Special Session 1

Session Title: Big Geospatial Data towards security of Ukraine and its European integration

Session Chairs:

Prof. Andrii Shelestov, National Technical University of Ukraine “Kyiv Polytechnic Institute”, Space Research Institute NAS Ukraine and SSA Ukraine

Prof. Sergii Skakun, Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States

Satellite data provides good opportunities to monitor different aspects of security at country level. Traditionally freely available data of 10-30 m resolution has been used for food and environmental security problems. Russian invasion forces us to pay even more attention to agricultural monitoring and assessment of damages in Ukraine, because Ukraine is one of the biggest exporters of agricultural products. Remote sensing is the only source of objective information for uncontrolled territories and territories under military actions. Another challenge is harmonization of remote sensing utilization in Ukraine with European rules and best practices, because Ukraine is an associate member of the EU. This special session covers modern methods and technologies for food and environmental security assessment based on satellite and geospatial data, including damage assessment due to war. To address big data challenges, machine learning models and specialized cloud platforms are utilized.

Special Session 2

Session Title: Aerospace Radioelectronic and Computer Systems, Services and Technologies

Special Session Chairs:

Professor Robert Piechocki, Ph.D.(Bristol), M.Sc., Professor of Wireless Systems of the Department Electrical & Electronic Engineering at University of Bristol, Bristol, United kingdom

Zhyla Semen, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Associate Professor, Head of the Department of Aerospace Radio-Electronic Systems at National Aerospace University “Kharkiv Aviation Institute”, Kharkiv, Ukraine

Background and topics:

The Special Session is organized to unite aerospace specialists who are engaged in scientific research of new algorithms, methods, technical solutions, system analysis, maintenance and technologies in aviation and space radioelectronic and computer systems. Topics of the SS are the following:
‒ aerospace radars;
‒ analog and digital signal and image processing in aerospace radioelectronic and computer systems;
‒ aerospace information and   communication technologies;
‒ embedded aerospace systems design and implementation;
‒ mathematical modeling of aerospace problems in computer systems;
‒ software aerospace engineering;
‒ computational intelligent in aerospace smart systems.