Title:See Earth in a New Light: Monitor Surface Changes with TomoSAR 
Speaker:Prof. Dinh Ho Tong Minh
Affiliation:INRAE

Abstract:Imagine being able to monitor the Earth's surface with incredible precision, revealing even the tiniest changes daily. Thanks to signal radar penetration, we can forget about cloudy weather limitations. The European Space Agency's Sentinel-1 program uses advanced radar to capture our planet day and night. It offers a revolutionary SAR Interferometry (InSAR) technique, perfect for monitoring ground movement.

This tutorial makes this powerful technology accessible to you. Discover the game-changing Persistent Scatterers and Distributed Scatterers (PSDS) InSAR and ComSAR algorithms, available as part of our open-source TomoSAR package (https://github.com/DinhHoTongMinh/TomoSAR). Don't worry about complex terms; my beginner-friendly tutorial will guide you through using Sentinel-1 data with user-friendly software.

In just 3 hours, gain practical skills in radar interferometry. You'll learn to:

Access free SAR data for your analysis.

Understand the core concepts of InSAR processing.

Interpret how these movements reveal changes on Earth's surface.

Track surface movement over time by extracting data from image stacks.

Biograph:

Dinh Ho Tong Minh was the key instructor for the radar interferometry class in IGARSS 2020-2024. He obtained his Ph.D. in Telecommunications from Politecnico di Milano, Italy, in 2013, setting the stage for his remarkable career in radar interferometry. In April 2015, he embarked on his journey as a research scientist, specializing in radar interferometry and tomography with the prestigious INRAE and TETIS joint research unit.  He is dedicated to his field, which led to the successful defense of his Habilitation from the University of Montpellier, France, in May 2019. His thesis, "SAR imaging: from Intensity to Interferometry and Tomography," is a testament to his deep expertise. He is actively estimating InSAR techniques for large-scale applications, pushing the boundaries of what's possible in Earth surface monitoring. With 50 papers in international peer-reviewed journals and a Google Scholar H-index of 23, his contributions to the field are substantial and widely recognized. He actively contributes to the radar group, a community of over 1800 members, demonstrating his commitment to knowledge sharing and collaboration (https://www.facebook.com/groups/radarinterferometry).