Report on IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing South Italy Chapter (IEEE Italy Section) activities for 2009
The Chapter has been formally appointed 25 April 2003. The Subgroup ID Number for the Chapter is CH08380.
The executive committee is presently composed by: Maurizio Migliaccio (University of Napoli Parthenope) as Chairman; Antonio Iodice (University of Napoli Federico II) as vice-Chairman, Giovanni Nico (CNR-IAC Bari) as Secretary, Alma Nicoletta Blonda (CNR-ISSIA Bari) as Treasurer.
Next term elections are going to be organized in 2010 in a period of time to avoid conflict with the IEEE Italy Section ones.
The IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing South Italy Chapter established at Laboratorio di telerilevamento ambientale – University of Napoli Parthenope has the main goal to promote IEEE GRS activities within the italian southern regions: Campania, Puglia, Basilicata, Calabria, Sicily and Sardinia.
The reference address is at Università di Napoli Parthenope, Centro Direzionale, isola C4, 80143 Napoli, Italy.
The Chairman took part in all IEEE Italy Section executive meetings (Chairman Silvano Donati) wherein he is vice-Chairman and Delegate for GOLD Activities in Italy.
Since its formation the Chapter has organized events not only in Napoli (where the Chapter is established) but also in other Italian regions.
Continuous activity to enlarge interest and participation to IEEE GRS is conducted. In May 2009 the Chapter jointly with the local student branch has organized a celebration of the IEEE’s 125-th Anniversary gathering the local IEEE Fellows (Proff. Giorgio Franceschetti, IEEE Life Fellow, Paolo Corona, IEEE Fellow, Bruno Siciliano, IEEE Fellow and President of IEEE Robotics and Automation Society) to address the relevance of IEEE for young professional. The celebration was also endorsed by the two neapolitan engineering faculties which partecipated with their Faculty Deans.
Then, in December 2009 the Chapter jointly with the local student branch has organized a celebration of the IEEE’s 125-th Anniversary focused on Microwave Remote Sensing at Unione Industriali di Napoli (Enterprises association) in which the best italian thesis projects have been awarded by Prof. Ovidio Mario Bucci, IEEE Fellow and Director of IREA-CNR. The 5 prizes consisted each in a copy of “Physical Principles of Remote Sensing” by W.G. Rees and an IEEE GRS South Italy Chapter certificate. The winners were: Antonio Natale for a thesis developed at Università di Napoli Federico II on “Simulazioni di sistemi SAR bistatici”, Domenico Velotto for a thesis developed at Università di Napoli Parthenope on “Modello BPM per l’osservazione di sostanze biogeniche”, Adamo Ferro for a thesis developed at Università di Trento on “Polarimetric building characterization using very high resolution SAR complex signals”, Tiziano Nannipieri for a thesis developed at
Università di Pisa on “Combinazione coerente di dati SAR per analisi tomografiche”, Sara Marchiotto for a thesis developed at Università di Roma “La Sapienza” on “Ground-based radar remote sensing of explosive volcanic ash eruptions: a numerical study and Alaska case study analysis”.
The speakers included Prof. M.Migliaccio, Roberto Somma, Senior Advisor to the ThalesAleniaSpace CEO, Prof. O.M.Bucci, Dr. A.Cugini in representation of the Enterprises association and the regional Research and University ministry Nicola Mazzocca. The event was hosted at the prestigious Palazzo Partanna – D’Amato room. Local press reported the event.
Within the IEEE GRS pilot project on Webinars, this year it was organized an interactive videoconference of Jay Pearlman, Boeing Company, USA – IEEE GRS Distinguished lecturer - on “The Global Earth Observation System of Systems
(GEOSS)” at Università di Napoli Parthenope in Napoli, 13 January 2009.
The 2010 best five italian thesis award on remote sensing has been already posted on the Chapter website and disseminated by e-mail.
The new Chapter website been updated and it is available under the web address: http://ieee.uniparthenope.it
Some scientific seminars have been organized and endorsed by the Chapter:
• Jay Pearlman, Boeing Company, USA, held a webinar on “The Global Earth
Observation System of Systems (GEOSS)” at Università di Napoli Parthenope in Napoli, 13 January 2009.
• Jeffrey Phillip Walker, University of Melbourne, Australia, held a seminar on “The future of hydrologic remote sensing for surface and groundwater prediction” at CNR-ISSIA in Bari, 13 February 2009.
