Dear colleagues, 

Just sharing an initiative that I think may be of interest to some of you.

The IEEE Radar conference in Poland (Oct 4-10 2025) is hosting a "Radar Challenge" - https://radarconf2025.org/ieee-aess-radar-challenge/

Analog Devices are sponsoring this and will ship their "PHASER" X-band phase array device to your team if you are selected. You then hack around with the kit to create a novel/interesting demo and present it at the conference.

Interested teams must submit an idea to the call: 

• Register your team by sending an email to: radarchallenge25@radarconf2025.org
• Include:
  • Names and email address of team members along with a short biography of each member
  • Team name and github site (or similar) 
  • 2-page description of your radar project that your team will work on. Include your project objectives and your proposed approach to create the solution. Keep it attainable, but the more creative the better! See here for some inspiration on past projects (https://ieee-aess.org/radar-challenge/radar-challenge-2024). Consider for example how you can use the different parameters of the FMCW signals, the phase array element of the device for angular positions measurements, different beamforming algorithms to an illuminator, MTI processing, or even SAR by combining the device with a moving platform. Possible example projects might be:
    • i. Radar ISAR or SAR imaging
    • ii. Drone tracking
    • iii. MTI processing of moving targets
    • iv. Clutter suppression techniques
    • v. Experimenting with different transmit and receive antennas.
    • vi. Exploring virtual arrays
    • vii. Multiple Beam radars
    • viii. Calibration techniques and comparisons
  • All projects must be demonstrated on the Phaser hardware. But modifications to the Phaser kit are allowed, if necessary. 

All project proposals are tentatively due by Nov 15th, 2024.

Thank you in advance for sharing this with potential interested groups of students.

With kind regards,
Dr Francesco Fioranelli, TU Delft, On behalf of the organizers