Elisa Giusti
Head of Research
Elisa Giusti obtained the specialist degree in Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Pisa in 2006 (cum Laude) and obtained the title of PhD in Remote Sensing at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Pisa in 2010. She was a Research Fellow at the Department of Information Engineering of the University of Pisa until 2014 and subsequently she worked as a researcher at the National Interuniversity Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), and in particular at the National Radar Laboratory and Surveillance Systems (RaSS), where she still works today and where she holds the role of Head of Research.
She participated in numerous international research projects, funded by Italian ministries (Ministry of Defence, Ministry of Economic Development, Ministry of University and Research) and European organizations (EDA, ESA, EC), as researcher and as technical and scientific manager. Many of the projects carried out have seen the validation of technological demonstrators through field trials.
She is member of the IEEE and Associate Editor of the IEEE TCI journal. She is author of 107 papers published in international journals and conference proceedings, 1 book and 7 book chapters.
She received international awards including the Fall 2021 NATO Sensors and Electronics Technology (SET) Panel Early Career Award (SPECA) and the 2016 Outstanding Information Research Foundation Book publication award for the book Radar Imaging for Maritime Observation.
In 2015, she co-founded ECHOES, a radar systems-related spin-off company.
Her research interests are mainly in the field of radar systems and radar data processing algorithms.
EDUCATION
- Jan. 2007 – Dec. 2009
Doctor of Philosophy , Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy. - Oct. 2004 – Oct. 2006
Laurea (Masters) in Telecommunication Engineering (cum laude), Faculty of Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy. - Oct. 2001 – Oct. 2004
Laurea (Bachelor) in Telecommunication Engineering (cum laude), Faculty of Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy.
EMPLOYMENT
- Jan. 2020 – onward
Head of Research , National Inter-University ,Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), Pisa, IT - Nov. 2014 – Dec 2019
Researcher, National Inter-University ,Consortium for Telecommunications (CNIT), Pisa, IT. - Jan. 208 – Sept. 2023
External Professor, “Radio and radar techniques”, of the course “Maritime and Naval Sciences”, University of Pisa. of Cape Town, South Africa - July. 2009 – Nov. 2014
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Department of Information Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy - Jun. 2012 – June 2018
Assistant Lecturer, Faculty of Engineering, University of Pisa, Italy
Subject title: “Radar theory and technique” and “Digital Communications”.
Publications
2024
A Compact Fabry-Perot Cavity Antenna with Circular Polarization Conference
2024.
Target Recognition by Means of 3D ISAR Images Conference
2024.
WatchEDGE: Smart networking for distributed AI-based environmental control Journal Article
In: Computer Networks, vol. 243, 2024.
2023
A Drone-Based Multisensory Payload for Maritime Pollutants Detections Journal Article
In: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, vol. 38, no 3, pp. 4 – 18, 2023, (POSEIDON).
Three-Dimensional Polarimetric InISAR Imaging of Non-Cooperative Targets Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Computational Imaging, vol. 9, pp. 210-223, 2023, (3D-ISAR).
Optimized Nonlinear PRI Variation Strategy Using Knowledge-Guided Genetic Algorithm for Staggered SAR Imaging Journal Article
In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 16, pp. 2624-2643, 2023.
Robust Interferometric ISAR Imaging With UAMP-Based Joint Sparse Signal Recovery Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, pp. 1-19, 2023.
LIME-Assisted Automatic Target Recognition with SAR Images: Toward Incremental Learning and Explainability Journal Article
In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 16, pp. 9175-9192, 2023.
Compressed Sensing: OMP2D Based Algorithm for Fully Polarimetric ISAR Conference
vol. 2023-May, 2023.
SDR-based passive radar technology Book
2023, (SMARP).
Drone-based 3DInISAR: Experimental Results Conference
vol. 2023-May, 2023, (RING).
Incremental Learning in Synthetic Aperture Radar Images Using Openmax Algorithm Conference
vol. 2023-May, 2023.
Point Cloud Transformer (PCT) for 3D-InISAR Automatic Target Recognition Conference
vol. 2023-May, 2023, (3D-ISAR).
Robust 3D ISAR Ship Classification Conference
vol. 2023-May, 2023, (RING).
