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Introduction

For a field that was declared ‘mature’ about 40 years ago, we’ve certainly come a long way. Techniques and applications for effective utilization of radars for space exploration, ever more sophisticated and effective military systems, and commercial, environmental, and counter-terrorism applications seem to be pouring out of the woodwork of industrial, governmental, and academic institutions.

From the exploration of our solar system and persistent monitoring of our planet – for both environmental and defense purposes – to the rapid evolution of radar’s traditional roles in surveillance, tracking and targeting for military applications; and on to emerging applications such as airborne persistent surveillance, the accelerating pace of implemented automotive radar techniques, the screening of individuals and structures to detect potential threats, and the detection of buried pipelines, living survivors, and mines, this ‘mature’ field appears to be on the threshold of becoming ubiquitous around the world and in many aspects of military, industrial, and commercial developments. Hence, the theme for this year’s Radar Conference is “Ubiquitous Radar”.

Potential contributors are encouraged to submit their innovations and findings in any and all areas of radar and its applications. The list below is meant as a guideline for characterizing your submission. Individuals are encouraged to propose ‘special sessions’ in areas in which they believe we can put together a rich set of synergistic papers.

Welcome to the future!

Special Papers

Special awards will be give to best paper fitting the conference theme, special topics areas, and to student papers.

Student Paper Program

Student Paper Program 2012 IEEE Radar Conference is featuring a student paper program to encourage the involvement of young engineers and scientists in radar systems. The ten best papers, as judged by the Awards Committee, whose first author is a full-time student will be awarded travel grants of approximately $1000. These grants will partially cover travel expenses for the primary author to attend the conference. These grants do not cover registration cost. The student winners will present a brief summary of their paper in a special afternoon session on Monday, May 7, as well as the normal presentation during the appropriate technical session. The top 3 papers will be determined by the Awards Committee following the special session. The top three papers (including the top paper, which will be awarded the Student Paper Award) will earn cash prizes and receive special awards at the conference banquet. Student authors should notify Phil West (phil.west@gtri.gatech.edu) and Dale Blair (dale.blair@gtri.gatech.edu) of their interest in participating in the student paper contest.

Requirements

Submissions are required to be a maximum of six pages in IEEE format.  Additional information and example submissions will be available soon.  Please check back for this information.

Radarcon 2012 Topic Areas

Phenomenology & Target & Clutter Modeling Target signature characterization for low and high resolution systems Clutter, background and interference modeling and characterization Propagation effects (refraction, diffraction, attenuation, etc) Nonlinear propagation effects in inhomogeneous materials  Radar Systems Innovative System Designs and Applications Architectures Newly Fielded Systems Cost reduction technologies Non-military applications (auto radar, disaster rescue (through walls/rubble), all-weather imaging, etc) Ground Penetrating Radar Digital Beam Forming Shared Aperture Systems MIMO  Component Advances Digital and RF (GaN, HV Gas, SiGe, GaAs) Photonic Components Micro Electronic Mechanical Switches (MEMs) MMW Antennas, Transmitters, and Passive Components MMIC Design and Applications SAR / ISAR / IFSAR Systems, Techniques, Processing, & Applications Wide Area Surveillance Detection, Tracking, and Identification FOPEN Surveillance in the Presence of Extremely High Clutter Tomographic Techniques and Applications Spectral Estimation Techniques and Applications

Antenna Technologies & Techniques Tunable and Reconfigurable RF Circuits Antennas for MIMO Applications Integrated Transceiver Design, Fabrications, and Applications Signal & Data Processing (Theory, Architectures, & Applications) Detection Tracking Identification Data Fusion Pulse Compression Waveform Diversity Spectral Estimation GMTI STAP MIMO Compressive Sensing CID  Emerging Solutions Modular Open System Approach (MOSA) modular designs – time of day control systems, packaging standards Noise Radar Technology Cognitive Radar Ultra-wideband Radar Bi- and Multi-Static Systems, Techniques, and Results Medical and Biometric Applications Ubiquitous Sensing and Public Policy