SYNTHETIC APERTURE SONAR & RADAR

The Institute of Acoustic has previously held three successful international conferences on Synthetic Aperture Sonar and Radar (2006, 2010, 2014).  These drew together people from both communities to discuss the developments in both fields and to establish where there are common areas of interest and where cross-fertilization may prove beneficial.

Traditional Sonar and Radar both emerged during the early parts of the 20^th century and it was recognised there were many areas of common interest. These include; detection, classification, localisation and tracking of targets against a background of reverberation, noise or clutter, using either acoustic or electromagnetic energy.

Over the past few decades there have been significant advances in both domains in the use of synthetic aperture imaging techniques – in radar for high resolution imaging from aircraft and satellites, for defence surveillance purposes, for geophysical and oceanographic remote sensing and for environmental monitoring.  In Sonar it has been applied in high resolution imaging of objects on the seabed (including clutter) for the offshore industry and maritime mine countermeasures.

Despite these common goals there had previously been very little cross-fertilization between the two communities and the first three IOA conferences on this topic were held in order to try and address this. The aim of this conference is to build on the success of the previous conferences and provide a forum for comparison of systems techniques, signal and image processing, experimental results and to stimulate new ideas in each domain. The Institute of Acoustic will therefore be hosting this conference in September 2018 in the Villa Marigola, Lerici, Italy. 

VENUE

Villa Marigola, Congress Centre, Via Biaggini 1, 19032 San Terenzo, Lerici, Italy

HOTELS

40 Rooms have been reserved between the Hotel Doria Park and the Europa Hotel, Please contact the hotel direct to book Doria Park Hotel <info@doriaparkhotel.it>

Prices: are per Room per day and include buffet breakfast served until 12 noon, including tax -  check in 04/09/18 check out 08/09/18

Cancellation policy: Rooms can be modified or cancelled up to 72 H before arrival.

Confirmation: we require a credit card guarantee for each reservation.

TRAVEL

AIRPORT SHUTTLE

The Doria Park Hotel are able to provide a shuttle service to / from the airports  (Pisa, Firenze, Genova & Milano)  Please confirm the rates with the hotel at the time of booking.

AIRPORTS                               DAYTIME 

It is possible to also take the train from the Pisa Airport to Pisa Central Station, then change trains to La Spezia, then a taxi to Lerici.

REGISTRATION

The registration fee includes three days of conference, lunches and refreshments, welcome drinks on Tuesday evening, conference dinner on Thursday evening and the proceedings.