Hybrid Polarimetry Inverse SAR Conference
2023.
Credible Recognition of Radar Images: Interpretability Metric and Classification Score Conference
vol. 2023-July, 2023.
2022
A Parametric-Model-Based Approach for Atmospheric Phase Screen Removal in Ground-Based Interferometric SAR Journal Article
In: IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, vol. 15, pp. 889-900, 2022, (GLIDE).
Extended Openmax Approach for the Classification of Radar Images with a Rejection Option Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, pp. 1-12, 2022, (cited By 0).
3D Radar Imaging for Non-Cooperative Target Recognition Conference
vol. 2022-September, 2022, (RING).
3D ISAR Imaging: ATR Based on the Alignment Between 3D ISAR Reconstruction and CAD Model Conference
vol. 2022-September, 2022, (cited By 0).
Fully polarimetric multi-aspect 3D InISAR Conference
vol. 2022-September, 2022, (3D-ISAR).
Low-cost database-free automatic target classification using 3D-ISAR Conference
vol. 2022-September, 2022, (RING).
Multilook Polarimetric 3-D Interferometric ISAR Imaging Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, pp. 1-1, 2022, (3D-ISAR).
Proportional Similarity-Based Openmax Classifier for Open Set Recognition in SAR Images Journal Article
In: Remote Sensing, vol. 14, no 18, 2022, (cited By 0).
Simulation and Analysis of 3-D Polarimetric Interferometric ISAR Imaging Conference
vol. 2022-July, 2022, (3D-ISAR).
Polarimetric Interferometric ISAR Based 3-D Imaging of Non-Cooperative Target Conference
vol. 2022-July, 2022, (3D-ISAR).
vol. 2022-July, 2022.
Polarimetric Three-Dimensional ISAR Imaging Conference
2022, (3D-ISAR).
Radar target recognition based on open set YOLO Journal Article
In: IET Conference Proceedings, vol. 2022, no 17, pp. 377-382, 2022.
Comparative assessment of polarimetric features estimation in fully polarimetric 3D-ISAR imaging system Journal Article
In: IET Conference Proceedings, vol. 2022, no 17, pp. 353-358, 2022, (3D-ISAR).
A Compact Drone based Multisensory System for Maritime Observation Conference
2022.
2021
Drone-based 3D interferometric ISAR Imaging Conference
vol. 2021-May, 2021, (RING).
CNN for Radial Velocity and Range Components Estimation of Ground Moving Targets in SAR Conference
vol. 2021-May, 2021, (ITS2020).
Cognitive radar for ground moving target imaging Book
2021, (ARIMOTA).
Target-borne ECM against OFDM-based Imaging Passive Radars Conference
2021, (cited By 0).
The alignment problem for 3D ISAR imaging with real data Conference
vol. 2021-March, 2021, (cited By 0).
Transfer Learning-Based Fully-Polarimetric Radar Image Classification with a Rejection Option Conference
2021, (ITS2020).
2020
A Rule-Based Cognitive Radar Design for Target Detection and Imaging Journal Article
In: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, vol. 35, no 6, pp. 34-44, 2020, (cited By 0).
Automatic Target Recognition Based on Alignments of Three-Dimensional Interferometric ISAR Images and CAD Models Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 56, no 6, pp. 4872-4888, 2020, (cited By 0).
Multibistatic Radar for Space Surveillance and Tracking Journal Article
In: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, vol. 35, no 8, pp. 14-30, 2020, (cited By 0).
Progress on the Study for the Use of Long-Range Radars for Space Situational Awareness Conference
vol. 2020-September, 2020, (cited By 0).
2019
Electronic countermeasure for OFDM-based imaging passive radars Journal Article
In: IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation, vol. 13, no 9, pp. 1458-1467, 2019.
3D ISAR Imaging: The Alignment Problem Conference
2019, (cited By 0).
Passive 3D interferometric ISAR using target-borne illuminator of opportunity Journal Article
In: IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation, vol. 13, no 2, pp. 190-197, 2019, (cited By 0).
2018
Automatic target classification in passive ISAR range-crossrange images Proceedings Article
In: 2018 IEEE Radar Conference (RadarConf18), pp. 0206-0211, 2018, ISSN: 2375-5318, (MAPIS).
