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IEEE RadarCon03 Program

Tue - 6 May AM
Tue - 6 May PM
Wed - 7 May AM
Wed - 7 May PM
Welcome - 0800
   R.W. McMillan, General Chair
   Honorable Loretta Spencer, Mayor,
   City of Huntsville
Keynote Address - 0815
   Mr. Art Stephenson, Director,
   NASA Marshall Space Flight Center Session 1 - 0835
Radar Sessions

Session 3 - 1330
STAP

 

Session 5 - 0810
Signal/Data Processing

 

Session 7 - 1330
Bistatic Systems

 
Session 2 - 1040
Phenomenology
Session 4 - 1555
Antennas & Components
Session 6 - 1040
Emerging Technologies
Session 8 - 1555
Modeling & Simulation
Poster Session 1
Poster Session 2
Poster Session 3
Poster Session 4

Tuesday, 6 May

Session 1, Radar Systems (Tue - 6 May AM) - Chairs: Dale Ausherman, ERIM and Dr. Stephen Gilbert, Dynetics

  • 0835 - Design of Large Space Based Radar for Multimode Surveillance, Mark E. Davis, David Zasada, Braham Himed
  • 0855 - Motion Estimation and Time Selection for Ship ISAR Imaging, D. Pastina, A. Monstatari, A. Aprile
  • 0915 - Current Airborne Radars of the World, Stephen L. Johnson (invited paper)
  • 0935 - Multiple MTI Signal Processor for Mitigating Chaff in Ballistic Missile Defense, J. Michael Madewell
  • 0955 - Synopsis of Poster 1 Presentations, Chairs: Joseph Teti, Lambda Science and Jim Day, Lockheed Martin
  • 1010 - Break - Poster 1 Session

Session 2, Phenomenology (Tue - 6 May AM) Chairs: Michael Tuley, IDA and Robert Trebits, GTRI

  • 1040 - Experimental Modified Reflectivity of Backscatter from the Sea Surface, at Very Low Grazing Angles, Compared to a Ducted Sea Clutter Model, Used in Navy Radar Simulations, Donald de Forest Boyer, George LeFurjah
  • 1100 - Use of Passive Radar for Mapping Lightning Channels in a Thunderstorm, Eugene F. Greneker, Jonathan L. Geisheimer
  • 1120 - Measurement of S Band Clutter Statistics Using Quasi-Deconvolution filter for a Phase Coded waveform, George LeFurjah, Terry Foreman, Donald Deforrest Boyer
  • 1140 - Spike Demographics at High Range Resolutions and Very Low Grazing Angles, Fred Posner, Karl Gerlach

1200 - Lunch - Pioneer Award Presentation - William R. Boario, William M. Brown, Jack L. Walker

Session 3, Space-Time Adaptive Processing (Tue - 6 May PM) - Chairs: Jay Loomis, AMCOM and David Zasada, AFRL

  • 1330 - Recursive and Knowledege-Aided Implementation of the Multistage Wiener Filter, John D. Hiemstra, Michael D. Zoltowski, J. Scott Goldstein
  • 1350 - Linear STAP Filters Based on Adaptive 2D-FIR Filters, P. Lombardo, F. Colone
  • 1410 - Performance Evaluation of Two Polarimetric Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) Architectures, William L. Melvin, Gregory A. Showman
  • 1430 - The Reduced Rank Multistage Wiener Filter for Circular Array STAP, Hien N. Nguyen, John D. Hiemstra, J. Scott Goldstein
  • 1450 - Median Cascaded Canceller Using Reiterative Processing, Michael L. Picciolo, Karl Gerlach
  • 1510 - Synopsis of Poster 2 Presentations, Chairs: Robert Berinato, Dynetics and Larry Corey, DARPA
  • 1525 - Poster 2 Session

Session 4, Antennas & Components (Tue - 6 May PM) - Chairs: Joseph Guerci, DARPA and Jim Fritsch, Northrop Grumman

  • 1555 - Wideband Slot Antennas for Radar Applications, Abdelnasser A. Eldek, Atef Z. Elsherbeni, Charles E. Smith, Kai-Fong Lee
  • 1615 - Sidelobe Response of Antennas to Short Pulse Signals, Hugh Griffiths, Alex Cullen
  • 1635 - Phased Array Antennas Utilizing Directive Elements on a Conformal Surface, Kyungjung Kim, Tapan K. Sarkar
  • 1655 - Low Sidelobe Light Weight Microstrip Antenna Array for Battlefield Surveillance Radars, U.K. Revankar, K.S. Beenamole

1800 - Reception - Prefunction Area

1900 - Conference Banquet - Speaker - Mr. Konrad Dannenberg

  • Awards Presentations
  • Warren White Award, Eli Brookner
  • Fred Nathanson Young Engineer of the Year Award, James Ward
  • IEEE Fellow Award, David Martinez

Wednesday, 7 May

0800 - Announcements

Session 5, Signal/Data Processing (Wed - 7 May AM) - Chairs: William Melvin, GTRI and Laurie Joiner, UAH

