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Monday, November 11

09:00-09:30 Opening Ceremony
09:30-09:45 TechDefense 2024 - A CESMA initiative
Domenico Accardo, CESMA
09:45-10:15 KEYNOTE SESSION - New technologies for future radar
Filippo De Stefani, Leonardo
10:15-10:45 KEYNOTE SESSION - Emerging technologies and their effect on global security. The role of AFCEA
Massimo Esposito, Italian Navy Rear Adm. (Ret.), AFCEA Europe
10:45-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:15 AFCEA SPECIAL SESSION
12:15-13:15 ROUND TABLE - Women in Engineering
13:15-14:40 Lunch
14:40-16:00 ROUND TABLE - Quantum Technology for Defence Special Session #4: Non-invasive monitoring of psychophysiological states of military personnel during operation and training Special Session #8: IEEE Women in Engineering with Focus in Cybersecurity and AI - PART I
16:00-16:20  
16:20-16:40 Coffee Break
16:40-18:00 Special Session: Novel Sensing for ISR and Radar EW General Session #1 Special Session #8: IEEE Women in Engineering with Focus in Cybersecurity and AI - PART II
18:00-18:20  

Tuesday, November 12

09:00-10:20 Special Session #3: Battlefield Operational Technology and Secure Internet of Battlefield Things Special Session #14: Enabling technologies for enhancing the resilience of power systems infrastructures Special Session #2: Young Researchers Activities in Technologies for Defense and Security
10:20-10:40  
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Special Session #12: Non-contact measurement systems for defense and security Special Session #17: Instrumentation and Measurement Technology for Defense and Security General Session #2
12:00-13:40 ROUND TABLE - Counter Drone System (C-UAS)
13:40-15:00 Lunch
15:00-15:45 Tutorial on C-UAS organized by CESMA, University of Naples "Federico II"
15:45-16:15 Coffee Break
16:15-17:55 Special Session #16: Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Technologies

Wednesday, November 13

09:00-10:40 Special Session #19: Ethics & Law Of Technologies For Defense And Security Special Session #6: Applied Artificial Intelligence for Defense and Security Mechatronic Systems Special Session #10: Innovative Security Concepts and Applications in Aerospace Systems
10:40-11:00 Coffee Break
11:00-12:00 Round Table on Autonomous Weapons and Human Responsibility: Legal, Ethical and Political Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Defense General Session #3 Special Session #20: Future Radar Technology - PART I
12:00-12:45 KEYNOTE SESSION - C. Nils Smith
Trends, Technologies, and Issues for Defense and Security - a Contractor's Perspective
12:45-14:10 Lunch
14:10-15:30 Special Session #1: Advanced Methods and Technologies for Flight Safety and Defense Systems Integration Special Session #9: Technology, application, and metrology of directed energy weapons Special Session #20: Future Radar Technology - PART II
15:30-15:50    
15:50-16:10 Coffee Break
16:10-17:50 Special Session #1: Advanced Methods and Technologies for Flight Safety and Defense Systems Integration - PART II Special Session #7: ISaCAGE: integration and coexistence of sensing and communication systems that share the same spatial and spectrum resources  

Monday, November 11

Monday, November 11 9:00 - 9:30

Opening Ceremony

Monday, November 11 9:30 - 9:45

TechDefense 2024 - A CESMA initiative
Domenico Accardo, CESMA

Monday, November 11 9:45 - 10:15

KEYNOTE SESSION - New technologies for future radar
Filippo De Stefani, Leonardo

Monday, November 11 10:15 - 10:45

KEYNOTE SESSION - Emerging technologies and their effect on global security. The role of AFCEA
Massimo Esposito, Italian Navy Rear Adm. (Ret.), AFCEA Europe

Monday, November 11 10:45 - 11:00

Coffee Break

Monday, November 11 11:00 - 12:15

AFCEA SPECIAL SESSION

Monday, November 11 12:15 - 13:15

ROUND TABLE - Women in Engineering

Monday, November 11 13:15 - 14:40

Lunch

Monday, November 11 14:40 - 16:20

ROUND TABLE - Quantum Technology for Defence

Room 1

Monday, November 11 14:40 - 16:20

Special Session #4: Non-invasive monitoring of psychophysiological states of military personnel during operation and training

