{"id":923,"date":"2022-12-02T11:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T11:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/?page_id=923"},"modified":"2024-01-26T17:57:07","modified_gmt":"2024-01-26T15:57:07","slug":"radio_technology_school","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/stellar-h2020.eu\/index.php\/radio_technology_school\/","title":{"rendered":"LOFAR Radio Technology School"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Where: Technical University – Sofia<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

15 – 19 May 2023<\/strong><\/em> <\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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Deadline for applying<\/em><\/strong>: 15 April 2023
Notification of acceptance:<\/em><\/strong> 20 April 2023
Language<\/em><\/strong>: English
Requirements:<\/em><\/strong> laptop<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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LECTURERS:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Assoc. Prof. Boncho Bonev, PhD
Assoc. Prof. Peter Petkov, PhD
Assist. Prof. Nicole Christoff, PhD
Assist. Prof. Yulian Velchev, PhD<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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TOPICS<\/strong>:<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

1. Electromagnetic principles and radio-wave propagation
2. Fundamentals of Antenna Engineering
3. Specialized antenna systems
4. Fundamentals of Image Processing
5. Fundamentals of Signal Processing<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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COURSE PROGRAM:<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Day1. Electromagnetic principles and radiowave propagation. Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Boncho Bonev, PhD
Day 2. Fundamentals of Antenna Engineering.\u00a0 Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Peter Petkov, PhD
Day 3. Specialized antenna systems. Lecturer: Assoc. Prof. Peter Petkov, PhD
Day4. Fundamentals of Image Processing. Lecturer: Assist. Prof. Nicole Christoff, PhD
Day5. Fundamentals of Signal Processing. Lecturer: Assist. Prof. Yulian Velchev, PhD<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

VIDEO RECORDINGS OF THE LECTURES<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

TU-SOFIA LOC<\/strong>:<\/mark><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Petkov, Boncho Bonev,\u00a0 Pavlina Aleksieva, Nicole Christoff, Kalin Dimitrov<\/mark>, Ivaylo Nachev<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Monday, 15.05.2023<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Electromagnetic principles and radiowave propagation (Boncho Bonev, PhD)<\/mark>

9:00 \u2013 9:30 Welcome and starting remarks
9:30 \u2013 10:20 Lecture 1:\u00a0 Radio wave propagation – main principles, phenomenon and equations, pt.1
10:20 \u2013 11:10 Lecture 2: Radio wave propagation – main principles, phenomenon and equations, pt.2<\/a>
11:10 \u2013 11:30 COFFEE BREAK<\/em>
11:30 \u2013 12:20 Lecture 3: Ionosphere – layers, reflection, attenuation, pt. 1
12:20 \u2013 13:10 Lecture 4: Ionosphere – layers, reflection, attenuation, pt. 2
13:10 \u2013 14:10 LUNCH<\/em>
14:10 \u2013 16:00 Lecture 4: Troposphere – refraction. Rain and gaseous attenuation
16:00 \u2013 16:20 COFFEE BREAK<\/em>
16:20 \u2013 17:30 Lecture 5: Frequency bands – propagation characteristics and applications<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tuesday, 16.05.2023<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Introduction to Electrodynamics and Antennas (Peter Petkov, PhD)<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

09:00 \u2013 10:00 Lecture 1: Intro to\u00a0 Antennas – History and basic concepts<\/a>
10:00 \u2013 11:00 Lecture 2: Fundamentals of Electrodynamics and radiation principles<\/a>
11:00 \u2013 11:10\u00a0 Q&A
11:10 \u2013 11:30 COFFEE BREAK<\/em>
11:30 \u2013 12:20 Lecture 3: Antenna parameters and characteristics, pt. 1<\/a>
12:20 \u2013 13:10 Lecture 4:\u00a0 Antenna parameters and characteristics, pt. 2<\/a>
13:10 \u2013 14:10 LUNCH<\/em>
14:10 \u2013 15:10 Demo\/Workshop: Antenna parameters and characteristics (Antenna pattern and polarization), pt. 1
15:10 \u2013 16:00 Demo\/Workshop: Antenna parameters and characteristics (Antenna gain), pt. 2
16:00 \u2013 16:20 COFFEE BREAK<\/em>
16:20 \u2013 17:10 Lecture 5: Intro to 4NEC2
17:10 \u2013 17:30\u00a0 \u00a0 Q&A<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wednesday, 17.05.2023<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a0Specialized antenna systems (Peter Petkov, PhD)<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00a009:00 \u2013 10:00 Lecture 1: Wire Antennas<\/a><\/mark> <\/a>
10:00 \u2013 11:00 \u00a0 Workshop1:-\u00a0 Wire antennas
11:00 \u2013 11:10\u00a0 Q&A
11:10 \u2013 11:30 COFFEE BREAK<\/em>
11:30 \u2013 12:20 Lecture 2: Aperture antennas<\/a>
12:20 \u2013 13:10 Tutorial(Demo) 2: Aperture antennas
13:10 \u2013 14:10 LUNCH<\/em>
14:10 \u2013 15:10 Lecture 3: Antenna arrays<\/a>
15:10 \u2013 16:00 Tutorial(Demo) 3: Antenna Arrays
16:00 \u2013 16:20 COFFEE BREAK<\/em>
16:20 \u2013 17:10 Lecture 4: Antennas and Arrays for Radio Astronomy<\/a>
17:10 \u2013 17:30 Q&A<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thursday, 18.05.2023<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Fundamentals of Image Processing (Nicole Christoff, PhD)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

09:00 \u2013 10:00 Lecture 1: Image preprocessing pt1<\/a>
10:00 \u2013 11:00 Tutorial(Demo) 1: Image preprocessing pt1
11:00 \u2013 11:10\u00a0 Q&A
11:10 \u2013 11:30 COFFEE BREAK<\/em>
11:30 \u2013 12:20 Lecture 2: Image preprocessing and augmentation pt.2<\/a>
12:20 \u2013 13:10 Tutorial(Demo) 2: Image preprocessing and augmentation pt.2
13:10 \u2013 14:10 LUNCH<\/em>
14:10 \u2013 15:10 Lecture 3: Image segmentation<\/a>
15:10 \u2013 16:00 Tutorial(Demo) 3: Image segmentation
16:00 \u2013 16:20 COFFEE BREAK<\/em>
16:20 \u2013 17:10 Lecture 4: Looking forward: The AI \u2013 a tool (in image processing) or a threat (for the scientist)<\/a>
17:10 \u2013 17:30 Q&A<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday, 19.05.2023<\/mark><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Signals and Systems (Yulian Velchev, PhD)<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

09:00 – 10:40 Lecture1: Types of signals. Signals transformation in frequency domain<\/a>
10:40 – 11:00 COFFEE BREAK<\/em>
11:00 – 13:10 Lecture2: Discretization and quantising<\/a>
13:10 – 14:10 LUNCH<\/em>
14:10 – 16:00 Lecture3: Digital signal processing<\/a>
16:00 – 16:20 COFFEE BREAK<\/em>
16:20 – 17:00 Lecture4: Analog to digital and digital to analog convertors – principles and architecture<\/a>
17:00 – 17.30 Q&A<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Participants<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Anton Atanasov
Dushan Bikov
Darko Bogatinov
Sasha Boteva
Encho Chahanov
Danislav Kodzhabashev
Vladislav Marchev
Stefan Mitkovski
Teodora Serafimova
Mario Tsanov<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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