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| Wednesday, June 20th - Day Two |
Session A4: Sensor Web Simulations
Session Moderator: Kai-Dee Chu |
| A4P1 |
8:30 |
Paul Houser |
Integrating a Virtual Sensor Web with Land Surface Modeling |
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| A4P2 |
9:00 |
Meemong Lee |
Sensor-web Operations Explorer (SOX) for Earth Atmospheric Science Experiment |
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| A4P3 |
9:30 |
Michael Seablom |
The Applicability of a Sensor Web Simulator to Evaluate a Future Lidar Mission |
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Session A5: On-Board Processing
Session Moderator: Nand Lal |
| A5P1 |
10:30 |
Jonathan Phillips |
An ASIP Architecture Framework to Facilitate Automated Design Space Exploration and Synthesis for Iterative Repair Solvers |
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| A5P2 |
11:00 |
Paula Pingree |
Smart Payload Development for High Data Rate Instrument Systems |
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| A5P3 |
11:30 |
Daniel Sorin |
Fault Tolerant Microprocessors for Space Missions |
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Session A6: Image Processing
Session Moderator: Susan Hoban |
| A6P1 |
1:30 |
Bei Xie |
New Algorithms for the Classification and Compression of Hyperspectral Images |
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| A6P2 |
2:00 |
Kaichang Di |
Integration of Orbital and Ground Images for Enhanced Topographic Mapping in Mars Landed Missions |
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| A6P3 |
2:30 |
Kenneth J. Mighell |
Improving the Precision of Near-Infrared Stellar Photometry by Modeling the Image Formation Process within a Lossy Detector |
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Session A7: Dynamic Sensor Web Control
Session Moderator: Vicki Oxenham |
| A7P1 |
3:30 |
John Dolan |
Harmful Algal Bloom Characterization via the Telesupervised Adaptive Ocean Sensor Fleet |
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| A7P2 |
4:00 |
Dan Mandl |
A Web 2.0 and OGC Enabled Sensor Web Architecture for Global Earth Observing System of Systems |
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| A7P3 |
4:30 |
John Kinnebrew |
Integrating Task Allocation, Planning, Scheduling, and Adaptive Resource Management to Support Autonomy in a Global Sensor Web |
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| A7P4 |
5:00 |
Antidio Viguria |
Controlled Reconfiguration of Robotic Mobile Sensor Networks using Distributed Allocation Formalisms |
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| A7P5 |
5:30 |
Stephan Kolitz |
Sensor Web Dynamic Planning Architecture |
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Session B4: UAV Synthetic Aperture Radar (UAVSAR)
Session Moderator: Robert Smith |
| B4P1 |
8:30 |
Scott Hensley |
The UAVSAR Instrument: Description and Test Plans |
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| B4P2 |
9:00 |
Yunling Lou |
Autonomous Disturbance Detection and Monitoring System with UAVSAR |
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| B4P3 |
9:30 |
James Lee |
C-20A/GIII Precision Autopilot Development in Support of NASA’s UAVSAR Program |
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Session B5: Active Microwave I
Session Moderator: Pepper Hartley |
| B5P1 |
10:30 |
Simone Tanelli |
Workshop Report on Nexrad-In-Space - A Geostationary Satellite Doppler Weather Radar for Hurricane Studies |
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Abstract |
| B5P2 |
11:00 |
James Carswell |
Development of the High-Altitude Imaging Wind and Rain Airborne Profiler (HIWRAP) |
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| B5P3 |
11:30 |
Delwyn Moller |
Technology Development of a Novel Ka-band Digitally-Beamformed Interferometric Radar With Application to Ice Topography Mapping |
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Session B6: Passive Optical I
Session Moderator: Keith Murray |
| B6P1 |
1:30 |
John (Jack) B. Kumer |
Tropospheric Infrared Mapping Spectrometers (TIMS) for CO Measurements With Much Improved Vertical, Temporal and Spatial Resolution, Especially in the Lower Troposphere by Utilizing Both the 2.3 and 4.7 µm Regions |
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| B6P2 |
2:00 |
Thomas U. Kampe |
The Spaceborne Infrared Atmospheric Sounder for Geosynchronous Earth Orbit (SIRAS-G ) – Pathfinder IR Imaging Spectrometer for Space Missions |
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| B6P3 |
2:30 |
Anna-Britt Mahler |
