Welcome to the Canadian Tracking and Fusion Group (CTFG) website! We hope that you find the information contained herein useful.
vision
The CTFG is an independent and informal group dedicated to advancing the knowledge, theory and applications of tracking and information fusion activities in Canada. Through our web site, Google Group, workshops and other activities, it is our vision to encourage the exchange of information and the spawning of collaborations on problems of common interests, incorporating diversified applications, including those for land, air, space, maritime and underwater.
objectives
The objectives of the CTFG are:
- Share
To share real-world tracking and fusion data, challenge problems, and solutions; - Discuss
To discuss current and future topics of interest in various application areas; - Understand
To understand the needs of government and industry and provide a forum for discussion with academic groups; - Liaison
To be a liaison to industry, academia, and government by establishing working panels and providing benchmark problems to evaluate new and existing solutions; - Foster
To foster technology transfer among the CTFG members and their member organizations.
events
The CTFG Workshop has been identified as a major event for the group. The first workshop was organized on 9-11 March, 2011, in DRDC Ottawa, and attracted approximately 60 participants (more information can be found at http://www.ctfg.ca/workshop2011). Four working panels were recommended as an outcome of this workshop. We would encourage you to be involved in one or more of these panels. The four panels are as follows.
- High-Level Information Fusion
- Reasoning, Decision Support and User Refinement
- Multiple Target Tracking
- Radar Resource and Sensor Management
The CTFG Workshop 2012 will again be hosted in Ottawa. If you have any questions regarding any of the above or to become a member, please feel free to contact us.
mailing list
If you have not already done so, please register for our CTFG Google Group.