Room 2
14:40 Predicting Operator Situation Awareness From Psychophysiological Signals: Utility of Personalized and Universal Models
Johnny Zhang, Neil Banerjee, Jacob R. Kintz, Torin K. Clark and Allison Hayman (University of Colorado Boulder, USA)
15:00 Evaluation of Drone Pilots' Sympathetic and Parasympathetic Nervous System Responses During Simulated Flight in Familiar and Unfamiliar Environments
Przemyslaw Wojciechowski and Konrad Wojtowicz (Military University of Technology, Poland); Jan Błaszczyk (Calisia University, Poland); Jakub Djabin (Military University of Technology Warsaw, Poland); Jakub Kochan, Maciej Kurenda and Adam Marut (Military University of Technology, Poland)
15:20 Evaluating Startle in Aviation: A Focus on Instrumentation and Measurement Techniques
Francesco Romano (University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy); Michele Tritto (Next2U, Italy); Michele Giuseppe Di Cesare (University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy); Sergio Nocco (Next2U, Italy); Daniela Cardone (University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)
15:40 Evaluating the Cognitive Load of Pilots: A Review of Workload Assessment Tools and Data Analysis Methods
Michele Giuseppe Di Cesare (University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy); Michele Tritto (Next2U, Italy); Francesco Romano (University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy); Alessandro Tiberio (Next2U srl, Italy); Daniela Cardone (University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)
16:00 AeroStim: A NASA MATB-II Evolution
Michele Giuseppe Di Cesare and Sergio Nocco (Next2U, Italy); Manish Chinthakindi, Alessandro Tiberio and Michele Merla (Next2U srl, Italy); Michele Tritto (Next2U, Italy); Arcangelo Merla (University G. d'Annunzio of Chieti-Pescara, Italy)

Monday, November 11 14:40 - 16:00

Special Session #8: IEEE Women in Engineering with Focus in Cybersecurity and AI - PART I

Room 3
14:40 Impact of Cyberattacks on Human's Health
Vassil Guliashki (Institute of Information and Communication Technologies - BAS, Bulgaria); Galia Marinova (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria & Technical University-Sofia, Bulgaria)
15:00 Bridging the Gender Gap: Women in Georgia's Cybersecurity Future
Ketevani Grdzelidze (Caucasus University, Georgia & Scientific Cyber Security Association, Georgia)
15:20 Cyber Social Security in Multi-Domain Operations
Vita Santa Barletta (University of Bari, Italy); Miriana Calvano and Annita Sciacovelli (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)
15:40 Cybercity: a Practical Approach to Teach and Learn Cybersecurity in Smart Cities
Luca De Vito (University of Sannio, Italy); Salvatore Bramante and Mauro D'Angelo (Perlatecnica, Italy); Galia Marinova (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria & Technical University-Sofia, Bulgaria); Javier Orozco-Messana (Technical University of Valencia, Spain)

Monday, November 11 16:20 - 16:40

Coffee Break

Monday, November 11 16:40 - 18:20

General Session #1

Room 2
16:40 Feasibility of Deploying a Vertical Chain of Multicopter Drones Along a Shared Tether to Provide a Stratospheric High Altitude Platform Station
Paul Cuffe and Barry McNicholl (University College Dublin, Ireland)
16:56 An Analysis of the Feasibility of Providing On-Demand Ground Level Illumination From a Loitering Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
Ethan Cunningham (University College Dublin, Ireland); John Healy (University Collage Dublin, Ireland); Paul Cuffe (University College Dublin, Ireland)
17:13 Addressing Ionospheric Impairments in the Azimuth Ground Displacements Retrieved by Using SAOCOM-1 L-Band SAR Data
Marianna Franzese (IREA-CNR & University of Naples Federico II, Italy); Antonio De Maio (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy); Riccardo Lanari (IREA-CNR, Italy); Augusto Aubry (Universita degli studi di Napoli, Italy); Paquale Noli, Giovanni Onorato, Yenni Lorena Belen Roa, Pasquale Striano and Claudio De Luca (IREA-CNR, Italy)
17:30 5G Mobile Network With Blockchain, IoT and Drones Integration for Military Applications
Petrica Ciotirnae (Military Technical Academy Ferdinand I, Romania)
17:46 Integrating Byzantine Fault Tolerance Into Hyperledger Fabric: Implementation and Performance Analysis of the BDLS Protocol
Ahmed Al Salih (University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA & AholdDelhaize, USA)
18:03 Cuffless Blood Pressure Stratification and Hypertension Recognition Using Wearable PPG Sensor for Continuous Soldier Health Monitoring
Yalagala Sivanjaneyulu (Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India); M Sabarimalai Manikandan (Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India); Srinvas Boppu (Indian Institute of Technology Bhubaneswar, India); Linga Reddy Cenkeramaddi, Sr (University of Agder, Norway)