  • 0810 - Adaptive Polarimetric Detection in Compound-Gaussian Clutter, G. Alfano, A. De Maio
  • 0830 - Exploiting Persymmetry for CFAR Detection in Compound-Gaussian Clutter, Ernesto Conte, Antonio DeMaio
  • 0850 - Detection Improvements with CFARS Having Expanded Amplitude Inputs, Maurice W. Long
  • 0910 - A Multistage Non-Homogeneity Detector, William C. Ogle, Hien N. Nguyen, J. Scott Goldstein, Peter A. Zulch, Michael C. Wicks
  • 0930 - Multi-Channel Signal Subspace Processing Methods for SAR-MTI, Mehrdad Soumekh, Braham Himed
  • 0950 - Synopsis, Poster Session 3, Chairs: Merv Budge, Dynetics and Michael Madewell, SMDC
  • 1010 - Break - Poster 3 Session

Session 6, Emerging technologies (Wed - 7 May AM) - Chairs: Dale Blair, GTRI and Jerry Crain, Univ. of Okahoma

  • 1040 - Operation of an Airborne Bistatic Adjunct to Space Based Radar, Mark E. Davis, Michael P. Hartnett
  • 1100 - Configuring a Sparse Aperture Antenna for Spaceborne MTI Radar, Daniel A. Leatherwood, William L. Melvin, Robert Acree
  • 1120 - Moving Target Detection Filter for Ultra-Wideband Radar, Soumya Nag, Mark Barnes
  • 1140 - HF Radar Astronomy with HAARP, Paul Rodriguez, Edward Kennedy, Paul Kossey

1200 - Lunch - Student Paper Presentation

Session 7, Bistatic Systems (Wed - 7 May PM) - Chairs: Marshall Greenspan, Northrop Grumman and Mark Davis, AFRL

  • 1330 - Adaptive Space/Frequency Processing for Distributed Aperture Radars, Raviraj Adve, Richard Schneible, Robert McMillan
  • 1350 - Hovering Helicopter Measured by Bi-Multistatic CW Radar Detection and Classification Issues, Terje Johnsen, Karl Erik Olsen, Rune Gundersen
  • 1410 - New Solutions to the Problem of Range Dependence in Bistatic STAP Radars, Fabian D. Lapierre, Marc Van Droogenbroeck, Jacques G. Verly
  • 1430 - Doubly-Adaptive Bistatic Clutter Filtering, William L. Melvin, Braham Himed, Mark E. Davis
  • 1450 - Distributed Aperture Radar for Improved ECCM/Tracking, Dick Schneible
  • 1510 - Synopsis, Poster Session 4, Chairs: Stephen Johnston, International Radar Directory and Michael Dorsett, SMDC
  • 1525 Break - Poster Session 4

Session 8, Modeling & Simulation (Wed - 7 May PM) - Chairs: Michael Wicks, AFRL and Scott Goldstein, SAIC

  • 1555 - Phased Arrays That Adapt in REAL Time, Kyungjung Kim, Tapan Sarkar
  • 1615 - Dynamic Detection Capability of a Mobile Bistatic Weapon Locating Radar, Karl Woodbridge, Christopher Banahan
  • 1635 - Optimal InSAR Baselines via MAP Estimation, Lei Ying, David Munson, Jr.
  • 1655 - Space-Based Radar (SBR) Modeling with Higher Order Effects, Mark Davis, John Maher, Robert J. Hancock, Sidney W. Theis

1730 - Exhibitor's Reception

Poster Sessions

Poster Session 1 (Tue - 6 May AM) - Chairs: Joseph Teti, Lambda Science and Jim Day, Lockheed Martin

  • Medium PRF Radar PRF Selection Using Evolutionary Algorithms, C.M. Allabaster, E.J. Hughes
  • Micro-Doppler Phenomenon and Radar Signature, Victor C. Chen
  • Optimal Power-Aperture Balance, Esko Jaska
  • An Advanced Radar Imaging Technique with Propagation and Clustering, Ahmed F. Kamal, John A. Copeland
  • Three Dimensional Image Reconstruction Procedure Over Barcer's Phase Code Modulated ISAR Signals, Andon Dimitrov Lazarov, Chavdar Nikolaev Minchev, Hristo Avgustov Kabakchiev
  • A Radically New Target Detection Process, Ching-Tai Lin, Ben Cantrell
  • Phenomenology of Bistatic Radar Scattering from Clutter at Ka-Band, Adib Y. Nashashibi, Fawwaz T. Ulaby, Yang Du
  • A Novel Method for Increasing the Real-time of Multitarget-Multisensor Tracking System, Ming-Hui Wang, Ying-Ning Peng, Zhi-Sheng You
  • A Chirp Signal Parameter Estimation Algorithm and its Application to SAR Imaging of Moving Targets, Liping Zhang, Yingning Peng, Jia Xu, Xianggen Xia
  • Monopulse Radar Detection and Localization of Multiple Targets via Joint Multiple-Bin Processing, Xin Zhang, Peter Willett, Yaakov Bar-Shalom