Electronic Countermeasure for OFDM-based Imaging Passive Radars Proceedings Article
In: NATO SPECIALISTS’ MEETING SET-SCI-254 on Counter Passive Radar, pp. –, UNITED KINGDOM, 2018, (–).
ISAR Image Resolution Enhancement: Compressive Sensing vs State of the Art Super-Resolution Techniques Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, pp. 1-1, 2018, ISSN: 0018-9251.
Image Based Robust Target Classification for Passive ISAR Journal Article
In: IEEE Sensors Journal, pp. 1-1, 2018, ISSN: 1530-437X, (MAPIS).
Electronic Countermeasure for OFDM-Based Imaging Passive Radars Conference
2018, (cited By 0).
2018, (cited By 1).
Target classification using passive radar ISAR imagery Conference
vol. 2018-January, 2018, (MAPIS).
Passive 3D InISAR Using Target-Borne Illuminator of Opportunity Conference
2018, (cited By 0).
Multi-view Three-Dimensional Interferometric Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 55, no 2, pp. 1-1, 2018, ISSN: 0018-9251.
2017
Effectiveness of Knowledge-Based STAP in Ground Targets Detection with Real Dataset Proceedings Article
In: 2017 IET International Conference on Radar Systems, 2017, (KBARET).
Knowledge Based Space Doppler Adaptive Processing for Imaging of Moving Targets in Strong Ground Clutter Proceedings Article
In: 2017 IET International Conference on Radar Systems, 2017, (KBARET).
Passive ISAR using target-borne illuminators of opportunity Proceedings Article
In: International Conference on Radar Systems (Radar 2017), pp. 1-5, 2017.
Classification results of ISAR sea targets based on their two features Proceedings Article
In: 2017 Signal Processing Symposium (SPSympo), pp. 1-6, 2017, (MAPIS).
In: IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, vol. 11, iss. 6, pp. 1020-1029(9), 2017, ISSN: 1751-8784.
Multifunction imaging passive radar for harbour protection and navigation safety Journal Article
In: IEEE Aerospace and Electronic Systems Magazine, vol. 32, no 2, pp. 30-38, 2017, ISSN: 0885-8985, (SMARP).
Compressive Sensing for Inverse Synthetic Aperture Radar Book Section
In: H., Chen C. (Ed.): Compressive Sensing of Earth Observation, pp. 71-103, CRC Press Taylor & Francis Group, 6000 Broken Sound Parkway NW Suite 300, Boca raton, FL 33487-2742, 2017.
2016
Cosmo Sky-Med satellite SAR image improvement and exploitation for maritime surveillance Proceedings Article
In: NATO SET-SCI-239 Specialists Meeting on "Maritime radar surveillance from medium high grazing angle platform", pp. –, Edinburgh, 2016.
Cognitive SAR for Non-Cooperative Moving Target Imaging in presence of RF Interference Proceedings Article
In: NATO SET-SCI-230 Specialists Meeting on "Reconfigurable and Scalable Multi-Function RF Systems in a Congested EM Spectrum", pp. –, Netherlands, 2016, (CAESARIS).
Compressive sensing-based inverse synthetic radar imaging imaging from incomplete data Journal Article
In: IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, vol. 10, no 2, pp. 386–397, 2016, (RICS).
Compressive sensing for interferometric inverse synthetic aperture radar applications Journal Article
In: IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, vol. 10, no 8, pp. 1446–1457, 2016, (RICS).
3D InISAR Imaging By Using Multi-temporal Data Proceedings Article
In: EUSAR 2016: 11th European Conference on Synthetic Aperture Radar, Proceedings of, pp. 1–5, VDE 2016, (HABITAT).
ISAR resolution enhancement via compressive sensing: A comparison with state of the art SR techniques Proceedings Article
In: Compressed Sensing Theory and its Applications to Radar, Sonar and Remote Sensing (CoSeRa), 2016 4th International Workshop on, pp. 227–231, IEEE 2016, (RICS).
