3rd International Workshop on Signal Processing Techniques for Ground Penetrating Radar Applications (SPT4GPRA 2022)

Over the past decades, the Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) technology has seen tremendous progress in a wide range of applications including, the development of new algorithms for data processing and interpretation. GPR applications are numerous and currently include, sedimentology, ground-water contamination, glaciology, archaeology and cultural-heritage management, civil and geotechnical engineering, highway and transport infrastructure, forestry, planetary exploration, demining amongst others. Wide applicability of GPR together with the recent advancements within the field, has made the GPR technology an area of endeavour with high reliability and trust. The integration of GPR with established and emerging ground-based sensing technologies and Earth Observation methods is also gaining momentum nowadays. Within the framework of the 2022 45th International Conference on Telecommunications and Signal Processing (TSP) held virtually during July 13-15, 2022, the main scopes of this Workshop are to encourage the publication of vanguard and pioneering research-based investigations and provide ample opportunity for further discussions in areas of high interest for GPR signal processing techniques and applications.

Papers with a focus on advanced GPR signal processing techniques in areas including, but not limited to, the civil and environmental engineering, geology, archaeology, cultural-heritage and forestry management are encouraged.

Topics of interest

The followings are the areas of interest and priority for this workshop:

• Non-linear GPR signal processing and inversion
• GPR Signal processing for clutter reduction and noise removal
• GPR signal and image processing techniques for data interpretation
• Velocity and attribute analysis
• Electromagnetic models for real-time GPR signal processing
• Estimation of the electromagnetic properties of materials from GPR signals
• Frequency-dependent attenuation analysis
• Signal processing for the development of new algorithms and numerical models
• GPR signal processing applications
• Artificial Intelligence and machine learning for GPR
• Multi-sensor, multi-temporal and multi-modal data fusion and integration processing
• GPR modelling and inversion for non-conventional platforms (forward-looking, radar on UAVs and airborne, etc.) and MIMO configurations (multiview/multistatic)
• Review papers in related research areas will be also considered

• Prospective authors are invited to submit full-length original and previously unpublished papers in PDF format via the OpenConf Peer Review & Conference Management System.
• Authors must use the official TSP 2020 template in LaTeX, MS Word, or Lyx format to prepare their papers (you can download these from the IEEE TSP 2022 website).
• In order to meet the format requirements, it is advised to copy and paste the text of your paper into the template file.
• Recommended length of papers is 4 full pages in A4 (210mm x 297mm) format including figures, tables & references.
• A maximum of 4 additional pages are allowed with an extra payment.
• Submitted papers will undergo a blind peer-review process by two to four members of the Technical Programme Committee and Organizing Committee Members.
• Students will not be involved in the review process.
• According to the TSP policy, papers with one rejection feedback from reviewers will be automatically rejected.
• Review results will be sent to all authors via the e-mail address provided during the paper submission stage.
• Students, IEEE Members, and TSP Reviewers will receive discount on registration fees. 

• Programme will be announced in June 2022