European Defence Challenge 5th edition
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30th April, 10:00-11:15 CET
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The European Defence Challenge (EDC) is an open competition to attract young talent to the Defence industry and to encourage them to initiate a career in defence-related technologies. EDC invites European students to think about a current problem in the domain of Defence and propose a solution.
TOPIC of the 5th edition:
HOSTED BY: Royal Military Academy (RMA), Belgium
TOPIC: “Leading through Complexity: Effective Management in Defence Environment”
ORGANIZER: University of Pisa
Camille Haaby, from Bordeaux Institute of Technology, & Camille Stephan, from Sciences Po Strasbourg.
Their proposal, “AI-gility, Command and Control Agility through AI-Assisted Decision Making” explores how AI-gility stands as a pivotal solution to the evolving challenges faced by military decision makers, where adaptability, efficiency, and ethical considerations converge to define the future of command and control in the military.
Borre Van de walle & Lucie Vandemaele, from UCLouvain – Louvain School of Management, KU Leuven.
Their proposal “Commanding HQ Integrator (CHI)” aims to provide a data-driven solution to assist the armed forces in resource management and mission planning. It enables leaders and managers to interact with their assets and to gain useful insights into all levels of operations.
Filip Kubik & Marcin Krysiak, from Rzeszow University of Technology.
Their proposal “The utilization of artificial intelligence in the process of intercepting rocket projectiles” considers the creation of a self-contained decision-making system based on previously analyzed data by computer can significantly contribute to more efficient operations in threatening situations..
Gian Marco Comparini & Pietro del Debbio, from University of Pisa.
Their proposal “PACE: A data-driven framework for decision making” aims to prioritize interventions to enable a more efficient allocation of resources and ensure the success of the intervention.
April 11, 2023
TOPIC: Security, threats identification and defence strategies.
ORGANIZER: Rzeszow University of Technology
Antoine Lebret & Sarah Joron, from Sciences Po Lille, Master Strategy, Economic intelligence, and Risk Management (SIGR)
Their proposal, “SEA-BER. Strengthening European autonomy, Building European resilience”, aims to improve the European response by proposing the development of SEA-BER software to map cables and the damage that can occur. This tool should help to reduce accidents, the main source of cable damage, but also to identify and prevent the threats surrounding the physical materialization of cyber.
Stefan Ursu & Jan Beuchel, from RWTH Aachen University.
Their proposal, “The European Reconnaissance Space-based Infrastructure: ERSI-1”, is a concept project for a European early threat detection project which proposes the usage of innovative nanosatellite technology. Framed within the context of previous projects and the necessity of the improvement of defense satellite technology, they argue that possession of a modern fleet of resilient satellites will allow the EU to efficiently address threats and generally improve its security capabilities.
Antonio Ferrándiz & Jesús Eguino , from Centro Universitario de la Guardia Civil – Universidad Carlos III de Madrid.
Their proposal, “The use of statistical methods and big data to fight organized crime”, aims to introduce a software which classifies the information in terms of danger and which is able to be configurable for different organizations. It should be capable of analysing general and specific searches, that way the users have infinite
posibilities in terms of being provided with information for all the different cases.
Abigail Machaj & Alicja Siekanowicz, from Rzeszów University of Technology.
Their proposal, “Securing messages using heat”, wants to introduce an idea of the concept for encrypting messages using heat. Such idea can have a significant impact on the future safety of the military as well as civil facilities. The purpose is to keep the message flow in check, protecting society from injustice they don’t deserve.
March 28, 2023
December 12, 2022
October 3, 2022
June 15, 2022
Madrid, June 15, 2022
Madrid, June 15, 2022
TOPIC: Remote everything? To what extent can unmanned assets interact with humans in the field for defence operations?
ORGANIZER: Polytechnic University of Madrid (UPM)
Andreas Wouters & Nathan Prakopetz, from the Royal Military Academy (Brussels).
Their proposal, “Autonomy in Air Defence Systems”, analyses the problematic characteristics of hypersonic missiles and how these missiles manage to evade air defence systems.
Susanna Hein & Emilien Maquaire, from Sciences Po Lille (France).
Their proposal, “Human-Robot teaming Research Initiative for a Combat Aerial Network (HURRICANE)”, outlines the opportunities and challenges that robotics and artificial intelligence technologies offer for future air combat by indicating how we can gain an advantage through human machine teams.
Anaëlle Salamon from Sciences Po Lille (France) & Sinan Bekka from University of Edinburgh (UK).
Their proposal is a three-step development program of European Defensive Autonomous Submarine Systems (EURO DASS) which will follow strict principles and hopefully will set a precedent for the making of unmanned systems in defence operations.
Carlos Daniel Farias, from the University of Cadiz (Spain), & Carlos Thurn, from Nordakademie (Germany).
Their proposal “Can I trust you? An AI for secure, authenticated communication” aims to create a method of secure communication between two or more individual parties in order to allow interaction of human and machine for the application in the defence field. In order to achieve this, a combination of encryption and identity authentication will be implemented.
Engagement of talents through the European Defence Challenge, Liga Baltina & Mateo Burgos
Anne Fort, Head of Unit, Defence Industry and Market Policy at European Commission
The guidelines of the Challenge, Mateo Burgos from the UPM organizer of the II edition
Some tips with the I edition winners Matej Pastir & Radka Fléglová, and Sami Makki, Science Po Lille
Maurizio Ferrante, Head of Training and Knowledge Management at Leonardo.
Vice Admiral Manuel A. Martínez, Director of Engineering & Naval Constructions, Spanish Navy
Andrzej Rybka, Managing Director of the Aviation Valley Association
TOPIC: Which technologies and technology bricks are particularly relevant for Europe’s sovereignty in defence and security?
ORGANIZER: University of Bordeaux
The European Defence Challenge was established under the ASSETs+ project (2020-2023)