• Maurizio Migliaccio, Università di Napoli Parthenope, Italy, held a seminar on “Models for SAR oil slick observation” at Politecnico di Milano in Milano, 13 March 2009.
• Domenico Velotto, DLR, Germany, held a seminar on “Oil spill and ship detection using TerraSAR-X data” at Università di Napoli Parthenope in
Napoli, 16 April 2009.
• Maurizio Migliaccio, Università di Napoli Parthenope, held a seminar on “New trends in SAR” at Università di Cagliari in Cagliari, 27 April 2009. • Mariarosaria Manzo, CNR-IREA, Italy held a seminar on “Abruzzo quake:
SAR monitoring technique” at Università di Napoli Parthenope in Napoli, 6 May 2009.
• Francesco Casu, CNR-IREA, Italy held a seminar on “Abruzzo quake: SAR interferometry results” at Università di Napoli Parthenope in Napoli, 6 May 2009.
• Michele Manunta, CNR-IREA, Italy held a seminar on “Urban SAR differential monitoring” at Università di Napoli Parthenope in Napoli, 6 May 2009.
• Ibrahim Akduman, Istanbul Technical University, Istanbul, Turkey held a seminar on “Experimental facilities and innovative methods for advanced
microwave tomography applications” at CNR-IREA in Napoli, 4 September 2009.
• Davide Colombo, TRE, Italy, held a seminar on “Interferometria SAR Differenziale per Monitoraggio di Rischi Geofisici - tecniche, applicazioni, trend satellitari e di mercato” at Università di Pisa in Pisa, 21 September 2009. • Richard Bamler, DLR, Germany, held a seminar on “TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X - The Potential of Very High Resolution Radar Remote Sensing From Space” at INGV-CNR in Napoli, 8 October 2009.
• Xiaoxiang Zhu, Technische Universität München, Germany, held a seminar on “Very High Resolution SAR Tomography", at INGV-CNR in Napoli, 8 October 2009.
• Gianfranco Fornaro, CNR-IREA, Italy held a seminar on "Imaging and monitoring urban areas and infrastructures and first analysis of COSMO-SKYMED data", at INGV-CNR in Napoli, 8 October 2009.
• Richard Bamler, DLR, Germany, held a seminar on “TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X - The Potential of Very High Resolution Radar Remote Sensing From Space” at Università di Napoli Parthenope in Napoli, 9 October 2009. • Xiaoxiang Zhu, Technische Universität München, Germany, held a seminar on
“Very High Resolution SAR Tomography” at Università di Napoli Parthenope in Napoli, 9 October 2009
• Nicolas Floury, ESA-ESTEC, held a seminar on “SAR developments at the European Space Agency”, at CNR-ISSIA in Bari, 22 October 2009.
• Richard Bamler, DLR, Germany, held a seminar on “TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X - The Potential of Very High Resolution Radar Remote Sensing From Space” at Università di Pisa in Pisa, 4 December 2009.
• Xiaoxiang Zhu, Technische Universität München & Richard Bamler, DLR, Germany, held a seminar on “Compressive Sensing 4D SAR Tomography for TerraSAR-X Spotlight Data” at Università di Pisa in Pisa, 4 December 2009. • Michele Manunta, CNR-IREA, Italy held a seminar on “Da Landers '92 a
L'Aquila 2009: 18 anni di interferometria SAR satellitare per il monitoraggio degli spostamenti della superficie terrestre” at Università di Cagliari in Cagliari, 11 December 2009.
• Domenico Velotto, DLR, Germany, held a seminar on “Florida sea oil spill experiment: TerraSAR-X observation” at Università di Napoli Parthenope in Napoli, 21 December 2009.
The Chapter has endorsed and is organizing the following workshops/conferences in 2010:
• 2010 13th International Conference on Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), Lecce
• 2010 IEEE GOLD Remote Sensing Conference at Italian Naval Academy.
A dissemination program has been continued to enlarge membership and participation to the Chapter.
Some social events associated to technical activities have been organized and very much appreciated by the participants.
One Executive Chapter meeting was held.
A continuos action for the elevation to IEEE Senior Member/ IEEE Fellow of valuable individuals has been undertaken even in 2009.
