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 merit, originality, potential impact in the field, clarity of the written document, and the quality of the conference presentation.
The awarded paper, titled “Deep Learning-Based Persistent Scatterers Detection: First Results” (Authors: Weili Tang, University of Naples “Parthenope” and IREA-CNR; Simona Verde, CNR-IREA; Sergio Vitale, Giampaolo Ferraioli, Gilda Schirinzi, and Vito Pascazio, University of Naples “Parthenope”; Gianfranco Fornaro, CNR-IREA), focuses on the application of Artificial Intelligence techniques for the detection of Persistent Scatterers in Synthetic Aperture Radar Interferometry (SAR).
This technology is widely used for monitoring ground deformations from space and plays a critical role in various fields related to natural risk management, particularly in the monitoring of landslides, ground deformations, and infrastructure stability.
