Program

Hours are indicated with the Eastern Time Zone

Monday October 12

Session STD 1 – Debris Target Detection and Tracking: Sensors and Algorithms (1,5 hours) – Chair Prof. Thierry Bouwmans (Lab. MIA, Univ. La Rochelle, France)

12h30-13h15: Adaptation of radio astronomy infrastructure for the detection and monitoring of space debris in low Earth orbit – Keynote Speaker: Dr. Paul Hancock, ICRAR/CIRA, Curtain University, Australia)

13h15-14h: Random Finite Sets and their Impact in Space Situational Awareness – Keynote Speaker: Prof. Martin Adams (University of Chile, Santiago de Chile, Chile)

Session STD 2 – Innovative Algorithms for Target Detection and Tracking in Electromagnetic Crowded Scenarios (1,5 hours) – Chair Prof. Danilo Orlando (Universita degli Studi Niccolo’ Cusano, Roma, Italy)

The increasing proliferation of sensing systems for both civilian and military applications has led to an overcrowded spectrum. In addition, the  continuous bandwidth demanding by communications systems has made the coexistence between all these wireless systems very difficult leading to new complicated operating scenarios that require suitable precautions at the design stage in order to limit or reduce the performance degradation due to possible mutual interference. In this context, the present session focuses on the design of detection/tracking/estimation algorithms capable of facing with (possibly) strong interferers (from other electromagnetic sources and/or targets) which could impair the system performance.

14h15-15h: Recent Advances in Target Detection in the Presence ECM or Unintentional Interferers – Speaker: Prof. Danilo Orlando (Universita degli Studi Niccolo’ Cusano, Roma, Italy)

15h-15h45: Adaptive radar detection exploiting persymmetry in sample-starved environments – Speaker: Prof. Jun Liu ( University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China)

Tuesday October 13

Session STD 3 – Sensors for Debris Detection (1,5 hours) – Chair Prof. Thierry Bouwmans (Lab. MIA, Univ. La Rochelle, France)


12h30-13h15: PyBIRALES: A Radar Data Processing Backend for the Real-Time Detection of Space Debris – Keynote Speaker: Denis Cutajar (Institute of Space Sciences and Astronomy, University of Malta, Malta)

13h15-14h: Lightsheet Sensor for the Detection of Orbital Debris – Keynote Speaker: Dr. Andrew C. Nicholas (U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, USA)

Session STD 4 – Synthetic Aperture Radar Signal Processing Techniques for Target Velocities Estimation (1,5 hours) – Chair Prof. Filippo Biondi (University of L’Aquila, L’aquila, Italy) and Prof. Silvia Liberata Ullo (Università degli Studi del Sannio, Benevento, Italy)

14h15-15 – Satellite remote sensing applications made with Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) for oil extraction detection and tracking –
Prof Filippo Biondi (University of L’Aquila, L’aquila, Italy)

15h-15h45Smaller Satellites, Larger Constellations: Trends and Design Issues for Earth Observation Systems – Prof. Silvia Liberata Ullo (Università degli Studi del Sannio, Benevento, Italy)