High-Accuracy Spectropolarimetric Imaging Using Photoelastic Modulator-Based Cameras with Low-Polarization Coatings |
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Session B7: Active Optical I
Session Moderator: Janice Buckner |
| B7P1 |
3:30 |
Syed Ismail |
Technology Developments in Laser, Detector, and Receiver System for an Atmospheric CO2 Lidar Profiling System |
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| B7P2 |
4:00 |
James Kohel |
Development of a Transportable Gravity Gradiometer for Ground and Space Applications |
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| B7P3 |
4:30 |
James Abshire |
Laser Sounder for Global Measurement of CO2 Concentrations in the Troposphere from Space |
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| B7P4 |
5:00 |
David Harding |
The Swath Imaging Multi-polarization Photon-counting Lidar (SIMPL): A Technology Demonstration for Space-based Laser Altimeter Swath Mapping |
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Session C4: Instruments for Planetary Exploration I
Session Moderator: Jonathan Rall |
| C4P1 |
8:30 |
Kyung-ah Son |
GaN-based Robust Micro Pressure and Temperature Sensors for Extreme Planetary Environments |
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Abstract |
| C4P2 |
9:00 |
Chris Dreyer |
Automated Rock Thin Section Device for Space Exploration |
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Abstract |
| C4P3 |
9:30 |
Bin Chen |
Raman Spectra Identifications of Mineral and Organic Constituents |
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Session C5: Instruments for Mars Exploration I
Session Moderator: Sam Kim |
| C5P1 |
10:30 |
Ying Lin |
Quantification of Spore-forming Bacteria Carried by Dust Particles |
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| C5P2 |
11:00 |
Parthasarathy Shakkottai |
Contamination Transport from Spacecraft due to Winds |
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| C5P3 |
11:30 |
William D. Smythe |
An IR Spectrometer for Mars Drill Operations |
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Session C6: Trajectory Analysis
Session Moderator: Mariann Albjerg |
| C6P1 |
1:30 |
Edward Belbruno |
New Low Energy Motions in the Earth-Moon System, Chaos, and the Weak Stability Boundary |
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| C6P2 |
2:00 |
Jeffrey B. Jewell |
A Probabilistic Approach to Trajectory Generation in the Presence of Uncertainty |
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Session C7: Astrophysics Technologies
Session Moderator: John Hong |
| C7P1 |
3:30 |
Chuck Hailey |
The General Antiparticle Spectrometer Experiment: Search for Supersymmetric Dark Matter and Primordial Black Holes |
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| C7P2 |
4:00 |
Keith Walyus |
Cooling Technology for Large Space Telescopes |
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Session D4: Planetary Rover Technologies I
Session Moderator: Chester Chu |
| D4P1 |
8:30 |
Kaichang Di |
Rock Modeling and Matching for Autonomous Mars Rover Localization |
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| D4P2 |
9:00 |
Michele Judd |
Autonomous Science Technologies for a Mars Rover |
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| D4P3 |
9:30 |
Chris Brooks |
Self-Supervised Terrain Classification for Planetary Rovers |
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Session D5: Planetary Rover Technologies II
Session Moderator: Chester Chu |
| D5P1 |
10:30 |
Nik Melchior |
Particle RRT for Path Planning in Very Rough Terrain |
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| D5P2 |
11:00 |
David Miller |
Semi-autonomous Rover Operations: An Integrated Hardware and Software Approach for more Capable Mars Rover Missions |
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| D5P3 |
11:30 |
Alonzo Kelly |
Terrain Aware Inversion of Predictive Models for Planetary Rovers |
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Session D6: Free-Space Optical Communications
Session Moderator: Nikunj Oza |
| D6P1 |
1:30 |
William H. Farr |
Optical Communications Technologies for High Data Volume Returns from Deep Space |
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| D6P2 |
2:00 |
Jonathan W. Gin |
High Data Rate Receiver for Optical PPM Communications |
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| D6P3 |
2:30 |
Sabino Piazzolla |
Assessment Of The Atmospheric Channel For Short (Ka-Band And Optical) Wavelengths |
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| (Please note: there is not a D7 session) |