Monday, November 11 16:40 - 18:20

Special Session: Novel Sensing for ISR and Radar EW

Room 1
16:40 Practical Approach for Processing and Fusion of Multimodal Data for Reconnaissance
Refiz Duro (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria); Axel Weißenfeld (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Gmbh, Austria); Christoph Singewald (Syncpoint GmbH, Austria); Medina Andresel (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology GmbH, Austria); Dražen Ignjatović and Veronika Siska (AIT Austrian Institute of Technology Gmbh, Austria)
17:00 Scale Invariant Coherent Change Detection to Locate Micro-Motion in Single Pass SAR Images
Finlay Rollo, Aleksanteri Vattulainen and Christos V. Ilioudis (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Pietro Milillo (University of Houston, USA); Carmine Clemente (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
17:20 Rapid Radio Frequency Propagation Modelling Using a Generative Adversarial Network
Aled Catherall and Josip Rozman (Plextek, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
17:40 On Cognitive Radar Jamming for Countering Cognitive Electromagnetic Protection Systems
Hemanga Banerjee, Christos V. Ilioudis and Carmine Clemente (University of Strathclyde, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Christopher Williams (DSTL, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
18:00 A Cognitive-Based ISAR System for Spectral Compatibility Applications
Massimo Rosamilia (University of Naples Federico II, Italy); Augusto Aubry (Universita degli studi di Napoli, Italy); Alessio Balleri (Cranfield University, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Antonio De Maio (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy); Marco Martorella (University of Birmingham, United Kingdom (Great Britain))

Monday, November 11 16:40 - 18:00

Special Session #8: IEEE Women in Engineering with Focus in Cybersecurity and AI - PART II

Room 3
16:40 Identification Hardware Attacks of Integrated Circuit Design Data and Intellectual Property
Eriselda Malaj (Aleksander Moisiu University - Durres, Albania); Galia Marinova (Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria & Technical University-Sofia, Bulgaria)
17:00 AI as a Tool of Disinformation in the International Arena
Ketevani Grdzelidze (Caucasus University, Georgia & Scientific Cyber Security Association, Georgia)
17:20 Analysis of Artificial Intelligence Subject Results by Gender
Gabor Kiss (Obuda University, Hungary); Susana Moreira Bastos (Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal)
17:40 A Comparative Scoping Study of Local and Regional Museum Storage Solutions
László Lőrincz, Gabor Kiss and Arnold Őszi (Obuda University, Hungary)

Tuesday, November 12

Tuesday, November 12 9:00 - 10:40

Special Session #14: Enabling technologies for enhancing the resilience of power systems infrastructures

Room 2
9:00 Toward a Security Operation Center for Operational Technology in Industrial Networks
Giovanni Battista Gaggero (Università Degli Studi di Genova, Italy); Roberto Caviglia (University of Genova, Italy); Paola Girdinio and Mario Marchese (University of Genoa, Italy)
9:20 Advanced Monitoring With Enhanced Security in Critical Infrastructures: The DOSSIER Framework
Carmelo Mineo (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Roberto Nardone (University of Naples Parthenope, Italy); Michele Paoletti and Giovanni Paragliola (National Research Council (CNR), Italy); Alfredo Petruolo (University of Naples Parthenope, Italy)
9:40 Multiple Approaches for Studying Energy Systems Cybersecurity Issues
Giovanna Adinolfi (ENEA & University of Salerno, Italy); Roberto Ciavarella, Giorgio Graditi and Maria Valenti (ENEA, Italy); Alioscia Hamma (University of Naples Federico II Napoli, Italy); Lorenzo Campos Venuti (University of Naples, Italy)
10:00 Artificial Intelligence Solutions for Cybersecurity in Energy Systems
Olga Degtiareva (Odessa National Economic University, Ukraine); Natalia Shyriaieva (Rhine-Waal University of Applied Sciences, Germany & National Technical University Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute, Ukraine); Tetiana Kuklinova (Odessa National Economic University, Ukraine)
10:20 A Comparison of Microgrids Design Tools: An Area of Development for New Decision Support Systems
Nafisul Musfiq and Bharath Kumar Sugumar (Università di Pavia, Italy); Norma Anglani (University of Pavia, Italy)

Tuesday, November 12 9:00 - 10:20

Special Session #2: Young Researchers Activities in Technologies for Defense and Security

