Earth Science Technology Conference - 2001
Technical Agenda
8/28/01 Tuesday
Session A1: Space Based Networks
Moderator: Mike Pasciuto - ESTO
| A1P1 | 10:00 | Arabshahi, Payman | Swarm-based Routing Algorithms for Sensor and Satellite Networks |
| A1P2 | 10:30 | Scott, Keith | Next-Generation Space Internet |
| A1P3 | 11:00 | Wagh, Pooja | Space Based Internet Emulation |
| A1P4 | 11:30 | McKim, James | Ohio Network Emulator (ONE) Enhancements for Satellite Network Research |
Session B1: Laser Sensors
Moderator: Frank Peri - ESTO
| B1P1 | 10:00 | Kang, Jin | High Performance Fiber Lasers for Atmospheric Sensing |
| B1P2 | 10:30 | Kliner, Dahv | High-Power Fiber Sources for In Situ and Remote Detection of Trace Species |
| B1P3 | 11:00 | Tratt, David | Semiconductor Ref Oscillator Development for Coherent Detection Optical RS Apps |
| B1P4 | 11:30 | Fields, Renny | High Efficiency Remote Sensing Laser Technology |
Session A2: Data Communications
Moderator: Robert Bauer - ESTO/GRC
| A2P1 | 1:30 | Rabinovich, William | Free Space Optical Data Transfer using Cat's Eye Modulating Retro-Reflectors |
| A2P2 | 2:00 | Weigand, Daniel | Design of a Radiation-Tolerant Low-Power Transceiver |
| A2P3 | 2:30 | Hemmati, Hamid | Multi-Gigabit Data-rate Optical Comm Depicting LEO-to-GEO and GEO-to-Ground Links |
Session B2: Lidar Systems
Moderator: Jonathan Hartley - ESTO
| B2P1 | 1:30 | Allen, Christopher | Development of a Hybrid RF/Laser Radar |
| B2P2 | 2:00 | Barnes, James | NASA LaRC DIAL/Lidar Laser Technology Development Program |
| B2P3 | 2:30 | Hovis, Floyd | Design and Testing of the PICASSO-CENA Laser Transmitter Subsystem |
| B2P4 | 3:30 | Whiteman, David | RASL: An Airborne Water and Aerosol Lidar |
| B2P5 | 4:00 | Hovis, Floyd | Robust, Single-Frequency Ring Oscillator |
| B2P6 | 4:30 | Syage, Jack | Hybrid Digitizer for Ultrahigh Dynamic Range LIDAR |
| B2P7 | 5:00 | Degnan, John | Design and Performance of a 3-D Imaging, Photon-Counting Microlaser Altimeter Operating from Aircraft Cruise Altitudes under Day or Night Conditions |
Session A3: Autonomous Satellite Control
Moderator: Loren Lemmermann - ESTO/JPL
| A3P1 | 3:30 | Abramson, Mark | Design and Implementation of Draper’s Earth Phenomena Observing System (EPOS) |
| A3P2 | 4:00 | Bar-Sever, Yoaz | The Development and Demonstration of NASA's Global Differential System |
| A3P3 | 4:30 | Morris, Robert | Planning and Scheduling Science Observations for Fleets of Earth Orbiting Satellites |
| A3P4 | 5:00 | Welch, Lonnie | Adaptive Management of Computing and Network Resources for Real-Time Sensor Webs |
8/29/01 Wednesday
Session A4: Information Access
Moderator: Karen Moe - ESTO
| A4P1 | 8:30 | Di, Liping | The Prototypical NASA HDF-EOS Web GIS Software Suite (NWGISS) |
| A4P2 | 9:00 | Lynnes, Chris | Interoperability between Digital Earth and DODS |
| A4P3 | 9:30 | Enloe, Yonsook | CIP Translator Prototype |
Session B3: Microwave Remote Sensing Systems
Moderator: Brian Killough - ESTO/LaRC
| B3P1 | 8:30 | Njoku, Eni | Spaceborne Microwave Instrument for High Resolution Remote Sensing Using … |
| B3P2 | 9:00 | Ruf, Christopher | Enabling Technologies for the Global Precipitation Measurement Mission |
| B3P3 | 9:30 | LeVine, David | Two Dimensional Synthetic Aperture Radiometer for Microwave RS from Space |
| B3P4 | 10:30 | Lambrigtsen, Bjorn | HAMSR - The High Altitude MMIC Sounding Radiometer |
| B3P5 | 11:00 | Doiron, Terence | Low Power Silicon Germanium Electronics for Microwave Radiometers |
| B3P6 | 11:30 | Kim, Edward | On-Orbit Calibration of Correlation Radiometers |
Session A5: Information Extraction
Moderator: Bob Connerton - ESTO/GSFC
| A5P1 | 10:30 | Tanner, Steve | EVE: An Environment for On-board Processing |
| A5P2 | 11:00 | Manyin, Michael | A Case Study of DISS Usage - Employing the Distributed image Spreadsheet to Visualize, Analyze and Animate MODIS Data |
| A5P3 | 11:30 | Whiting, Mark | WebTheme: Visual Text Mining for the World-Wide Web |
Session A6: On Board Processing and Storage