Napoli, 20 january 2010
2009 Meetings Report Table
Category Date Name Place Total number
Participants
IEEE members Joint with
Student branch
Students attendance
Admission charge T 13 Jan. Webinar: Jay Pearlman,
(Boeing Company, USA) on “The Global Earth Observation
System of Systems (GEOSS)”
Napoli 30 25 YES YES NO
T 13 Feb. Seminar: Jeffrey Phillip Walker (Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia) on “The future of hydrologic remote sensing for surface and groundwater prediction”
Bari 20 10 NO YES NO
T 13 Mar. Seminar: Maurizio Migliaccio (Università di Napoli Parthenope, Italy) on “Models for SAR oil slick observation”
Milano 30 5 NO YES NO
T 16 Apr. Seminar: Domenico Velotto (DLR, Germany) on “Oil spill and ship detection using TerraSAR-X data”
Napoli 50 8 YES YES NO
T 27 Apr. Seminar: Maurizio Migliaccio (Università di Napoli Parthenope, Italy) on “New
trends in SAR”
T 6 May Seminar: Mariarosaria Manzo, (CNR, IREA, Napoli, Italy) on “Abruzzo quake: SAR monitoring technique”
Napoli 40 10 YES YES NO
T 6 May Seminar: Francesco Casu, (CNR, IREA, Napoli, Italy) on “Abruzzo quake: SAR interferometry results”
Napoli 40 10 YES YES NO
T 6 May Seminar: Michele Manunta, (CNR, IREA, Napoli, Italy) on “Urban SAR differential monitoring”
Napoli 40 10 YES YES NO
T 26 May IEEE’s 125th Anniversary at Neapolitan Engineering Faculties
Napoli 50 10 YES YES NO
T 4 Sept. Seminar: Ibrahim Akduman (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey) on “Experimental facilities and innovative methods for advanced microwave tomography applications”
Napoli 20 7 NO YES NO
A 17 Sept. Executive meeting (with videoconference support)
Napoli/Bari 3 3 NO NO NO
T 21 Sept. Seminar: Davide Colombo
(TRE, Milano, Italy) on
“Interferometria SAR Differenziale per Monitoraggio
di Rischi Geofisici - tecniche, applicazioni, trend satellitari e di mercato”
T 8 Oct. Seminar: Richard Bamler (DLR, Germany) on “TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X - The Potential of Very High Resolution Radar Remote Sensing From Space”
Napoli 32 10 NO YES NO
T 8 Oct Seminar: Xiaoxiang Zhu (Technische Universität München, Germany) on “Very High Resolution SAR Tomography"
Napoli 32 10 NO YES NO
T 8 Oct Seminar: Gianfranco Fornaro (CNR-IREA, Italy) on “Imaging and monitoring urban areas and infrastructures and first analysis of COSMO-SKYMED data”
Napoli 32 10 NO YES NO
T 9 Oct. Seminar: Richard Bamler (DLR, Germany) on “TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X - The Potential of Very High Resolution Radar Remote Sensing From Space”
Napoli 50 20 YES YES NO
T 9 Oct. Seminar: Xiaoxiang Zhu (Technische Universität München, Germany) on “Very
High Resolution SAR Tomography”
T 22 Oct. Seminar: Nicolas Floury, (ESA-ESTEC) on “SAR developments at the European Space Agency”
Bari 30 5 NO YES NO
T 4 Dec. Seminar: Richard Bamler (DLR, Germany) on “TerraSAR-X and TanDEM-X - The Potential of Very High Resolution Radar Remote Sensing From Space”
Pisa 20 15 YES YES NO
T 4 Dec. Seminar: Xiaoxiang Zhu (Technische Universität München, Germany) & Richard Bamler (DLR, Germany) on “Compressive Sensing 4D SAR Tomography for TerraSAR-X Spotlight Data”
Pisa 20 15 YES YES NO
T 11 Dec. Seminar: Michele Manunta (IREA, CNR, Italy) on “Da Landers '92 a L'Aquila 2009: 18 anni di interferometria SAR satellitare per il monitoraggio degli spostamenti della superficie terrestre”
Cagliari 30 3 NO YES NO
T 14 Dec. “I 125 anni dell’IEEE e le eccellenze in telerilevamento”
T 21 Dec. Seminar: Domenico Velotto, (DLR, Germany) on “Florida sea oil spill experiment: TerraSAR-X observation”
