DETAILED PROGRAM

Talk Sessions Index 

TUESDAY, 13 May, 09:00 –15:30 – CHECK-IN 

TUESDAY, 13 May, 14:00– 16:00– POSTER INSTALLATION 

TUESDAY, 13 May, 16:00 – 16:30 – OPENING SESSION 

Welcome address by SONDRA Director and Board Chairmen

TUESDAY, 13 May, 16:30 - 18:30 – Keynotes 

Stéphane Saillant, SONDRA Director  

Xavier WAINTAL, CEA, Tensor Networks in the age of Machine Learning 

Maria-Gabriela SARAH, ESA, ESA Sustainable Development Goals 

Chin Yuan CHONG, IFD, Satellite data and Sustainable Finance 

Frédéric BARBARESCO, THALES, Quantum Computing at Scale for Radar Uses-Cases and BACQ Quantum Computers Benchmarks 

TUESDAY, 13 May, 18:30 - 19:30 – WELCOME DRINK 

Show by the winners of SONDRA Student Challenge @ NUS 

WEDNESDAY, 14 May, 8:30 - 10:30 – Phenomenology: Characterization & Systems I 

Chairman: TBD – TBD 

PCSI.1: Stacked Intelligent Surfaces for Wave-Domain Information Processing 

MarcoDi Renzo, L2S, CentraleSupélec, King’s College London 

PCSI.2: Towards a Full Silicon On-Chip Solution for Neuromorphic Vision at the Edge  

Diing Shenp Ang, NTU, X. Y. Lin, NTU, W. Wang, NTU, X. Ju and J. Y. Li, NTU 

PCSI.3: MIMO Through-Wall radar 3D imaging 

Mohammed Serhir, SONDRA 

PCSI.4: New antenna technologies 

Luca Santamaria, Greenerwave 

WEDNESDAY, 14 May, 10:30 - 11:00– BREAK – POSTER ACCESS 

WEDNESDAY, 14 May, 11:00 - 12:30 – Deep Learning for Radar Applications  

Chairman: TBD – TBD 

DL.1: A PyTorch-based library to easily experiment with state-of-the-art Complex-Valued Neural Networks  

Jeremy Fix, LORA, CentraleSupelec, Q. Gabot, SONDRA, X.H. Nguyen, SONDRA, J. Frontera-Pons, ONERA, C. Ren, SONDRA, J.P. Ovarlez, ONERA. 

DL.2: Deep Learning Autoencoder for Real-Time Indoor Coverage Estimation  

Jonathan Israel, ONERA, C.C. Chui, DSO, C.H. Yong, DSO, A. Remy, ONERA  

DL.3: Variational Auto Encoders for Radar Clutter Suppression  

Lim Wee Kiat Shawn, DSO 

DL.4: Research at NUS on optical and SAR data registration using deep learning models 

Michaël Dell'aiera, NUS, K. Mouthaan, NUS 

WEDNESDAY, 14 May, 12:30- 13:30 – LUNCH – POSTER ACCESS 

WEDNESDAY, 14 May, 13:30-15:00 – Quantum Technologies 

Chairman:  TBD – TBD  

QT.1: Rydberg Atoms for Quantum Sensing: Some Like It Hot!  

Fabien Bretenaker, LuMin, CentraleSupelec 

QT.2: Microwave Sensing by Trap Loss Spectroscopy in a Cold Ensemble of Rydberg Atoms 

S. Schwartz, ONERA, ONERA, R. Granier, ONERA, A. Bonnin, ONERA, R. Duverger, ONERA, A. El Bekai, ONERA

QT.3: Finite Element Analysis of a Microwave Sensor based on Cold Rydberg Atoms 

D. Prost, ONERA, Romain Granier, ONERA, A. Bonnin, ONERA, Sylvain Schwartz 

QT.4: Quantum advantage in microwave quantum radar 

Rémy Dassonneville, IM2NP 

WEDNESDAY, 14 May, 15:00 - 15:30 – POSTER SESSION 

WEDNESDAY, 14 May, 15:30 -17:00 – Phenomenology: Characterization & Systems II 

Chairman: TBD – TBD 

PCSII.1: SAR Time Series for under canopy detection   

Laetitia Thirion, SONDRA 

PCSII.2: Surrogate Modeling for Robust Air fighters Radar Cross Section Predictions Under Uncertainty 

