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
Website: http://labrass.cnit.it/
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bertoneri Matteo | T | Prestazione professionale |
| Callegari Christian | R | Ricercatore |
| Cantelli Forti Alessandro | R | Borsista |
| Capria Amerigo | R | Resp. di Ricerca |
| Corucci Alessandro | T | Funzionario Tecnico |
| Cuccoli Fabrizio | R | Resp. Area di Ricerca |
| Gelli Samuele | R | Collaboratore di Ricerca jun. |
| Gentile Luca | R | Collaboratore di Ricerca sen. |
| Giusti Elisa | R | Ricercatore |
| Lupidi Alberto | R | Ricercatore |
| Marinari Sabrina | A | Collaboratore Amministrativo Senior |
| Nenna Guido | T | Funzionario Tecnico |
| Saglimbeni Roberto | A | Operatore Amministrativo Junior |
| Saverino Anna Lisa | T | Funzionario Tecnico |
| Sorci Silvia | A | Funzionario Amministrativo |
| Tomei Sonia | R | Ricercatore |
Associated to RaSS Laboratory
| PEOPLE | POSITION | ROOT | EXT |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldini Luca | Ricercatore ISAC-CNR | ||
| Berizzi Fabrizio | Professore Ordinario Direttore Lab. RaSS |
050 2217 | 535 |
| Capannesi Luca | Tecnico UNIFI | 055 4796 | 692 |
| Cataldo Davide | Assegnista di Ricerca | 050 2217 | 673 |
| Costa Filippo | Ricercatore Universitario TD | 050 2217 | 577 |
| Dalle Mese Enzo | Professore Ordinario | ||
| Facheris Luca | Professore Associato | 055 4796 | 274 |
| Freni Angelo | Professore Associato | 055 4796 | 522/381 |
| Fontana Nunzia | Ricercatore Universitario | ||
| Genovesi Simone | Professore Associato | 050 2217 | 576 |
| Ghio Selenia | Assegnista di Ricerca | 050 2217 | 673 |
| Giovagnola Andrea | Dir. JCC Lab – C.V. | ||
| Innocenti Mario | Professore Ordinario | 050 2217 | 319 |
| Lembo Leonardo | C.C. | ||
| Lombardini Fabrizio | Professore Associato | 050 2217 | 675 |
| Martini Tristano | Referente Prog. MAPIS – C.C. | ||
| Martorella Marco | Professore Associato – Direttore RaSS | 050 2217 | 624 |
| Massini Riccardo | Borsista | ||
| Monorchio Agostino | Professore Ordinario | 050 2217 | 542 |
| Moscardini Christian | Assegnista di ricerca | 050 38208 | 20 |
| Neri Andrea | Referente Prog. MAPIS – T.V. | ||
| Petri Dario | Borsista | ||
| Rogovich Alessandro | Tecnico UNIPI | 050 2217 | 643 |
| Sereno Lorenzo | Referente Prog. SCOUT – T.V. |