Bartel Meersman
- Head of the Unit Transport & Border Security
- European Commission - Joint Research Centre
Mr Bartel Meersman is the Head of the Unit Transport & Border Security, in the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. In his Unit’s portfolio are several policy driven research projects, on border security, threat detection technology, drone and counter drone solutions. Until 2016 he was managing the JRC’s corporate ICT department. Before joining the European Commission in 2000, he was a project manager in the private sector for various consulting companies including his own. He started his professional career as a scientific assistant after his Master in computer science. He equally holds a Master of Management (VUB, Free University of Brussels) and Project Management (EHSAL management School).
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Emerging Trends in Technology at the Border (Government Perspectives)
All around the world, governments are looking for that next step in technology that will change the border security paradigm, such as stand-off explosive and drug detection or big data analytics. Some technologies are still on the wish list, but some are now very much on the ‘to do’ list!
One of the biggest drivers in border security going forward will be advent and application of AI, whether it is in enhancing the performance of or automating existing systems, or in analysing terabytes of data.
But what systems are on the border security wish list and what work is being done in turning those wishes into reality.