Blue Port Traffic Monitoring via 3D InISAR Radar Imaging System Book Section
In: Berizzi, F. Martorella, M. Giusti, E. (Ed.): Radar Imaging for Maritime Observation, pp. 315-338, CRC Press, 2016.
Bistatic three-dimensional interferometric ISAR Journal Article
In: IET Radar, Sonar and Navigation, vol. 10, no 1, pp. 63 – 75, 2016, (HABITAT).
Incoherent fusion of 3D InISAR images using multi-Temporal and multi-static data Conference
2016, (HABITAT).
Radar Imaging for Maritime Observation Book
CRC Press, 2016.
2015
Multi-Static/Multichannel Radar Imaging in Practice: the NATO SET-196 Trials Proceedings Article
In: NATO SET-228 Specialists Meeting on "Radar Imaging for Target Identification", pp. –, Italy, 2015.
Time-slotted FMCW MIMO ISAR with compressive sensing image reconstruction Proceedings Article
In: Compressed Sensing Theory and its Applications to Radar, Sonar and Remote Sensing (CoSeRa), 2015 3rd International Workshop on, pp. 229–233, IEEE 2015, (RICS).
Multistatic 3D InISAR Imaging Conference
2015.
Cognitive Multichannel ISAR Imaging for Maritime Coastal Surveillance and Ground Border Control Conference
proceedings of the IEEE CAMSAP conference 2015, 2015, (CAESARIS).
Compressive sensing–based algorithm for passive bistatic ISAR with DVB-T signals Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 51, no 3, pp. 2166-2180, 2015, (MAPIS).
Compressive sensing based ISAR: Performance evaluation Conference
vol. 2015-August, 2015, (RICS).
Estimation of the total rotational velocity of a non-cooperative target using a 3D InISAR system Conference
vol. 2015-June, no June, 2015, (HABITAT).
Multistatic 3D ISAR image reconstruction Conference
vol. 2015-June, no June, 2015, (HABITAT).
2014
Enhanced ATR by jointly using Coherent and Incoherent Target Decomposition theorems on polarimetric ISAR images Proceedings Article
In: 2014 11th European Radar Conference, pp. 89-92, 2014, (CLARP).
ISAR Imaging via Compressive Sensing: A Review Proceedings Article
In: SET-213 Specialist Meeting on "Compressive Sensing for Radar/SAR and EO/IR Imaging", Tallin, Estonia, 2014, (RICS).
Theoretical foundation of passive bistatic ISAR imaging Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 50, no 3, pp. 1647–1659, 2014, (MAPIS).
Bistatic PAssive ISAR Imaging: Preliminary Results and Critical Aspects Proceedings Article
In: NATO SET-213 Specialist Meeting on " Compressed Sensing for Radar/SAR and EO/IR Imaging", pp. –, 2014, (RICS project).
3D InISAR-based target reconstruction algorithm by using a Multi-Channel ground-based radar demonstrator Proceedings Article
In: 2014 International Radar Conference, pp. 1–6, IEEE 2014, (HABITAT).
Cognitive Synthetic Aperture Radar Proceedings Article
In: NATO SET-204 Specialist Meeting on " Waveform Diversity", pp. –, 2014, (CAESARIS).
3D Interferometric ISAR via Compressive Sensing Conference
2014, (Cited by: 9).
Super resolution ISAR imaging via compressing sensing Conference
2014, (RICS).
2013
Passive ISAR with DVB-T signals Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 51, no 8, pp. 4508-4517, 2013, (APIS).
ISAR Mode For COSMO SkyMed System With Super-Resolution Options: ICOSSOP Project Proceedings Article
In: ESA Special Publication, pp. 113, 2013, (ICOSSOP).
Autofocus for CS based ISAR imaging in the presence of gapped data Proceedings Article
In: 2nd International Workshop on Compressed Sensing Applied to Radar (CoSeRa), 2013, (RICS).
Array Passive ISAR adaptive processing (APIS) project: an overview Proceedings Article
In: 4th PCL focus days, 2013, (APIS).
Compressive sensing for passive ISAR with DVB-T signal Conference
vol. 1, 2013, (RICS).
2012
Near field physical optics modelling for concealed weapon detection Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Antennas and Propagation, vol. 60, no 12, pp. 6052–6057, 2012, (MELISSA).
