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European Radar Conference 2009

Rome, 30 September - 2 October 2009

The 6th European Radar Conference (EuRAD 2009) will be held from 30 September to 2 October 2009 in Rome, in the frame of the European Microwave Week 2009. This Radar Conference is the major European forum for the present status and the future trends in the field of radar technology and subsystems, radar system design and evaluation, and pertaining applications.

In the Advanced Radar Sub-systems and Emerging Technologies area, the conference focuses on active array antennas and their components, UWB technology, millimetre and sub millimeter technology, photonics subsystems and devices, parallel and programmable radar signal processors.

In the Radar Signal and Data Processing area, the focus is on array processing, digital beam forming, high resolution processing, sensor and data fusion. The area of Radar Systems and Architectures also considers modelling and performance evaluation, and includes Multistatic and passive radar, short range applications, high resolution and imaging, LPI, SSR/IFF, radar and sensors networks. Among the considered applications are: the management and safety assurance of the traffic (surveillance of airport, road, rail, sea, air), the security, the defence systems (including AEW and GMTI) and the environmental remote sensing (including weather radar and SAR systems).

In addition to scientific papers, typically from academia and research institutes, contributions are encouraged on industrial developments, covering the various applicative fields such as environmental, traffic control, automotive, security and defence. The 6th European Radar Conference is extended to two days and a half, in order to provide better interaction with other conferences of the Week.

The presenters of posters, according to their preference, will be offered a time slot in an Interactive Posters Session (IPS). This interactive poster session will be held jointly with EuMC during a separate timeslot without EuMC and EuRAD oral sessions. This should optimise poster session attendance, and may be particularly welcome for presentations from industrial experts, as during IPS the authors can present real-time operation of eveloped hardware or software or demonstrate movies (or slideshows) howing operation of real systems. Desks /tables and 220V electric power will be provided. This IPS will be combined with the regular EuMC-EuRAD joint poster session.

Conference Topics

Advanced Radar Sub-Systems and Emerging Technologies

R1 Active Array Antennas
R2 Ultra Wide Band Radar
R3 Millimetre and Sub-Millimetre Radar Technology
R4 Advanced Applications of Photonics to Radar
R5 Programmable and Parallel Radar Processors based on COTS Elements

Radar Signal and Data Processing

R6 Array Processing, Digital Beam Forming
R7 Advanced Processing for Target Tracking, Object Classification, Features Extraction
R8 High Resolution Processing and Imaging; Interferometry and Polarimetry
R9 Sensor and Data Fusion

Radar Systems and Architectures;
Modelling and Performance Evaluation

R10 Multistatic and Passive Radar, including Passive Coherent Location, Multilateration, MIMO
R11 Over-the-Horizon Radar
R12 Short Range, High Resolution Architectures, including Automotive and Airport Radar
R13 Low Probability of Intercept Architectures, including FM-CW and Noise Radar
R14 Secondary Surveillance Radar and IFF
R15 Radar and Sensors Networks
R16 Modelling and Simulation of the Radar Environment; Performance Evaluation

Performance Evaluation Radar Applications

R17 Radar Applications to the Safety of the Surface Traffic: Road, Rail, Sea, Airport
R18 Security (Detection and Tracking of Intruders, Thru-the-Wall UWB Radar etc.)
R19 Defence (Air, Land, Sea) including Airborne Surveillance (AEW, GMTI)
R20 Remote Sensing (including SAR and Weather Radar)

Conference Highlights

The overall aim of EuRAD 2009 is to keep up to date with the latest achievements in the radar field and to promote the interactions of international experts from industry and academia, coming from all over the world, to stimulate further research and development of products and services.

A wide range of technical sessions are planned covering, but not limited to, the topics above. About 100 papers will be presented with contributions from Europe, Asia and the USA. Keynote speakers from the industry and from the scientific community will present invited papers on topics of strong current interest. Focused sessions and Workshops will complement the programme. Proposals for focused sessions should be submitted before 30 November 2008 to the EuRAD Chairman.

EuMA Radar Prize

The EuMA Radar Prize is awarded annually to the author(s) who submitted and presented the paper that best advances the stateof-the-art in radar at the European Radar Conference, held during European Microwave Week, in the opinion of the EuRAD Technical Programme Committee and the EuMW Steering Committee. The value of the EuMA Radar Prize, sponsored by Raytheon, is € 3,000.

Eligible candidates for the EuMA Radar Prize are the author(s) of a paper accepted for inclusion in the programme of EuRAD, published in the Conference Proceedings and presented during the conference in either an oral or poster session.

EuRAD Young Engineers Prize

The EuRAD Technical Programme Committee and the EuMW Steering Committee will award the Young Engineer Prize of € 2,000 to a young engineer or researcher who has presented an outstanding paper at the EuRAD conference. To be eligible candidates must be (1) aged 30 or younger at the date of the award, (2) the first author of the paper, (3) the presenter of either an oral or poster session. The number of co-authors should not exceed three. Applicants must state the purpose to which the prize will be put. The successful applicant may use part of the prize to fund attendance at the following year's European Radar conference. The EuRAD Young Engineer Prize is sponsored by Raytheon.

Reduced Fees and Special Grants

Reduced fees are implemented for students as well as senior persons aged 65 years or more. The European Microwave Association will also provide up to four student grants consisting of € 500 plus the reduced registration fee for EuRAD. Applications should be sent to the EuRAD Chairman by 7 June 2009. The European Microwave Association will also provide a number of grants for delegates coming from NIS countries, Russia and from low-income countries. The value of the grants is € 500 plus the reduced registration fee for EuRAD. Applications should be sent to the EuRAD Chairman by 7 June 2009.