Andrea Quirini

Andrea Quirini was born in Rome (RM), Italy, in 1996. 

He received the M.Sc degrees (Cum laude) in telecommunications engineering from the Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, in October 2020, and he received a double degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia, in May 2020. He completed his Ph.D. in remote sensing at Sapienza University of Rome, Italy in January 2024.

Currently, he holds the position of a postdoctoral researcher at the Department of Information Engineering, Electronics, and Telecommunications at Sapienza University of Rome.

Research Activity

His main research interests include OFDM radar, clutter suppression in multichannel passive radar on moving platforms, and Non-Uniform Linear Array (NULA) signal processing.

• Non-Uniform Linear Array (NULA) design strategies for DoA estimation.

• Displace Phase Centre Antennas (DPCA) and Space-Time Adaptive Processing (STAP) tecniques for target detection against clutter and noise.

• Mobile Passive Coherent Location (PCL) systems exploiting DVB-T transmissions as sources of opportunity.

• Clutter suppression in Passive Radar (PR) systems mouted on moving platforms.

Research Projects

• 2022-2023 - "Non-Uniform Linear Array Design Strategies for Passive Radar Systems on Moving Platform for Clutter Cancellation and DoA Estimation", Sapienza Research calls 2022.

• 2021-2022 - "Clutter Cancellation Through Non-Uniform Linear Arrays in DVBT-Based Passive Radar on Moving Platforms", Sapienza Research calls 2021.

Publications

Conference Proceedings

• A. Quirini, G. P. Blasone, F. Colone, and P. Lombardo, “A simple NULA design strategy for target detection and DoA Estimation in mobile Passive Radars”, 2022 International Conference on Radar System (Radar), Edinburgh, UK, 2022.

• A. Quirini, G. P. Blasone, F. Colone and P. Lombardo, "Non-Uniform Linear Arrays for Target Detection and DoA Estimation in Passive Radar STAP", 2022 23rd International Radar Symposium (IRS), Gdansk, Poland, 2022, pp. 224-228.

• A. Quirini, G. P. Blasone, F. Colone and P. Lombardo, "An apodization approach for passive GMTI Radar with Non-Uniform Linear Arrays", 2022 19th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), Milan, Italy, 2022, pp. 109-112.

• A. Quirini, F. Filippini, C. Bongioanni, F. Colone and P. Lombardo, "Outlier Rejection Approach for Direction of Arrival Estimation in Low SNR Conditions", 2021 18th European Radar Conference (EuRAD), London, UK, 2022, pp. 141-144.

Honors and Awards

• 2nd prize for the Young Scientist Award at 2022 23rd International Radar Symposium (IRS), October 2022.