Thomas Houret, ONERA, LTN Théo, Armée de l’Air et de l'Espace, SLT Paola,Armée de l’Air et de l'Espace, R. Bocheux, ONERA, J.Simon, ONERA, N.Trouvé, ONERA 

PCSII.3: Automatic geolocation of radio sources from a drone 

Sylvain Azarian, SDR-Technologies 

PCSII.4: ASSERTIV: A SAR Speckle and Ephemeral target Removal technique for Time Series by Variation coefficient  

Florent Michenot, SONDRA, I. Hinostroza, SONDRA, R. Guinvarc’h, SONDRA, L. Thirion, SONDRA  

WEDNESDAY, 14 May, 17:00 – 18:30 – Radar Imaging 

 Chairman: TBD – TBD

RI.1: 3D Shape, Spin, and Attitude Estimation of Satellites via Multistatic ISAR Imaging 

Yousfi Fayin, ONERA, R. Felix, FHR, D. Cerutti-Maori, FHR, P. Bruneel, ONERA, N. Gonçalves, ONERA, M. Rozel, ONERA, H. Oriot, ONERA 

RI.2: Terrain Elevation Estimation using Crossed Track Spaceborne SAR 

Lloyd, Wei De, Yeo, DSO 

WEDNESDAY, 13 May, 19:00 – Meeting point for GALA DINNER 

Gala dinner somewhere... 

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THURSDAY, 15 May, 08:30 - 10:30 – Artificial Intelligence 

Chairman: TBD – TBD

AI.1: DataIA – AI for signal/radar 

Frédéric Pascal, ONERA 

AI.2: Explainable AI-Driven Radar Tracking: Clutter Filtering and Feature Analysis with LSTMs 

EsraAlhadhrami, Sorbonne University UAE, R. Kassab, THALES, C. Pira, Sorbonne University, A. Y. Alhammadi, Sorbonne University UAE, A. ElFallahSegrouchni, Sorbonne University, F. Barbaresco, THALES. 

AI.3: Energy-efficient neural networks – A brief survey 

Hugo Waltsburger, SONDRA, L2S

AI.4: Cross-Platform Super-resolution Algorithm for SAR Imagery Enhancement 

Yao Jian Chao, DSO, Ramanathan Umaiyal, DSO, Chia Chin Swee, DSO 

THURSDAY, 15 May, 10:30 - 11:00 – BREAK – POSTER ACCESS 

THURSDAY, 15 May, 11:00 - 12:30 – Signal Processing 

Chairman: TBD – TBD 

SP.1: Robust Statistics for Multi-Band SAR Image Change Detection  

Moustapha Diaw, ONERA, O.Lerda, Exail Sonar Systems division, J. Frontera-Pons, ONERA, F.Brigui, ONERA, J. P. Ovarlez, SONDRA, ONERA 

SP.2: Analysis of Change Detection in SAR: Frozen Background-Based against Non-Coherent Methods 

PehYu Yun, DSO 

SP.3: A Contrario Reasoning for Robust Tiny Object Detection 

Alina Ciocarlan, AMIAD 

SP.4: Optimal Transport for Radar Domain Adaptation 

Daniel Brooks, THALES 

THURSDAY, 15 May, 12:30 - 13:30 – LUNCH – POSTER ACCESS 

THURSDAY, 15 May, 13:30 - 15:30 – Radar System 

Chairman: TBD – TBD

RS.1: Presentation of ROS NG, ONERA’s latest HFSWR 

Milan Rozel, ONERA 

RS.2: Adaptive Search Mode for Multi-Function Naval Radar Using Digital Elevation Model 

