Speakers

Sampsa Pursiainen is Professor of Applied Mathematics at Tampere University. His research focuses on computational inverse problems, numerical modelling, and imaging, including radar tomography and structural imaging of small Solar System bodies. He leads research within the FAME Flagship for Advanced Mathematics for Sensing, Imaging and Modelling.

Tomáš Kohout is a planetary scientist and Senior Research Fellow at the Space Research Laboratory of the University of Turku. His research combines planetary geology and geophysics, spectroscopy, laboratory characterization of planetary materials, and spacecraft observations, with particular expertise in asteroid studies and hyperspectral imaging.

Pamela Such is a planetary geologist whose research spans planetary materials, spectroscopy, analogue studies, space resources, and techniques for planetary exploration. Her work combines laboratory and field investigations with remote-sensing and spectroscopic methods to improve the characterization and interpretation of planetary surfaces and materials.

Camilo Andrés Reyes is a satellite engineer and Space Development Strategist at Infinity Air Group with more than a decade of experience in the aerospace sector. His work spans satellite operations, mission design, aviation, and space technology development. He is also the founder of SpaceIn.AI and is active in the International Astronautical Federation’s Earth Observations Committee.

Topi Pajala is a Doctoral Researcher at Tampere University working on computational inverse problems and radar imaging of small Solar System bodies. His research includes numerical modelling, radar tomography, and the development of realistic asteroid analogue models for evaluating and validating subsurface imaging methods.

Christelle Eyraud is an Associate Professor at Aix-Marseille University and a researcher at Institut Fresnel. Her research focuses on electromagnetic scattering, inverse problems, and imaging, including laboratory measurements and reconstruction methods for investigating the internal structure of asteroids and other small Solar System bodies.

Özgür Karatekin is a Senior Research Scientist at the Royal Observatory of Belgium. His research focuses on planetary geophysics, geodesy, dynamics, and the internal properties of Solar System bodies. He is involved in several planetary missions, including ESA’s Hera mission, and in the development of methods and instruments for investigating small-body structure and dynamics.

Alexandra Koulouri is a researcher in applied mathematics at Tampere University. Her research focuses on inverse problems, optimization, Bayesian methods, and computational imaging, with applications ranging from biomedical imaging to radar tomography and structural imaging of small Solar System bodies.

Xiaonan Jiang is a researcher specializing in remote-sensing imaging and intelligent image interpretation. His work focuses on multimodal optical and SAR image fusion, target detection and recognition, image super-resolution, and computational imaging. His recent research includes learning-based methods for combining optical and radar information and improving the interpretation of complex remote-sensing imagery.

Myeong-jin Lee is Professor at Korea Aerospace University, with a background in electrical engineering, multimedia communications, image processing, and computer vision. His current research includes synthetic aperture radar imaging, drone-borne and video SAR systems, moving-target detection, and computational methods for high-resolution radar imaging and remote sensing.

Mahsa Heydari is a research associate at the Technical University of Munich working in media technology, robotic perception, and 3D sensing. Her research interests include radar-based perception, 3D vision, digital twinning, and learning-based processing of sensor data. Her recent work develops spatiotemporal super-resolution methods for reconstructing high-resolution radar point clouds directly from raw radar I/Q measurements.