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A visit to the international exhibition Milipol
Wedyan AlEnazi, Maryam AlMuhanndi and Dana Abu-Hazaa, some of CSE students, visited the
international exhibition Milipol (12th edition in the Middle East), which was held in Qatar from 28-31 of
October 2018 at Doha Exhibition and Convention Center. Milipol is an international event for homeland
security and civil defense. The event is an exhibition of the latest innovative products and services for all
fields of public and industrial security. The students visited the exhibition as one of the given tasks in the
course CMPE 485- Fundamentals of Digital Image Processing that was offered by Dr. Noor
AlMaadeed in Fall 2018.
Milipol Qatar provided the students the opportunity to explore the security world and have a look
on the different tools and techniques for security. The students mainly focused on the digital image
processing aspect, so they tried to go to all the booths that involved cameras, or other image-
processing related tools. They met several people from all over the world such as the UK, France,
China, and many other countries that came to Qatar just to represent their work.
The students had some conversations with many companies who are working in the security
market. One of them is HIKVISION form China which introduced them to all types of CCTV
systems used for face recognition and detection as well as others such as thermal cameras. For
instance, they showed students the biggest live camera in the world which works for years to take
videos for the process of a project like a building that is built form A to Z, and then they montage
the videos and make a very nice timeline of the whole project. Some of the used cameras are
shown in the figure on the right.
The group of students visited another company called Technologies from the UK which works on detecting Drones for security
purposes. Their product, called Anti-UAV Defense System, aims to detect the presence of a flying drone in a specific area by using
cameras. Their system can detect a drone’s exact location in all weather conditions. Another product is the Chess Dynamics
Hawkeye Deployable System (DS) and EO Video Tracker, featuring both a long range color camera and a high sensitivity Thermal
Imager (TI), along with state-of-the-art video track technology. The system combined with radar target information is able to track
the UAV and classify the target. Then, users of the system can catch the drone and track down it’s mission of flying: if it’s for a
safe purpose or not, and then take the necessary action. They use this technique mostly at the governmental events where people
with high authority are present; to ensure they’re safety.There was also the MM-Imager in a French company called MC2-
Technologies. The imager is THz camera for detecting hidden objects in drones or carried by people. MM-Imager features real-
time operation, high detection level, wide field of view and uses high resolution. The device is used in metros, airports and station
security systems in China. Moreover, the students saw a lot of companies that use rays from the electromagnetic spectrum to
process images for security purposes, like Heuresis Corporation from the USA that uses HBI-120 Imager. This system works with
x-rays and features android OS. Some of the system uses are explosives detection, aircraft scanning, and marine scanning.
All in all, the students had an enriching experience that gave them an overall idea of the international security industry and the
industry environment. Consequently, this exhibition gave the students a great motivation to work on projects that are related to
national security that involves digital image processing aspects as well.