Room 3
9:00 Deep Learning Based Persistent Scatterers Detection: First Results
Weili Tang (University of Napoli Parthenope, Italy & IREA-CNR, Italy); Simona Verde (CNR-IREA, Italy); Sergio Vitale (University of Naples Parthenope, Italy); Giampaolo Ferraioli, Gilda Schirinzi and Vito Pascazio (Università di Napoli Parthenope, Italy); Gianfranco Fornaro (CNR-IREA, Italy)
9:20 Open Innovation Model in Military Environments: A Preliminary Case of Aerospace Challenges
Alexandra Zabala-López (Colombian Air Force, Colombia); Mario Linares-Vásquez and Yezid E. Donoso (Universidad de los Andes, Colombia)
9:40 Boosting Resolution of VHR Remote Sensing Images Using CNN
Matteo Ciotola (University of Naples Federico II, Italy); Giovanni Poggi (Università Federico II di Napoli, Italy); Giuseppe Scarpa (University of Naples Parthenope, Italy)
10:00 Machine Learning-Based Design of Meta-Covers for Linear Antenna Beam-Shaping
Michela Longhi and Stefano Vellucci (Niccolò Cusano University, Italy); Mirko Barbuto, Alessio Monti, Filiberto Bilotti and Alessandro Toscano (Roma Tre University, Italy)

Tuesday, November 12 9:00 - 10:40

Special Session #3: Battlefield Operational Technology and Secure Internet of Battlefield Things

Room 1
9:00 Black-Box Adversarial ML Attacks on IDS and Multi-Domain Impact Analysis for Threat Intelligence in Automotive Scenarios
Vita Santa Barletta (University of Bari, Italy); Danilo Caivano (Università di Bari, Italy); Christian Catalano and Samuele del Vescovo (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy)
9:20 Measuring the Risk of Evasion and Poisoning Attacks on a Traffic Sign Recognition System
Vita Santa Barletta (University of Bari, Italy); Christian Catalano, Mattia Colucci and Mirko De Vincentiis (University of Bari Aldo Moro, Italy); Antonio Piccinno (University of Bari, Italy)
9:40 Energy Efficiency for Tactical Cloud, Edge and IoT Continuum: Helping the Military Dominate the Battlespace
Antonio Caruso (University of Salento, Italy)
10:00 The Impact of 3D Printing on the Defense Industry
Mohamed zied Chaari (Qatar University, Qatar)
10:20 Not Sure Your Car Withstands Cyberwarfare
Giampaolo Bella, Gianpietro Castiglione and Sergio Esposito (Università degli Studi di Catania, Italy); Mario Raciti (IMT School for Advanced Studies Lucca, Italy); Salvatore Riccobene (University of Catania, Italy)

Tuesday, November 12 10:40 - 11:00

Coffee Break

Tuesday, November 12 11:00 - 12:00

General Session #2

Room 3
11:00 Exploiting LLMs for E-Learning: A Cybersecurity Perspective on AI-Generated Tools in Education
Danilo Greco (Politecnico di Milano, Italy); Luca Chianese (Università degli Studi di Genova, Italy)
11:10 Scattering Center Extraction for ISAR Images Using U-Net Based Semantic Segmentation
Dal-Jae Yun, Junhyeong Park, Haewon Jung, Hoon Kang, Ha-Rim Lee and In-Yong Park (Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science, Korea (South))
11:20 Trajectory Backtracking Guidance Control for Head-On Interception of High-Speed Ballistic Targets
Erhan Bülbül and Aydin Cetin (Gazi University, Turkey)
11:30 UAV Security Logs Processing Using Machine Learning Algorithms
Cristian Bucur (Polytechnique Montreal, Canada); Gabriella Nicolescu (Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal, Canada)
11:40 Deep Learning Based Soldier Face Detection and Counting Method for Military Tactical Operations and Artificial Intelligence Powered Weapons
Sivaranjini P N and M Sabarimalai Manikandan (Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India); Linga Reddy Cenkeramaddi, Sr (University of Agder, Norway)
11:50 Quality-Aware Rhythm-Aware Heart Rate Variability Analysis for Soldier Health and Wellness Monitoring Using Wearable ECG Sensing Devices
M Sabarimalai Manikandan and Jomole Varghese V (Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, India); Linga Reddy Cenkeramaddi, Sr (University of Agder, Norway)