ISAR based techniques for refocusing non-cooperative targets in SAR images Journal Article
In: IET Radar, Sonar & Navigation, vol. 6, no 5, pp. 332–340, 2012, (ICOSSOP).
Inverse synthetic aperture radar of aerial targets based on DVB-T passive radar Conference
Proceedings of 2012 IEEE GOLD Remote Sensing Conference, 2012.
Bistatic Passive ISAR Imaging: Preliminary Results and Critical Aspects Proceedings Article
In: NATO workshop SET-177 on “Passive radar ECM, EPM and critical aspectsâ€?, 2012.
An ISAR Technique for Refocussing Moving Targets in SAR Images Book Chapter
In: Signal and Image Processing for Remote Sensing, Second Edition, pp. 275–302, CRC Press, 2012.
Application of optimal sensor positioning to bistatic ISAR Conference
vol. 2012-April, 2012, (Cited by: 0).
Multistatic ISAR autofocussing using image contrast optimization Conference
vol. 2012, no 603 CP, 2012, (Cited by: 15).
Non-cooperative maritime target imaging with an FMCW SAR System Conference
vol. 2012-April, 2012, (ICOSSOP).
Passive ISAR imaging of ships by using DVB-T signals Conference
vol. 2012, no 603 CP, 2012, (APIS).
Passive ISAR with DVB-T signal Conference
vol. 2012-April, 2012, (APIS).
2011
Target Recognition by Means of Polarimetric ISAR Images Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 47, no 1, pp. 225-239, 2011, ISSN: 0018-9251.
Polarimetrically-persistent-scatterer-based automatic target recognition Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 49, no 11 PART 2, pp. 4588-4599, 2011.
A time domain phase-gradient based ISAR autofocus algorithm Conference
vol. 1, 2011, (Cited by: 10).
Near field 3D circular SAR imaging Conference
2011, (MELISSA).
Range doppler and image autofocusing for FMCW inverse synthetic aperture radar Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Aerospace and Electronic Systems, vol. 47, no 4, pp. 2807 – 2823, 2011, (Cited by: 32).
Refocussing of moving targets in SAR images based on inversion mapping and ISAR processing Conference
2011, (ICOSSOP).
2010
Contrast-Optimization-Based Range-Profile Autofocus for Polarimetric Stepped-Frequency Radar Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 48, no 4, pp. 2049-2056, 2010, ISSN: 0196-2892.
Polarimetrically persistent scatterer based automatic target recognition Conference
vol. 32, no PART 4, 2010.
Comparison of ATR systems based on Coherent and Incoherent Polarimetric Decompositions of ISAR Images Proceedings Article
In: Proceedings of the SENSORS & ELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY PANEL Specialists Meeting SET-160 on “NCI/ATR in Air-Ground and Maritime Applications based on Radar and Acousticsâ€?, pp. –, La Spezia, 2010, (CLEANSKY).
Optimal sensor placement for Multi-bistatic ISAR imaging Conference
2010, (Cited by: 4).
Polarimetric persistent scatterer tracking in ISAR image sequences Conference
2010, (SESM).
2009
Automatic Target Recognition by Means of Polarimetric ISAR Images and Neural Networks Journal Article
In: IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 47, no 11, pp. 3786-3794, 2009, ISSN: 0196-2892.
Range doppler and image autofocusing for FMCW inverse synthetic aperture radar Conference
2009, (Cited by: 2).
2008
Automatic target recognition by means of polarimetric ISAR images: A model matching based algorithm Conference
2008, (Cited by: 19).
2008, (Cited by: 11).
Polarimetric synthetic range profile autofocusing via contrast optimization Conference
2008, (CLEANSKY).
CLEAN technique for polarimetric ISAR Journal Article
In: International Journal of Navigation and Observation, vol. 2008, 2008.
Equivalence between Cameron's unit disc and Poincar's sphere for symmetric scattering characterization and classification Journal Article
In: IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Letters, vol. 5, no 2, pp. 152 – 156, 2008, (Cited by: 4).
Automatic target recognition by means of polarimetric isar images and neural networks Conference
Proceedings of the IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium (IGARSS 2008), vol. 4, no 1, 2008.