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  • Riccardo Lanari appointed Ordinary Member of the Italian Academy of Engineering and Technology (ITATEC)
    Riccardo Lanari appointed Ordinary Member of the Italian Academy of Engineering and Technology (ITATEC) Riccardo Lanari, Research Director at the Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment of the National Research Council of Italy (IREA-CNR), has been appointed Ordinary Member of the Italian Academy of Engineering and Technology (ITATEC), a prestigious recognition that highlights his contributions to scientific and technological research in the field of Earth Observation through satellite radar remote sensing and represents added value for IREA-CNR. Founded in September 2022 with the support of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei, ITATEC is an…
    Written on Thursday, 17 July 2025 14:25 Read 9 times
  • Francesco Soldovieri appointed Associate Editor of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine
    Francesco Soldovieri appointed Associate Editor of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine Francesco Soldovieri, Director of the Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR-IREA), has been appointed Associate Editor of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Magazine (IEEE-GRSM), one of the most prestigious international scientific journals in the field of remote sensing. He is currently the only representative from an Italian institution to hold this position. The journal, published by the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, ranks first in the Remote Sensing category…
    Written on Monday, 14 July 2025 21:18 Read 48 times
  • Visit to CNR-IREA by the United Nations Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction
    Visit to CNR-IREA by the United Nations Representative for Disaster Risk Reduction The Special Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR), Dr. Kamal Kishore, visited CNR-IREA on January 22, accompanied by Eng. Luca Rossi from UNDRR and Dr. Chiara Cardaci representing the Civil Protection Department (DPC). The purpose of the visit was to show the contribution that CNR-IREA, as a Competence Center supporting the DPC, provides to the National Civil Protection Service in the fields of seismic and volcanic monitoring. This contribution relies on satellite radar interferometry techniques,…
    Written on Monday, 27 January 2025 15:30 Read 4317 times
  • Francesco Soldovieri elected Fellow of the IEEE
    Francesco Soldovieri elected Fellow of the IEEE Francesco Soldovieri, Director of the Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment of the National Research Council of Italy, has been elevated to Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) for "his contributions to the theoretical analysis of inverse problems, to microwave tomography and their applications". IEEE is an American professional association representing electrical and electronics engineers and other related professionals. Founded in 1963, the IEEE is headquartered in New York (USA) and its primary purpose is…
    Written on Monday, 13 January 2025 16:25 Read 3903 times
  • Christiaan Huygens Medal 2025 to Francesco Soldovieri
    Christiaan Huygens Medal 2025 to Francesco Soldovieri Francesco Soldovieri, Director of the Institute for Electromagnetic Sensing of the Environment of the National Research Council of Italy, has been announced as the recipient of the 2025 Christiaan Huygens Medal, one of the awards that the European Geosciences Union (EGU) recognises each year to eminent scientists for their outstanding research contribution to the Earth, planetary and space sciences. In particular, the Christiaan Huygens Medal has been established to honour scientists who have achieved exceptional international standing in Geosciences Instrumentation…
    Written on Monday, 02 December 2024 17:55 Read 4087 times
  • "Best Paper Presented by a Young Researcher" award to Weili Tang
    "Best Paper Presented by a Young Researcher" award to Weili Tang As part of the IEEE International Workshop on Technologies for Defense and Security (TechDefense 2024), held in Naples from November 11 to 13, 2024, Weili Tang, a PhD student at the University of Naples “Parthenope” with a scholarship funded by IREA, received the second place award in the "Best Paper Presented by a Young Researcher" category. The award recognizes the best paper written/co-written and presented by a researcher under the age of 35. The papers were evaluated based on technical…
    Written on Tuesday, 26 November 2024 14:04 Read 4255 times
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