Poster Session 2 (Tue - 6 May PM)- Chairs: Robert Berinato, Dynetics and Larry Corey, DARPA

  • High-Efficincey L-Band Transmit/Receive Module for synthetic Aperture Radar, Wendy N. Edelstein, Constantine Andricos, Alina Moussessian, Feiyu Wang, David Rutledge
  • Robust STAP Using Reiterative Censoring, Karl Gerlach, Michael L. Picciolo
  • Target Detection in Heterogeneous Airborne Radar Interference Using 3D STAP, T.B. Hale, M.A. Temple, M.C. Wicks
  • Novel Self-Healing Antennas for Current and 4G Radars and Communications, Ahmed F. Kamal, John A. Copeland
  • Dielectric Resonator Antennas, a Candidate for Radar Applications, Ahmed A. Kishk
  • Performance Characterization of Space-Time Adaptive Processing Algorithms for Distributed Target Detection in Realistic Non-Ideal Environments, Keith F. McDonald, Joseph Gaffney, Rick S. Blum
  • Multibeam Integration for Increased Bandwidth in Phased Arrays, Chuck Quintero, Greg Charlton
  • Normalized Matched Filter-A Low Rank Approach, M. Rangaswamy, J.H. Michels, B. Himed
  • Super-resolurion Frequency Estimation of the Sinusoidal Signals with Unknown Lowpass Envelopes, Feng-Xiang Ge, Hao Zhang, Jian Yang, Ying-Ning Peng
  • Sequential Nulling and Adaptive Processing (SNAP), Robert H. Fletcher
  • Modified Radiation and Gain Formulae for Small-Aperture Horn Antenns, Daniel E. Lawrence
  • Terrestrial Based Inflatable Dish Antennas, Larry T. Lowe, Ronald D. Hackett, Paul Gierow

Poster Session 3 (Wed - 7 May AM) - Chairs: Merv Budge, Dynetics and Michael Madewell, SMDC

  • Blind Adaptive Detection of Distributed Targets in Compound-Gaussian Clutter, Antonio De Maio
  • Measurement Extents and Sampling Intervals for Multiple-Bounce SAR Image Formation, David A. Garren, J. Scott Goldstein, Jan A. North
  • Asymptotic Maximum Likelihood Estimation of Multiple Radar Targets, Fulvio Gini, Maria Greco, Alfonso Farina
  • Band-Partitioned Sidelobe Canceller for a Wideband Radar, Feng-ling C. Lin, Karl Gerlach, Michael L. Picciolo
  • Differential Denoising Bearing Estimation for Spatially Distributed Sources in Unknown Correlated Noise, Shenjian Liu, Qun Wan, Yingning Peng
  • Target Detection in Sea Clutter Using Convolutional Neutral Networks, Gustavo Lopez-Risueno, Jesus Grajal, Rosa Diaz-Oliver
  • Mutistatic Radar as a Means of Dealing with the Detection of Multipath False Targets by Airport Surface Detection Equipment Radars, Thomas A. Seliga, Francis J. Coyne
  • Maximum Likelihood Angle Extractor in the Presence of Sea-Surface Multipath, A. Sinha, Y. Bar-Shalom
  • New Detection Algorithm for Poor Signal-to-Noise Conditions, Juho V. Vihonen, Timo K. Ala-Kleemola, Elina E. Helander, Jani M. Tikkinen, Ari J. Visa
  • A Quadrant-based Location Tracking Method, Q. Wan, J. Yuan, Y. N. Peng

Poster Session 4 (Wed - 7 May PM) - Chairs: Stephen Johnson, International Radar Directory and Michael Dorsett, SMDC

  • FOPEN Scene Generation Using Numerical Electomagnetic Analysis, E. Chen, M. Simcoe, R.S. Adve, J. Schneible, M.C. Wicks
  • Future Bistatic System Design for SAR and GMTI Modes, Pileih Chen
  • A Technical Assessment of Mutilateration and ADS-B Technology in The Gulf of Mexico, Anastasios C. Daskalakis, Patrick J. Mrtone, George E. Tucker
  • Data Modeling for Radar Applications, Holger Jaenisch, James Handley
  • New Methods in the High Firing-Rate Muzzle Velocity Radar System, Zhang Jun
  • Realisation Study of Digital Radar Array (DRA), Fernando Kjellen
  • Land Clutter Map Development for Millimeter-Wave Radar, G. P. Kulemin, E.V. Tarnavsky
  • Further Consideration of a Weight Vector Representation for the Parametric Adaptive Matched Filter, James H. Michels
  • Augmented MUSIC Method and Performance Analysis, Q. Wan, S.J. Liu, Y. Yuan, Y.N. Peng
  • Effects of Geometry on Clutter Characteristics of Bistatic Radars, Yuhong Zhang, Braham Himed
  • GSM Based Passive Radar System, Liu Weixian


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