Track A: Satellite End-to-end data handling and processing architectures
- On-Board data processing architectures,
- On-board data handling architectures,
- ADHA - Advanced Data Handling Architecture,
- Reconfigurable Data System Architectures
- Distributed processing architectures
- Distributed computing of data and signal processing
- Signal processing chain architecture
Track B: Reference designs for platform, optical & RF payloads data systems
- On-Board Computer (OBC) unit, Remote Terminal Unit, Mass Memory unit, Instrument Control unit
- High Performance Hardware Data and Signal Processing unit/module,
- High throughput electronics for payloads like, Radar back-ends, radiometer back-ends, Telecom processors, Payload Front End Electronics
- Use of digital and mixed-signal components in OBC / OBDP and in data/signal processing systems (Reference Designs)
- Multicore processors, GPUs, FPGAs, DSPs, memories, full custom processor ICs,SoC, SiP, DAC, ADC
- Use of COTS in OBC / OBDP and signal processing systems
- Selection, radiation test results, mitigation technics in designs, Software Defined Radios, ..
- Validation & verification, testing, qualification, simulation, modelling of complex systems
Track C: Buses, networks & protocols
- Protocol developments
- SpaceWire, SpaceFibre, CAN-Bus, Ethernet, MIL-STD-1553, and other protocols
- Validation & verification
- Simulation suites, Test equipment, approaches, and standards
- Components
- Embedded interfaces in processors/FPGAs,Switches, routers, SerDes, (optical) transceiver, connectors, harness
- Wireless Technology
Track D: OBDP (On-Board Data and Signal Processing)
- Device Benchmarks (Multicore processors, GPUs, FPGAs)
- Developments in On-Board Data Processing Frameworks, Architectures and Building Blocks
- Parallel processing frameworks (OpenMP, OpenCL), Hardware acceleration of processing tasks, Heterogeneous processing systems, FPGA IP and HLS
- On-board Data Processing Algorithms and Implementations
- Multi- and Hyperspectral image processing, Synthetic aperture radar (SAR) processing, Radio interferometer processing, Visual navigation, Data reduction, Other on-board processing applications
- On-board Signal Processing Algorithms and Implementations
- RF applications such as SDR, 5G/6G gNb, AIS, ADS-B, Beamforming, Modem, PNT, Positioning, SAR, FPGA IP (DSP cores, …) and HLS
- AI and Machine learning for on-board data processing
- Data Analysis (classification, segmentation, selection), datasets for training of on-board AI, Efficient Neural Networks, Software tools and FPGA IP for machine learning inference, Fault-tolerance in deep learning algorithms, applications for RF Payloads and Instruments, like signal intelligence, anomaly detection, spectrum allocation, cognitive radar,
- Validation & verification