Tuesday, November 12 11:00 - 12:00

Special Session #12: Non-contact measurement systems for defense and security

Room 1
11:00 Enhanced GSR Detection by Multispectral Illumination for Forensic Shooting Distance Analysis
Vittoria Medici (Università Politecnica Delle Marche, Italy); Milena Martarelli, Paolo Castellini, Giuseppe Pandarese and Nicola Paone (Università Politecnica delle Marche, Italy); Vito Alessandro Spinelli, Gaetano Rizza, Giuseppe Riccio and Massimiliano Olivieri (Gabinetto Interregionale Polizia Scientifica per le Marche e L'Abruzzo, Italy); Rita Padovani (Gabinetto Interregionale Polizia Scientifica per le Marche e l Abruzzo, Italy)
11:20 A Lens-Based Graded-Index Dielectric Ring for Multibeam Radiation
Marco Simone and Gino Sorbello (University of Catania, Italy)
11:40 Preventive and Predictive Maintenance of Medium Complexity Autonomous Vehicles
Enrico Petritoli (Università degli Studi "Roma Tre", Italy); Ettore De Francesco and Ruggero De Francesco (SeTeL, Italy); Eduardo De Francesco (SETEL, Italy); Fabio Leccese ("Roma Tre" University, Italy)

Tuesday, November 12 11:00 - 12:00

Special Session #17: Instrumentation and Measurement Technology for Defense and Security

Room 2
11:00 Measurements and Instrumentation for the Security of Networking Cables
Pasquale Daponte, Luca De Vito, Francesco Picariello, Sergio Rapuano and Ioan Tudosa (University of Sannio, Italy)
11:20 UAV Test-Bench Platform for Propeller Diagnostics Using Machine Learning
Pasquale Daponte, Luca De Vito, Francesco Picariello and Ioan Tudosa (University of Sannio, Italy)
11:40 Experimental Methodology to Validate Tracked Vehicle Dynamics Models
Enrico Galvagno (Politecnico di Torino, Italy)

Tuesday, November 12 12:00 - 13:40

ROUND TABLE - Counter Drone System (C-UAS)

Tuesday, November 12 13:40 - 15:00

Lunch

Tuesday, November 12 15:00 - 15:45

Tutorial on C-UAS organized by CESMA, University of Naples "Federico II"

Tuesday, November 12 15:45 - 16:15

Coffee Break

Tuesday, November 12 16:15 - 17:55

Special Session #16: Counter Unmanned Aerial Systems (C-UAS) Technologies

16:15 RCS of a F-35 Stealth Aircraft: Statistical Analyses of a POFACETS Model
Fausta Mattei (University of Study of Naples Federico II & University of Bergamo, Italy); Luca Pallotta (University of Basilicata, Italy); Domenico Accardo (Università degli Studi di Napoli FEDERICO II, Italy); Antonio De Maio (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy)
16:35 Exploring the RCS of In-Flight UAVs
Fausta Mattei (University of Study of Naples Federico II & University of Bergamo, Italy); Vincenzo Carotenuto, Claudia Conte and Giancarlo Rufino (University of Naples Federico II, Italy); Domenico Accardo (Università degli Studi di Napoli FEDERICO II, Italy); Alessandro Di Vincenzo (Università Degli Studi di Napoli Parthenope & Istituto per Il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente IREA-CNR, Italy); Carmen Esposito (Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell Ambiente IREA-CNR, Italy); Antonio Natale (Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell'Ambiente IREA-CNR, Italy); Paolo Berardino (Istituto per il Rilevamento Elettromagnetico dell Ambiente IREA-CNR, Italy); Gianfranco Palmese (CORISTA, Italy); Stefano Perna (Università degi Studi di Napoli Parthenope, Italy); Riccardo Lanari (IREA-CNR, Italy); Antonio De Maio (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy)
16:55 Detection of Flying Nano-Drone Signatures With a K-Band FMCW Radar
Alessio Balleri (Cranfield University, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
17:15 Mini-Micro UAV - Counter Drone Technologies and Solutions for Naval Vessels
17:35 Enabling Technologies for Autonomous Flight in Challenging Environments
Claudia Conte (University of Naples Federico II, Italy); Domenico Accardo (Università degli Studi di Napoli FEDERICO II, Italy)

Wednesday, November 13

Wednesday, November 13 9:00 - 10:40

Special Session #10: Innovative Security Concepts and Applications in Aerospace Systems