Moderator: Steve Smith - ESTO
| A6P1 | 1:30 | Chao, Tien-Hsin | Compact Holographic Data Storage System |
| A6P2 | 2:00 | Milster, Tom | A Volumetric Memory Device based on Photo-Chromatic Compounds |
| A6P3 | 2:30 | Stakem, Patrick | FlightLinux Project |
| A6P4 | 3:30 | Lindell, Scott | Real-Time Data Processing Onboard Remote Sensor Platforms |
| A6P5 | 4:00 | Flatley, Tom | On-board Cloud Contamination Detection with Atmospheric Correction |
| A6P6 | 4:30 | Donohoe, Gregory | Reconfigurable Data Path Processor |
Session B4: Imagers and Spectrometers
Moderator: Felicia Seldon-Jones - ESTO
| B4P1 | 1:30 | Pollock, Randy | Very Wide Field of View Imaging Spectrometer |
| B4P2 | 2:00 | Pain, Bedabrata | Low-power Programmable Multispectral Staring Imager |
| B4P3 | 2:30 | Bothwell, Graham | A Second Generation Multi-Angle Imager |
| B4P4 | 3:30 | Stobie, James | Imaging Sensor for the Geosynchronous Imaging Fourier Transform Spectrometer (GIFTS) |
| B4P5 | 4:00 | Roche, Aidan | Miniaturized Infrared Atmospheric Spectrometer (MIRAS) |
| B4P6 | 4:30 | Spinhirne, James | Application of Uncooled IR Array Detector with the Compact Visible and Infrared Imaging Radiometer |
| B4P7 | 5:00 | Johnson, David | Development of Fourier Transform Spectrometers for Space-Based Applications |
8/30/01 Thursday
Session A7: Data Compression
Moderator: Amy Walton - ESTO/JPL
| A7P1 | 8:30 | Rountree, Janet | Optimized Compression for Earth Science Data Using JPEG 2000 |
| A7P2 | 9:00 | Ladner, Richard | Wavelet Compression of MODIS Satellite Images |
| A7P3 | 9:30 | Dolinar, Samuel | Region-of-Interest Data Compression with Prioritized Buffer Management |
Session B5: Altimeters and Sounders
Moderator: Eduardo Torres-Martinez
| B5P1 | 8:30 | Raney, Keith | The New Generation of Radar Altimeters: Proof of Concept |
| B5P2 | 9:00 | Pollard, Brian | The Wide-Swath Ocean Altimeter: Interferometry for Global Ocean Mapping |
| B5P3 | 9:30 | Pagano, Thomas | The Spaceborne Infrared Atmospheric Sounder (SIRAS) IIP Demonstration |
| B5P4 | 10:30 | Maschhoff, Kevin | AIRS-Light Instrument Concept and Critical Technology Development |
| B5P5 | 11:00 | Gaier, Todd | MMIC Based Receivers for Millimeter Wave Atmospheric Sounding |
| B5P6 | 11:30 | Zuffada, Cinzia | Developing Technology for GPS Altimetry in GOALS |
Session A8: Data & Services Interoperability
Moderator: Kai-Dee Chu - ESTO
| A8P1 | 10:30 | Ramachandran, Rahul | Earth Science Markup Language: A Solution for Generic Access to Heterogeneous Data… |
| A8P2 | 11:00 | Brown, Don | XML as a MultiMedia Window into Science Data |
| A8P3 | 11:30 | Gopalan, Ganesh | Using COM Objects for Data Access and Visualization |
Session B6: Remote Sensing Instruments
Moderator: Jonathan Hartley - ESTO
| B6P1 | 1:30 | Elkins, James | Next Generation Airborne Gas Chromatograph for NASA Airborne Platforms |
| B6P2 | 2:00 | Maleki, Lute | The Quantum Gravity Gradiometer for Sub-Surface Mapping from Space |
| B6P3 | 2:30 | Im, Eastwood | Next-Generation Spaceborne Precipitation Radar (PR-2) Instrument and Technology |
| B6P4 | 3:30 | Piepmeier, Jeffrey | Ultra-Low Power Digital Correlator for Passive Microwave Polarimetry |
| B6P5 | 4:00 | Yee, Jeng-Hwa | Stellar Absorption and Refraction Sensor (STARS) |
Session A9: Data Mining Tools
Moderator: Penny Newsome - ESTO
| A9P1 | 1:30 | Khalsa, Siri Joda | Facilitating Access to EOS Data at the NSIDC DAAC |
| A9P2 | 2:00 | Suresh, R. | Content-Based Metadata Systems: A Workbench to Prototype Data Mining Concepts |
| A9P3 | 2:30 | Yang, Ruixin | A Prototype Clustering Technique for Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery |
Session A10: Reconfigurable Computing Hardware
Moderator:
| A10P1 | 3:30 | Fuller, Earl | Ultra-Low Power Radiation Tolerant Reconfigurable FPGA Technology Development |
| A10P2 | 4:00 | Banerjee, Prith | Overview of the MATCH Compiler for Compiling MATLAB Programs into Hardware |
| A10P3 | 4:30 | Gloster, Clay | Floating-Point Modules Targeted for Use with RC Compilation Tools |