SONDRA

The SONDRA laboratory was born from the alliance of 4 organisations that were linked by independent collaborations. Its acronym is a contraction of Supelec ONERA NUS DSO Research Alliance (Supélec now CentraleSupélec) and represents the union between Singapore and France around fundamental research activities in the fields of electromagnetism and signal processing applied to radar. 𝗢𝗨𝗥 𝗠𝗜𝗦𝗦𝗜𝗢𝗡 -To maintain a research team in innovative fields, -To encourage cross-collaborations and exchanges between the four partners. -To establish a strong presence in the international scientific community through publications, seminars and workshops. -To open research networks to other French and European research institutions. 𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐂𝐇 𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐈𝐓𝐈𝐄𝐒 *𝑃𝐻𝑌𝑆𝐼𝐶𝑆 & 𝑀𝑂𝐷𝐸𝐿𝐿𝐼𝑁𝐺 Objectives: -to understand the physical interactions between radar waves and complex environments as forests or urban areas. -to improve classical image processing tools or to propose new solutions for classification, detection or inversion. *𝑁𝐸𝑊 𝐶𝑂𝑁𝐶𝐸𝑃𝑇𝑆 𝑆𝐼𝐺𝑁𝐴𝐿 𝑃𝑅𝑂𝐶𝐸𝑆𝑆𝐼𝑁𝐺 Research focused on statistical signal processing and machine learning theories for robust estimation, detection, classification and clustering. Novel methodologies are developed based on model-driven and data-driven both approaches for enhancing performances of Radar and Hyperspectral Image processing with applications to STAP, MIMO radar, SAR and change detection. *𝑁𝐸𝑋𝑇 𝐺𝐸𝑁𝐸𝑅𝐴𝑇𝐼𝑂𝑁 𝐻𝐴𝑅𝐷𝑊𝐴𝑅𝐸 The new generation hardware (NGHW) area aims to research and develop innovative antennas, radio frequency and microwave hardware, and signal processing hardware. The NGHW area includes R&D in advanced system architectures for RF and signal processing, phased array antennas, metamaterial antennas, wideband antennas, application of novel materials and novel components, microwave and milimeter wave circuits, integrated circuits, and software defined radio (SDR).