talking in code. W Pischl
outlines the encryption options available to keep corporate secrets safe.
Issued in Business Strategy
International Winter 89/90 Edition
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W.
Pischl: Beating the code-breakers
Those who play for high stakes, whether politically or commercially, should
protect their electronic communication systems with appropriate cipher
equipment.
Issues in Business Technology
International 1994/5
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W. Pischl: How
safe is confidential information on public networks
The
vulnerability of IT systems to unauthorized access is something that no
organization can afford to ignore. W Pischl considers options in data
protection.
Issued in DSR 1998 Defence &
Security Review 1998
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Prof.
Stelios P. Mertikas, W. Pischl: The Development of an Integrated System for the Management of Wild
Forest Fires
Wildfires
are sweeping and destructive events. Forest wildfires endanger human lives,
cause property and resource losses, speed up the extinction of species,
disturb the composition and chemistry of the atmosphere, upset the economy, and
in general cause great damage to the environment. Forest fire managers need to
be appropriately prepared in order to respond, protect and preserve the forests,
people and resources at risk. This article describes the determination of the
conditions and actions required for the successful development of an integrated
system for managing wildfires in forests - including, of course, the role of
Earth observation satellites. Published in Earth Space Review, Vol. 10, No. 3,
2001
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D.
Handley and G. Goggi Berlanda: Seveso
Pollution
This
is a case study of the development of a strategy for management of the TCP
pollution disaster of the ICMESA factory in Meda, 23 kilometers north of Milan,
on July 10, 1976. This involved assessment of the environmental damage
evaluation of the political context, assessment of economic damages, and
organization of a public health research program as part of the implementation
of a crisis management program.
Published
in A Geography if Public Relations Trends, E. Denig and A van de Meiden (eds),
Matinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1985
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