RaSS Lab is one of the four national laboratories of CNIT (Interuniversity Consortium for Telecommunication). It was instituted in December 2010 as an evolvement from a CNIT Research Centre. It is located in Pisa, Galleria Gerace, 18, 56124, Italy.
The main mission of RaSS is to carry out applied research activities in the field of radar, applied electromagnetics, remote sensing, telecommunication, signal processing and network security.
The main research interests are related to wideband radar, SAR/ISAR, InSAR, interferometric imaging 2D/3D and full 3D, passive radar based on digital waveform, wideband microwave radar (form X band to W band), e.m. modelling, RCS (Radar Cross Section) numerical computation, target feature extraction by exploiting target’s inverse scattering properties, propagation modelling, antenna design, tracking with multiple radars.
RaSS is organized (see Fig.1) in four research areas, namely radar systems, radar signal/image processing, remote sensing, antenna, electromagnetic modelling & materials, explorative areas, instrumental laboratories, security office, secretariat, quality control and public relation offices. The director, who chairs the Steering Committee, is in charge of the laboratory governance .
The lab staff consists of University consultants, CNIT personnel, Post-Docs, PhD students and short term contract researchers and it is currently composed by 51 people.
RaSS has been involved both as leader as well as participant in several national and international research projects, funded by MoD (Ministry of defence), EDA (European Defence Agency). MIUR (Ministry of Education), MISE (Ministry of Economic Development), EU FP7, H2020, ESA, ASI, Tuscany Region, NCIA (NATO), Italian Industries like LEONARDO, MBDA, VITROCISET, INTERMARINE, GEM, E-GEOS, others. Most of the RaSS projects led to the production of technological demonstrators at TRL 5-6.
RaSS participates in the NATO SET panel meetings, in several NATO SET (Sensor Electronic Technologies) Task Groups, and in EDA CapTechs.
RaSS is also a member of the AFCEA (Armed Forces Communications & Electronics Association) through CNIT and is a partner of the Cluster “Trasporti Italia 2020”.
As a consequence of the high-level technological capabilities reached by RaSS, some researchers founded a CNIT and Univ. of Pisa spin-off company called ECHOES for the production of multichannel radar for civilian and military applications.
RaSS is strongly involved and participates in research and experimental activities at the JCC lab. “Ugo Tiberio”, a joint Italian navy CSSN and CNIT laboratory.
Fig.1 – RaSS Lab. organization
Laboratory building: Galleria G.B. Gerace, 18, 56124 Pisa (PI)
Director: Prof. Marco MARTORELLA, Email: marco.martorella@iet.unipi.it; Phone: +39 050 2217624 (Università di Pisa), +39 050 3820818 (RaSS); Mobile: +39 3475848897
Valorization Committee:
- Gaspare Galati, UdR Roma Tor Vergata (contact person)
- Andrea Massa, UdR Trento
- Antonio Di Maio, UdR Napoli Federico II
Website: http://labrass.cnit.it/
Annual Reports:
Contacts: Email: RaSS[AT]cnit.it, PEC: cnit[AT]pec.it, Phone: +39 050 3820810, Fax: +39 050 3820571
Staff of the RaSS Laboratory
| People | Area | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Canicattì Eliana | R | BORSISTA CNIT ITS 2020 |
| Cantelli Forti Alessandro | R | BORSISTA CNIT |
| Capria Amerigo | R | Resp. di Ricerca |
| Corucci Alessandro | T | Resp. Area Tecnica |
| Cuccoli Fabrizio | R | Resp. Area di Ricerca |
| Gelli Samuele | R | Ricercatore CNIT IV Livello |
| Ghio Selenia | R | Ricercatore CNIT IV Livello |
| Giusti Elisa | R | Resp. di Ricerca |
| Kumar Ajeet | R | Ricercatore CNIT IV Livello |
| Lupidi Alberto | R | Ricercatore CNIT IV Livello |
| Mancuso Francesco | R | Collaboratore di Ricerca Sen. CNIT V Livello |
| Marinari Sabrina | A | Collaboratore Amministrativo Senior |
| Meucci Giulio | R | Collaboratore di Ricerca Sen. CNIT V Livello |
| Nenna Guido | T | Funzionario Tecnico |
| Saglimbeni Roberto | A | Operatore Amministrativo Junior |
| Saverino Anna Lisa | T | Resp. Area Tecnica |
| Sorci Silvia | A | Funzionario Amministrativo |
| Tomei Sonia | R | Ricercatore CNIT IV Livello |
| Tonini Sara | PRESTAZIONE PROFESSIONALE RQ-SGQ |
Afferents to RaSS Laboratory
| PEOPLE | POSITION | ROOT | EXT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Acito Nicola | Professore Associato | ||
| Baldini Luca | Ricercatore ISAC-CNR | ||
| Berizzi Fabrizio | Professore Ordinario | 050 2217 | 535 |
| Capannesi Luca | Tecnico UNIFI | 055 4796 | 692 |
| Costa Filippo | Assegnista di Ricerca | 050 2217 | 577 |
| Dalle Mese Enzo | Professore Ordinario | ||
| Facheris Luca | Professore Associato | 055 4796 | 274 |
| Falchi Martina | Dottoranda | ||
| Freni Angelo | Professore Associato | 055 4796 | 522/381 |
| Fontana Nunzia | Ricercatore Universitario DESTEC | ||
| Genovesi Simone | Professore Associato | ||
| Gentile Luca | Assegnista di Ricerca | ||
| Innocenti Mario | Professore Ordinario | 050 2217 | 319 |
| Lazzoni Valeria | Dottoranda | ||
| Livreri Patrizia | Ricercatore Universitario | ||
| Lombardini Fabrizio | Professore Associato | 050 2217 | 675 |
| Martorella Marco | Professore Associato – Direttore RaSS | 050 2217 | 624 |
| Masi Angelica | Dottoranda | ||
| Monorchio Agostino | Professore Ordinario | 050 2217 | 542 |
| Oveis Amirhossein | Assegnista di Ricerca | ||
| Rogovich Alessandro | Tecnico UNIPI | 050 2217 | 643 |
| Rotundo Sabrina | Dottoranda | ||
| Violi Vincenzo | Borsista |