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Report on the 7th IEEE AESS Virtual Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace MetroAeroSpace 2020
Several snapshots during the virtual workshop
and to create new contacts. The choice of a LIVE virtual
conference gave us these opportunities.
As a matter of fact, since the first edition, MetroAeroSpace
represents the traditional international meeting
place in the world of research in the field of measurement
and instrumentation for aerospace involving institutions
and academia in a discussion on the state-of-the-art concerning
issues that require a joint approach by experts of
measurement, instrumentation, and industrial testing, as
professional engineers, and experts in innovation metrology,
typically academics and the user community as well.
The increasing number of scientists attending MetroAeroSpace,
and coming from fields at times far from engineering,
led to a positive hybridization of the conference.
MetroAeroSpace 2020 was jointly organized by Pasquale
Daponte (University of Sannio, Italy), Bernardo
Tellini (University of Pisa, Italy), and Robert Rassa
(Raytheon, USA), acting as executive co-chairs. Technical
Program Chairs were Stephen Dyer (Kansas State University,
USA), Stefano Debei (University of Padua, Italy),
and Luca De Vito (University ofSannio, Italy).
MirkoMarracci and Alice Buffi(bothwiththe University
of Pisa, Italy) acted as Publicity Chair. Cosimo Stallo (University
of Rome " Tor Vergata, " Italy) served as Treasury
Chair. Honorary Chair was Marina Ruggieri (University of
Rome " Tor Vergata, " Italy).
The technical program of the 7th IEEE International
Workshop on Metrology for AeroSpace
was arranged after the reception of 149 abstracts
from all over the world. Due to high demand, only
119 papers could be selected after competitive
peer review. Authors from 18 countries attended
the workshop. All papers submitted to MetroAeroSpace
2020 that have been accepted in a peerreviewed
process are published in the proceedings
of the workshop, which have been submitted for
indexing in the IEEEXplore DigitalLibrary.
The technical program included several events
and activities. The keynote speeches were held by
experts in the field ofmetrology for aerospace:
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Domenico Accardo, Department of Industrial Engineering,
University of Naples " Federico II, " Italy:
" Aerospace On-Board System Architectures Perspectives:
Embedded Systems, Sensor Data Fusion, and
Autonomy " ;
Felix Opitz, Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Germany:
" Situation Awareness Through Data Analytics
and Machine Learning Based on Trajectories. "
The workshop included a half day of tutorials:
Harald Michaelis, DLR, Institute of Planetary
Research, Germany: " Introduction to the Conceptional
Design ofSpace Science Imagers " ;
Manuel Martın Saravia, DICI-University of Pisa,
Italy: " Bayesian Data Analysis Applied to Plasma
Measurements in Electric Thrusters " ;
Carosena Meola, University of Naples " Federico
II, " Italy: " Infrared Thermography in the Aerospace
Sector. "
Alfonso Farina and Silvia Ullo organized the traditional
Special Session on Metrology for Radar Systems.
Every year this session attracts more and more scientists
in this engaging research field.

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