On November 12th, 2018 at the School of Engineering of the University Florence will be held the 21th MECSA Day on "Microwave Technologies for Autonomous Vehicular", the program is:
- Welcome and introduction, Enrico Vicario, Head DINFO; Ernesto Limiti, Head MECSA; Alessandro Cidronali, Chair-person
- Keynote talk - “Novel Automotive Radar Concepts and System Aspects” Thomas Zwick, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Germany
Session - Industrial
- New applications for Road – Car communication technologies: the experience of Autostrade, Francesco Bandinelli, Autostrade Tech, Italy
- A flexible 76-81 GHz FMCW automotive transceiver/modulator and a fast way to radar systems prototyping, Nicola Marinelli, ST-Microelectronics, Italy
- Advanced tools for automotive radar analysis and development, Riccardo Giacometti, Keysight Technologies, France
- Silicon based technology for millimeter wave sensors for automotive, Matteo Bassi, Infineon Technologies, Austria AG
Session - Academy
- Massive MIMO and new modulation schemes towards imaging radar, Riccardo Maggiora, Politecnico di Torino, italy
- MOUNTAINS: MOnitoring with UNmanned Teleoperated or Autonomous Innovative Sail-drone, Enrico Boni, DINFO University of Florence, Italy
- Complex dynamics in autonomous vehicle platoons with nonlinear drag and wake effect, Giacomo Innocenti, DINFO University of Florence, Italy