XinGuo, THALES SG, B.H. Teh,THALES SG, J.M. Divanon, THALES SG 

RS.3: SAR-LIGHT: UAV-Embedded SAR Platformand Its UHF BandDevelopmentFor Mines Detection 

Frédéric Brigui, ONERA, G. Duteil, ONERA, N. Castet, ONERA, J. Martinot-Lagarde, ONERA, H.Cantalloube, ONERA, N.Pastorino, ONERA 
RS.4: Airborne bistatic SAR imaging issues (clock synchronisation, radiometriccalibration and polarimetry) 

Hubert Cantalloube, ONERA 

THURSDAY, 15 May, 15:30 – CLOSING ADDRESS 

POSTER SESSION 

P1: Buried Object Classification from GPR Data by using Second OrderDeep Learning Models 

Douba Jafuno, Savoie Mont Blanc University/Géolithe, A. Mian, Savoie Mont Blanc University, G. Ginolhac, Savoie Mont Blanc University, N. Stelzenmuller, Géolithe 

P2: Interferometric Phase Linking with Riemannian Distances on Covariance Matrices 

Elena Grosso,ONERA/CNAM, F. Bouchard, CNRS/L2S, F. Brigui, ONERA, G. Ginolhac, Savoie Mont Blanc University, A. Breloy, CNAM 

P3: Reconfigurable P/L-band High Efficiency Power Amplifier for Radar Applications 

Luan Haoze, NUS, K. Mouthaan, NUS 

P4: PolSAR Calibration in Singapore Using Stable Scatterers 

Xie Linran,NUS, K. Mouthaan, NUS 

P5: Application of Deep Despeckling to SAR Images 

Umaiyal Ramanathan, DSO, J.C. Yao, DSO, C.S. Chia, DSO 

P6: Airborne bistatic SAR imaging with frontward looking geometry and spaceborne transmitter of opportunity 

Jean-François Nouvel, ONERA, O. Boisot, ONERA 

P7: Terahertz FMCW radar short range imaging applications 

Jean-Paul Guillet, University of Bordeaux/IMS Laboratory 

P8: SAR satellite time-series for the surveillance of forest perturbations 

Lauriane Mousset, ONERA/SONDRA, L. Thirion, SONDRA, R. Guinvarc’h, SONDRA, X. Dupuis, ONERA, F. Brigui, ONERA, T. Koleck, CNES, A. Beaudoin, Ressources Naturelles CANADA 

P9: Self-Supervised Learning for Real-World Object Detection 

Alina Ciocarlan, AMIAD 

P10: Preserving polarimetric properties in PolSAR image reconstruction through Complex-Valued Auto-Encoders 

Quentin Gabot, SONDRA/ONERA, J. Fix, LORIA, J. Frontera-Pons, ONERA, C. Ren, SONDRA, J-P Ovarlez,SONDRA/ONERA  

P11: A Variational Auto-Encoder approach for anomaly detection in SAR imaging 

Xuan-Huy Nguyen, SONDRA, J. Fix, LORIA, J. Frontera-Pons, ONERA, C. Ren, SONDRA, J-P Ovarlez, SONDRA/ONERA  

P12: Complex-Valued Variational Autoencoders for Radar Detection in Joint Compound Gaussian Clutter and Thermal Noise 

Yadang Alexis Rouzoumka, DSO, E. Terreaux, DSO, C. Morisseau, DSO, J-P Ovarlez, SONDRA/ONERA, C. Ren, SONDRA 

P13: Polarimetric characterization of V-band soil textures 

Yoan Veyrac, THALES, J-F Degurse, THALES, S. Gourdin, THALES, A. Ghiotto, IMS Laboratory, L. Hardy, IMS Laboratory