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

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