Room 3
9:00 Security Assessment of Drone Teams and Swarms Using an Extended SecRAM Methodology
Gennaro Pio Rimoli and Massimo Ficco (University of Salerno, Italy); Domenico Pascarella (CIRA scpa, Italy); Vittorio U. Castrillo (CIRA - Italian Aerospace Research Centre, Italy)
9:16 Drone Intrusions in U-Space: Risk Analysis and Modeling of Cyber-Physical Attacks
Pierre Bieber and Thomas Dubot (ONERA, France)
9:33 Preliminary Concept Design of an Ontology for the Security Risk Assessment of U-Space Solutions
Raffaele Elia (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy & CIRA, Italy); Massimiliano Rak (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy); Domenico Pascarella (CIRA scpa, Italy)
9:50 Space Enabled Secure Quantum Communication
Riccardo Lazzaro (Thales Alenia Space, Italy)
10:06 A Preliminary Concept for a Resilience Service to Manage Drone Cyber-Physical Attacks
Domenico Pascarella (CIRA scpa, Italy); Gabriella Gigante and Angela Vozella (CIRA - Italian Aerospace Research Centre, Italy); Pierre Bieber and Thomas Dubot (ONERA, France); Albert Remiro Bellostas (INTA, Spain); Jaime Cabezas (Instituto Nacional de Técnica Aeroespacial, Spain)
10:23 Methodological Framework Design for Prediction of Swarm Movement
Riccardo Esposito (CIRA, Italy); Gabriella Gigante and Angelo Manco (CIRA - Italian Aerospace Research Centre, Italy)

Wednesday, November 13 9:00 - 10:40

Special Session #19: Ethics & Law Of Technologies For Defense And Security

Room 1
9:00 Hic Sunt Drones: Warfare in the Digital Age
Stefano De Luca (University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincas, Italy)
9:20 A Growing Integration of Weaponized Commercial Drones in Battlefield Operations
Mohamed zied Chaari (Qatar University, Qatar)
9:40 The Militarisation of Space and the Involvement of Civil Assets: Possible Evolutions and Legal Questions
Ilaria Amelia Caggiano and Lucilla Gatt (Università Degli Studi Suor Orsola Benincasa, Italy); Anita Mollo (UNISOB, Italy); Luigi Izzo (University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, Italy)
10:00 Autonomous Weapons Systems: A Need for New IHL Rules
Giulia Marcucci (Italian Red Cross, Italy)
10:20 Blockchain and AI Ethics: Implications for Defence and Security
Christian Esposito (University of Salerno, Italy); Gianluca Attademo (Università degli Studi di Salerno, Italy); Francesco Miano (Università degli Studi di Napoli Federico II, Italy)

Wednesday, November 13 9:00 - 10:40

Special Session #6: Applied Artificial Intelligence for Defense and Security Mechatronic Systems

Room 2
9:00 An Approach to Synthesize Thermal Infrared Ship Images
Huy Quoc Nguyen (Vettel Aerospace Institute Vietnam, Vietnam); Thinh Doan Vo, Duc Anh Phan, Thao Nhu Nguyen, Luu Phong Nguyen, Huong Ninh, Hai Tran and Tu Anh Nguyen (Viettel Aerospace Institute Vietnam, Vietnam)
9:16 Machine-Learning-Enhanced Military Maintenance Management Systems
Łukasz Stosio, Konrad Wojtowicz and Stanislaw Kachel (Military University of Technology, Poland)
9:33 Real-Time Control of Multiple Multirotor Platforms Interconnected in a Mesh Network
Maciej Kurenda and Konrad Wojtowicz (Military University of Technology, Poland); Krzysztof Sibilski (Air Force Institute of Technology, Poland); Jakub Djabin (Military University of Technology Warsaw, Poland); Jakub Kochan, Przemyslaw Wojciechowski and Adam Marut (Military University of Technology, Poland)
9:50 Surveillance and Protection of Critical Infrastructure With Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Adam Marut, Przemyslaw Wojciechowski and Konrad Wojtowicz (Military University of Technology, Poland); Jakub Djabin (Military University of Technology Warsaw, Poland); Jakub Kochan and Maciej Kurenda (Military University of Technology, Poland)
10:06 Scalable Hardware in the Loop (HIL) System for Real-Time Swarm Drone Control Simulation
Jakub Djabin (Military University of Technology Warsaw, Poland); Maciej Kurenda, Jakub Kochan, Konrad Wojtowicz, Przemyslaw Wojciechowski and Adam Marut (Military University of Technology, Poland)
10:23 Conceptual Design of the Deep-Learning-Driven Flight Management System
Jakub Kochan (Military University of Technology, Poland); Jakub Djabin (Military University of Technology Warsaw, Poland); Maciej Kurenda, Konrad Wojtowicz, Przemyslaw Wojciechowski and Adam Marut (Military University of Technology, Poland)

