February 2020
Issue 96
ELS - XIX
Dear Colleagues,
We are pleased to remind you
that ESL-XIX will take place 13 - 17 July 2020 at the ITMO University, St.
Petersburg, Russia. Please visit the official conference website https://els-2020.itmo.ru/ for
detailed information.
The abstract submission
deadline for ELS-XIX is 15 March.
Please check the Visa section in particular since entering Russia will require a visa for
many participants. Please note that the deadline for visa support from the
conference organizers is April 31. Should you need a visa to enter Russia,
please follow the instructions at https://els-2020.itmo.ru/ as
soon as possible.
We expect that funds will be
available to sponsor travel of a limited group of U.S. PhD students and
postdocs. Please submit your application to Dr. Matthew Berg (mberg81@gmail.com ).
Finally, the complete book of
ELS-XVIII abstracts is now available at https://www.giss.nasa.gov/staff/mmishchenko/ELS-XVIII/ELS-XVIII_Book_of_Abstracts.pdf
Sincerely,
ELS-XIX Organizers
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15th International
conference on Target and Background Modeling & Simulation (ITBMS 2020)
CO-ORGANIZED BY: ONERA, The
French Aerospace Lab and FRAUNHOFER-IOSB
LOCATION: Bagneres-de-Bigorre, French Pyrenees
DATE: 22-25 June 2020
Get connected with hundreds of
professionals and researchers in a prestigious location!
The 15^th International conference
on Target and Background Modeling & Simulation is open to people from the
research and development community active in the field of optical signature
simulation technologies , to military users and
industry representatives.
ITBMS 2020 will include various
sessions from Monday 22 to Thursday 25 June 2020 corresponding to the topics
defined below. Keynote addresses will be delivered to set the underlying tone
and summarize the core message. These speeches will be done by specialists from
laboratories and international companies recognized for their expertise in the
field.
Software training sessions from
our sponsors (OKTAL-SE, THERMOANALYICS, DAVIS ENGINEERING)
are also planned. The topical session objectives are to provide an opportunity
for the software end-users to learn about the latest developments and, offer
the opportunity to demonstrate and discuss the latest features in software
products.
Due to the localization of the
workshop, a special session will be devoted to optical signatures and related
technologies in a turbulence context. Submission of research abstracts is
encouraged. A JQSRT special issue will be published after the conference.
Contributions are not mandatory but encouraged. Research papers will be
peer-reviewed following the same procedures and standards as all usual JQSRT
contributions. This is not a proceeding volume.
General Conference Objectives:
Provide a European scientific forum for the modeling and simulation community
to discuss current developments in their field of expertise. Foster an
intensive exchange of ideas and results in modeling and simulation and help
building up and maintain the information network in the community Encourage
cooperation between groups actively engaged in this field
The conference is co-organized
by ONERA, The French Aerospace Lab and Fraunhofer IOSB
(Institute of Optronics, System Technologies and
Image Exploitation) in close cooperation with companies having highest
expertise in the field of modeling and simulation. Submission of research
papers is encouraged. Contributions are solicited in subjects ranging from
basic signature research to applications in system design, optimization
and evaluation.
Topics:
Data, techniques, models, and
validation of signatures of land, sea and air targets and backgrounds, and of
targets in backgrounds
Extension to polarization,
hyperspectral and active signatures
Optical properties of complex
surfaces
Models validation and metrics
Signature management models
(infrared, spectral, passive and active)
Modeling and simulation of
clutter (soil, maritime, atmospheric)
Radiative transfer, propagation
models and optical data sets
Turbulence modeling and effects
on simulation
Impact of climatic conditions
on signatures
Active / Laser imaging systems
Due to the localization of the
workshop, a special session will be devoted to optical signatures and related
technologies in a turbulence context. All sessions of the conference will be
unclassified.
ONERA website http://www.onera.fr
Nicolas RIVIERE, PhD Senior
Research Scientist
co-responsible of the
"Laser, LiDAR & 3D imagery" scientific topic
nicolas.riviere@onera.fr mailto:nicolas.riviere@onera.fr
+33 5 62 25 26 24
ONERA - The French Aerospace
Lab, Optronics Department
2 avenue Edouard Belin, BP74025
F31055 Toulouse cedex 4,
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