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Musics doctoral school is pleased to announce a lecture series on

Radar Automatic Target Recognition (ATR) and Non-Cooperative Target Recognition (NCTR)

Organized by the Sensors and Electronics Technology Panel,

To be held in Brussels on 27-28 May 2013

The requirements for radar target recognition do not constitute a single problem but rather describe a continuum of problems of increasing complexity ranging from recognition of a single target type against benign clutter to classification of multiple target types within complex clutter scenes such as ground targets in the urban environment.

Within this range of problems some radar target recognition solutions are achievable now, some will be developed in the near future and some remain challenges for the longer term. However, it is important to recognize that all levels of target recognition provide valuable military capability and the progressive enhancement of this capability through continued development of target recognition techniques is essential to provide best support to NATO’s operational requirements.

The objective of this lecture series is to provide an overview of the state-of the-art and continuing challenges of automated radar target recognition. It will cover both the fundamentals of classification techniques applied to data from a variety of radar modes and selected advanced techniques that capture themes currently at the forefront of active research. At the end of the lecture series, attendees will have an appreciation of the issues which need to be addressed for successful operational radar target recognition and an understanding of future directions of research to help meet NATO’s evolving requirements.
Topics to be covered (exact programme will vary depending on venue)

• Fundamentals

• emplate-matching techniques
• Feature-based classification
• Databases & modeling
• Performance assessment
• Application to ground, air & maritime targets

• Advanced techniques

• Exploitation of polarization
• Jet Engine Modulation (JEM)
• Range-Doppler Imaging
• Change detection
• Multi-aspect techniques
• Knowledge-based techniques
• Compressive sensing
• Human motion analysis

Lecturers :

Prof. Hugh Griffiths (BFR); Dr Les Novak (USA), Dr. Joachim Schiller (DEU), Mr. Peter Tait (GBR)

Local Coordinator :

Prof. Xavier Neyt (BEL)

This Lecture Series is open to citizens from NATO and Partnership-for-Peace (PfP) Nations.
Latest Enrolment Date :
NATO Nations 13 May 2013
PfP Nations 06 May 2013

Enrol on-line at http://www.cso.nato.int