Wednesday, November 13 10:40 - 11:00

Coffee Break

Wednesday, November 13 11:00 - 12:00

General Session #3

Room 2
11:00 Formant Based Direction of Voice for Smart Microphone Array
Kaluri V Rangarao (University of Hyderabad, USA & Hyderabad, India); Atul Negi (University of Hyderabad, India)
11:10 Automation of Translating MITRE ATT&CK Pseudocode to Executable Scripts
Raul Alexsander Castro Montoya, Hamza Hmiddouch El Byari, Andrea Villacis Vanegas, Ivan Quiñonero Martinez De Ojeda and Maria-Dolores Cano (Universidad Politécnica de Cartagena, Spain)
11:20 Enhancing Performance of Deep Learning Based Non-Profiled Side-Channel Attack Using Multi-Output and Transfer Learning
Ngoc-Tuan Do (Telecommunications University, Vietnam); Huu Minh Nguyen and Van-Phuc Hoang (Le Quy Don Technical University, Vietnam)
11:30 Progressive Optimization of Deep Learning-Based Fight Detection Model
Azamat Mukhamediya and Tilek Zhumabek (Nazarbayev University, Kazakhstan)
11:40 Ballistic Missile Threat Modeling and VHF Radar Detection Performance Analysis for Tactical-Level Air Defense Simulator
Marta Walenczykowska, Witold Bużantowicz and Adam Kawalec (Military University of Technology, Poland)
11:50 Technological Developments in the Underwater Dimension

Wednesday, November 13 11:00 - 12:00

Round Table on Autonomous Weapons and Human Responsibility: Legal, Ethical and Political Perspectives on Artificial Intelligence in Defense

Room 1

Wednesday, November 13 11:00 - 12:00

Special Session #20: Future Radar Technology - PART I

Room 3
11:00 Multilinear Dynamical Systems (MLDS): Applications to Tensor Kalman Filter and Tensor LQG
Alfonso Farina (Leonardo Company Consultant, Italy); Stefano Carletta (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy); Giovanni B. Palmerini and Francesco De Angelis (Sapienza Università di Roma, Italy)
11:20 Development and Evaluation of an OFDM-Based Bistatic S-Band SDR Breadboard System for Waveform Analysis and RADCOM Detection Processing
Sonia Quattrociocchi (Rheinmetall Italia, Italy)
11:40 Joint Estimation of Range and Velocity in FMCW Radar for Autonomous Driving
Ruri Jiang (University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, China); Junjie Weng (University of Science and Technology, Hefei, China); Jun Liu (University of Science and Technology of China, China); Weijian Liu (Wuhan Electronic Information Institute, China); Danilo Orlando (Unviersity of Pisa, Italy)

Wednesday, November 13 12:00 - 12:45

KEYNOTE SESSION - C. Nils Smith
Trends, Technologies, and Issues for Defense and Security - a Contractor's Perspective

Wednesday, November 13 12:45 - 14:10

Lunch

Wednesday, November 13 14:10 - 15:50

Special Session #1: Advanced Methods and Technologies for Flight Safety and Defense Systems Integration

Room 1
14:10 An Innovative Air Accident Investigation Method to Safety Differently
Gian Luca Greco (Italian Air Force, Italy); Francesca Chiotti (Leonardo S.p.A. Aircraft Division Turin, Italy)
14:30 The Human Factors SHELL Model, the Automation and the Artificial Intelligence: A New Paradigm?
Gian Luca Greco (Italian Air Force, Italy); Giuseppe Fauci (Italian Air Force Department, Italy)
14:50 Integrated Trajectory Planning and Fault Detection for a Skid-Steered Mobile Robot Deployed in Post-Disaster Scenarios
Alessia Ferraro (Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Reggio Calabria, Italy); Claudio De Capua (University Meditteranea, Italy); Valerio Scordamaglia (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy)
15:10 A Model-Based Approach to Failure Mode and Effect Analysis of an Unmanned Quadrotor
Salvatore Rosario Bassolillo (University of Naples Parthenope, Italy)
15:30 Potential and Challenges for a Certified Application of Model Reference Adaptive Control to Aerial Vehicles
Mattia Gramuglia, Giri M. Kumar and Andrea L'Afflitto (Virginia Tech, USA)

