Signal and Image Processing Lab

The research activity of Signal and Image Processing Laboratory focuses on the design and performance analysis of signal and image processing methodologies in many application areas spanning from remote sensing, surveillance to augmented reality.

These methodologies include:

Passive and active radar sensing
Performance evaluation of radar systems in terms of estimation accuracy and Receiver Operating Characteristic (ROC)
Theoretical bounds for matched and mismatched scenarios • Robust detection and estimation techniques
Cognition technique for active and passive radar systems including machine learning
Data and image for environmental monitoring
Multisource image registration and mosaicking
Data fusion from multiple sensor
Sight enhancement
High Dynamic Range Visualization
3D scene reconstruction from multiview images
Machine vision algorithms for detection and classification of video sequences and/or data acquired by airborne and satellite imaging sensors

The SIP Lab has a long tradition of collaborations with Italian and foreign universities, research centers, space agencies, and private companies: ASI, Italian Space Agency, DLR, Deutschen zentrum fur Luft-und Raumfahrt - German Aerospace Agency, CNR, Italian National Research Council Institutes (IFAC, IMAA, ISTI, IEIIT), Italian Universities (Genoa, Florence, Naples, Pavia, Siena, Trento, Rome “Sapienza”), CentraleSupélec, France, CNIT, National Inter-University Consortium for Telecommunications, Italy, Naval Academy, Livorno, Italy, Leonardo S.p.A., Italy, E-Geos Company, Italy, IDS S.p.A, Italy, Flyby S.r.l., Italy, Rochester Institute of Technology, USA, Navico Srl, Italy, AFOSR, Air Force Office of Scientific Research, USA, EOARD European Office of Aerospace Research and Development, UK, DRASS Galeazzi Underwater Technology, Italy

People: Giovanni Corsini and Maria Sabrina Greco (coordinators), Fulvio Gini, Fabrizio Lombardini, Nicola Acito. Strict cooperation on joint research activities and projects takes place in the Lab with Marco Diani (Italian Naval Academy).

Projects:

Exploiting Spatial Diversity for Massive MIMO Radars, funded by EOARD/AFRL
Robust Hypothesis Testing for Radar Applications, funded by EOARD
Automatic Target Detection Algorithms, funded by MoD
SENSORNAUTA, funded through Por Creo Fesr 2014-2020
Very High Spatial and Spectral Resolution Remote Sensing: A Novel Integrated Data Analysis System, funded by MIUR
ECOMOS Electro-optical system performance prediction, funded by EDA
MicroEye, funded through Por Fesr by Tuscan Authority