Marco Martorella of Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa

Two-dimensional (2D-) ISAR images are often used in ATR systems as they often provide sufficient information about the target for it to be classified, recognized or even identified. Nevertheless, 2D-ISAR images suffer of a few shortcomings such as the unknown image projection plane (IPP) and the cross-range scaling problem. Moreover, the dependence of the image quality on the radar-target dynamics also make 2D imaging system performance unpredictable (and therefore the performance of the ATR systems that make use of 2D-ISAR images). Three-dimensional (3D-) ISAR imaging poses the basis for a tout-court solution to these problems. In this seminar, a novel Interferometric ISAR technique will be introduced that will be able to form 3D point-like target reconstructions. Moreover, the use of multiple 3D ISAR systems will be exploited to form multi-static 3D ISAR images via a 3D fusion algorithm. Results based on real data will be shown that prove the theory and validate the developed algorithms.

Biography:

Marco Martorella received his Laurea degree (Bachelor+Masters) in Telecommunication Engineering in 1999 (cum laude) and his PhD in Remote Sensing in 2003, both at the University of Pisa. He is now an Associate Professor at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Pisa where he lectures “Fundamentals of Radar” and “Digital Communications” and an external Professor at the University of Cape Town where he lectures “High Resolution and Imaging Radar” within the “Masters in Radar and Electronic Defence”. He is author of about 170 international journal and conference papers, three book chapters, a book entitled “Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging: Principles, Algorithms and Applications” and a book entitled “Radar Imaging for Maritime Observation”. He has presented several tutorials at international radar conferences and organised a special issue on Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar for the Journal of Applied Signal Processing. He is a member of the IET Radar Sonar and Navigation Editorial Board, a senior member of the IEEE and a member of AFCEA. He is currently the chair of the research task group NATO SET-196 on “Multichannel/Multistatic radar imaging of non-cooperative targets” and co-chair of NATO SET-236 on “Robust compressive sensing techniques for radar and ESM applications”. He was also chair of the specialist meeting NATO SET-228 on “Radar Imaging for Target Identification”. He has been recipient of the 2008 Italy-Australia Award for young researchers, the 2010 Best Reviewer for the IEEE GRSL and the IEEE 2013 Fred Nathanson Memorial Radar Award for “Best young radar engineer of the year”. He is co-founder of a radar systems-related spin-off company, namely ECHOES. His research interests are mainly in the field of radar imaging and multichannel signal processing.

Marco Martorella of Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa

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