Wednesday, November 13 14:10 - 15:30

Special Session #20: Future Radar Technology - PART II

Room 3
14:10 Conceptual, Functional and Operational Interactions of ATC Radars and Navigation Systems in the Framework of Future Airspace Management
Salvatore Ponte (University of Campania "L. Vanvitelli", Italy); Alfonso Farina (Leonardo Company Consultant, Italy)
14:30 Multiple Target Detection in Radar Systems: A Hybrid Approach Combining EM Clustering and Sparsity-Based Reconstruction
Jiarui Sun, Chengpeng Hao and Linjie Yan (Chinese Academy of Sciences, China); Danilo Orlando (Unviersity of Pisa, Italy)
14:50 Deceptive Jamming Against SAR via Range-Azimuth Two-Dimensional Modulation
Liu Yangyang (National Key Lab of Radar Signal Processing, Xidian University, China); Lan Lan, Guisheng Liao and Jingwei Xu (Xidian University, China)
15:10 Non-Parametric Target Detection Based on Sparse Representation for Hyperspectral Images
Wenhao Wang and Jun Liu (University of Science and Technology of China, China); Danilo Orlando (Unviersity of Pisa, Italy); Li Xiao (University of Science and Technology of China, China)

Wednesday, November 13 14:10 - 15:30

Special Session #9: Technology, application, and metrology of directed energy weapons

Room 2

Wednesday, November 13 15:50 - 16:10

Coffee Break

Wednesday, November 13 16:10 - 17:50

Special Session #1: Advanced Methods and Technologies for Flight Safety and Defense Systems Integration - PART II

Room 1
16:10 A Trajectory Planning Algorithm for a MAV Patroller in Presence of Wind
Vito Antonio Nardi (University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy)
16:30 Time-Delay Approach to Coordinate Movements of Mobile Robots Subject to Uncertainties and External Disturbances
Alessia Ferraro (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy); Giuseppe Martino (Università Mediterranea di Reggio Calabria, Italy)
16:50 A Multi Agent Simulator for Disaster Prevention and First Response Applications
Gennaro Raspaolo (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy); Alessandro Puro (University of Naples Parthenope, Italy); Giuliano D'alterio (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy)
17:10 Task Priority Approach for Solving Coordination of Moving Mobile Robot in SAR Operations
Michele Buonsanti (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy); Egidio D'Amato (University of Naples Parthenope, Italy); Alessia Ferraro (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy); Immacolata Notaro (University of Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy); Valerio Scordamaglia (University of Reggio Calabria, Italy)
17:30 A Dynamic Weight Adjustment System for Aerial Video Object Recognition Using YOLOv8 With Night Vision Integration
Federico Candela, Phd (University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy); Claudio De Capua (University Meditteranea, Italy); Andrea Francesco Morabito and Francesco C Morabito (University Mediterranea of Reggio Calabria, Italy); Francesco Restuccia (Northeastern University, USA)

Wednesday, November 13 16:10 - 17:50

Special Session #7: ISaCAGE: integration and coexistence of sensing and communication systems that share the same spatial and spectrum resources

Room 2
16:10 Impact and Mitigation of Index Modulation on Radar Quality for a FMCW-Based Communication System
Robert S. C. Winter (University College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Aled Catherall (Plextek, United Kingdom (Great Britain)); Christos Masouros and Matthew Ritchie (University College London, United Kingdom (Great Britain))
16:26 Rule-Based Scheduling for MPARs Performing Sensing and Communications
Augusto Aubry (Universita degli studi di Napoli, Italy); Antonio De Maio (University of Naples "Federico II", Italy); Luca Pallotta (University of Basilicata, Italy)
16:43 Preliminary Experimental Results for a Multi-Channel Forward Scatter Radar
Abdollah Ajorloo and Yihua Qin (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy); Carlo Bongioanni (School of Advanced Defence Studies, Italy); Fabiola Colone (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy)
17:00 Experimental Validation of Supervised DPCA Reciprocal Filter in OFDM Radar on Moving Platforms
Andrea Quirini (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy); Carlo Bongioanni (School of Advanced Defence Studies, Italy); Fabiola Colone (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy); Pierfrancesco Lombardo (University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy)
17:16 An Inverse Reconstruction Method in Presence of Multipath Induced by Point-Like Inhomogeneities
Loreto Di Donato (University of Catania, Italy); Antonio Cuccaro (Università della Calabria, Italy); Maria Antonia Maisto and Raffaele Solimene (Università degli studi della Campania Luigi Vanvitelli, Italy)
17:33 COSMIC Waveforms for Integrated Communication and Imaging
Marco Manzoni, Francesco Linsalata, Maurizio Magarini and Stefano Tebaldini (Politecnico di Milano, Italy)